Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Wildlife officer Cpl. Lyndle Crownover was recently named the Arkansas Boating Officer of the Year. Crownover, of Gassville, has been in law enforcement for 19 years and has worked more than five years as a wildlife officer for the Arkansas…[more]

There are several factors at play as to why Northern bobwhite quail populations have dwindled statewide, and Oklahoma State University is conducting research to get to the root of the problem.

“Loss and degradation of habitats have certainly…[more]

An ongoing interest in conservation has landed a 17-year-old Camdenton High School graduate a $1,500 scholarship from the Lake of the Ozarks Master Naturalist Chapter. Scholarship winner Caitlin Shoults will be a freshman at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville…[more]

Two Arizona teenagers solved a lake like none near their Phoenix homes plus brutal heat to capture first place in the 2011 High School Fishing World finals on Lake Dardanelle.

Thomas Chambers and Brandon Koon won a total…[more]

Boaters would do better to leave the cold beer at home – especially this weekend. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife officers will be out on Arkansas’s waters June 24-26 for “Operation Dry Water 2011,” the annual national crackdown on…[more]

Three young artists from Arkansas will represent the state at the annual State-Fish Art Expo June 24-25 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas.

The winners are:

Grades 4-6, Parker Wright, Fort Smith Grades…[more]

Kendall Goates and Cody Chessher were the top anglers in the Student Angler Federation Arkansas State High School Bass Fishing Championship May 7 on Lake Maumelle. The duo pulled in a total of five fish weighing 12.25 pounds.

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According to prehistoric records, elk roamed the northwestern part of Missouri until 1865. Now, the Missouri Department of Conservation is planning to reintroduce elk, but this time in the southeast part of the state. While a University of Missouri anthropologist…[more]

Many dream of finding a big diamond at Arkansas’s diamond site and yesterday’s 8.66-carat diamond find by Beth Gilbertson of Salida, Colorado, proves that dreams can still come true. According to Park Superintendent Justin Dorsey, “Large diamonds continue to be…[more]

The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a Pacific island bird with a cream-colored head, blue and green feathers, and a white underbelly. It sings with its mate. Males, during courtship, bring lizards to their girlfriends, banging the reptiles against…[more]