Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

High School anglers near and far will come together again at Lake Dardanelle State Park, July 15-21, for the 2012 High School Fishing World Finals. Last year, over 600 attendees made up of high school anglers, family members and sponsors…[more]

Almost 36 years to the day, Arkansas’s largemouth bass state record has finally been broken. On Tuesday, Paul Crowder of Forrest City set the new record on Lake Dunn near Wynne. Crowder’s lunker weighed 16 pounds 5 ounces, breaking the…[more]

On March 1, 1972, Arkansas’s Buffalo River was named the first national river in the United States. The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism celebrates this important anniversary with a new interactive section dedicated to the river and its visitors.…[more]

A multi-lure rig for largemouth bass fishing, commonly called the Alabama or umbrella rig, is a hot topic this spring because anglers are having good success catching fish with them. But while the rigs allow multiple lures to be used,…[more]

This time of year Larry Godsey gets a lot of calls from woodland owners asking for advice about taxes on timber they have sold.

Godsey, an economist with the Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri, usually…[more]

Seeds hold infinite potential for a seasoned gardener.

While it may be easier to transplant the tomatoes, peppers and cauliflower you bought from the local garden store, starting seeds indoors gives you the chance to jump-start your garden…[more]

If Missouri is the state “Where the Rivers Run,” hatcheries at Missouri trout parks are the confluence of spiritual health and financial wealth.

More than 1.7 million visitors from Missouri and beyond flock to the Show-Me State’s four…[more]

Featuring a story about an art museum may seem unusual for an outdoors website, but Crystal Bridges is anything but typical for an art museum. Designed to blend into the 120 acres of wooded grounds on which it is built,…[more]

With catch-and-keep trout season opening March 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds trout anglers to help prevent the spread of a new threat to Missouri’s cold-water streams and rivers. Called “didymo” (Didymosphenia geminata) or “rock snot,” this invasive…[more]

The fish are always biting somewhere, even in places you can’t reach by boat. But you can reach many of these hard-to-reach waterways by kayak.

“Kayak fishing is ready to explode in Arkansas as recreational kayaking has done…[more]