Arkansas is rich not only in natural resources and scenic beauty – its nickname is the Natural State, after all – but also in ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A coalition with ties to the Runway Group, a Walton family company, is proposing the redesignation of federal lands near the Buffalo National River as a National Park Preserve.

The Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation proposed on Tuesday that about $70,000 in state grant money go to communities in the vicinity of the Buffalo National River to hire a firm to do a master ...

The Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation proposed on Tuesday that about $70,000 in state grant money go to communities in the vicinity of the Buffalo National River to hire a firm to do a master ...

Mark Foust, Buffalo National River superintendent said in a statement. "It is, however, the right thing to do to protect the people that work here, live here, visit here, and love this place." ...

Buffalo River rift shifts ire from D.C. to Arkansas Author: Little Rock, not D.C., distrusted November 26, 2023 at 7:34 a.m. by Bill Bowden ...

The Buffalo National River already sees high numbers of visitors. According to a report from the National Park Service, more than 1.3 million people visited the river in 2022.

Visitor-contact stations are at Buffalo Point, 17 miles south of Yellville, Ark., on state Highway 14/268, and at Pruitt, Ark., 5 miles north of Jasper, on Highway 7 South. Visitor info: 870-439-2502.

Park ranger Cassandra Johannsen told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that although the park's 1.2 million visitors mainly go to float the Buffalo River, she noticed some go exclusively for the night ...

Vandals have damaged Fitton Cave in Newton County. They removed several cave formations, including stalagmites and draperies, said Cassie Branstetter, a spokeswoman for the Buffalo National River.

The park becomes only the sixth national park to earn the designation, and the first in Arkansas. Leave No Trace, of course, applies to trash.