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Caverns’ warm welcome:Wonders seen again deep underground

September 29, 2022 Comments Off on Caverns’ warm welcome:Wonders seen again deep underground Featured, Hiking, Latest, Nature

FIFTY-SIX — Intrepid underground explorers are once again viewing the wonders of Arkansas’ most famous cave. Visitors at Blanchard Springs Caverns, north of Mountain View, gaze at formations that nature has taken eons to create. The caverns reopened for

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Kayak trip answers question: Where does the river end and lake begin?

September 22, 2022 Comments Off on Kayak trip answers question: Where does the river end and lake begin? Featured, Latest, On The Water

Traveling around Northwest Arkansas, it can be hard to tell where one town ends and another begins. Drifting down the two largest tributaries of Beaver Lake, paddlers may wonder where the rivers end and the lake begins. There are no city limit signs on the White or War

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Down deep at 472 feet: Elite divers explore extreme depths at Roaring River Spring

September 15, 2022 Comments Off on Down deep at 472 feet: Elite divers explore extreme depths at Roaring River Spring Featured, Latest, On The Water

CASSVILLE, Mo. — Scores of visitors admire the beautiful flow of turquoise water that emerges from Roaring River Spring at the heart of Roaring River State Park cradled in an Ozarks canyon south of Cassville, Mo. From a sidewalk at the spring’s outflow, it’s easy

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Bees, butterflies, prairie blossoms: Native plants, birds wow wanderers at natural area

August 25, 2022 Comments Off on Bees, butterflies, prairie blossoms: Native plants, birds wow wanderers at natural area Featured, Hiking, Latest, Nature

SILOAM SPRINGS — Tall stands of prairie grass sway in the breeze like amber waves of grain at Chesney Prairie Natural Area in Siloam Springs. Wildflowers, birds, butterflies, even crawdads draw visitors to the 83-acre public prairie on the east edge of Siloam

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Hatchery helps Ozarks trout fishing thrive

September 29, 2022 Comments Off on Hatchery helps Ozarks trout fishing thrive Fishing, Latest

Sleek rainbow trout that grace the mesh of an angler’s landing net at the White River below Beaver Dam weren’t born in the clear tailwater stream. Their lives started as tiny eggs miles away at the Norfork National Fish Hatchery in north-central Arkansas south of Mountain

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September 29, 2022

Buy a stamp, help boost bobwhite numbers

A new northern bobwhite conservation stamp for 2022 is available for purchase, with

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September 29, 2022

Slight waterfowl decline shouldn’t affect waterfowl hunting

Total duck population estimates in spring 2022 declined 12% from the last recorded

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September 29, 2022

Caverns’ warm welcome:Wonders seen again deep underground

FIFTY-SIX — Intrepid underground explorers are once again viewing the wonders

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September 28, 2022

Outdoor briefs – Outdoors busy with activities for all ages

Explore park wetlands Osage Park in Bentonville will host free wetland expedition

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September 22, 2022

Kayak trip answers question: Where does the river end and...

Traveling around Northwest Arkansas, it can be hard to tell where one town ends and

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September 22, 2022

Whoop and holler on Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area’s downhill rides

It’s all downhill from here, mostly, along two mountain bike paths at Hobbs State

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September 15, 2022

Down deep at 472 feet: Elite divers explore extreme depths...

CASSVILLE, Mo. — Scores of visitors admire the beautiful flow of turquoise water

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September 14, 2022

NWA outdoor briefs – Hike, shoot, see birds

Shoot a straight arrow A three-session program on archery fundamentals will be held

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NWA Fishing Report – Walleye have appetite for ‘crawlers

September 14, 2022 Comments Off on NWA Fishing Report – Walleye have appetite for ‘crawlers Fishing Report

Beaver Lake Striped bass fishing is best on the north end of the lake. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said size varies day by day. Anglers report catching big stripers one day, smaller ones the next. Use brood minnows, shad or small sunfish for bait from Rocky Branch park to Beaver …
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