Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Slot limits, daily harvest limits and “catch and release” angling have long been important elements of developing good black bass fisheries, but a new regulation change for 2009 encourages anglers to keep and eat as many spotted bass as they…[more]

One of the state parks system’s newest facilities funded by Amendment 75, Arkansas’s 1/8-cent conservation tax, is the $4.5 million visitor center that opened last year at Bull Shoals-White River State Park near Bull Shoals Lake. Situated on a highpoint,…[more]

Pro athletes develop simple techniques that become automatic. A three-point shooter’s follow through or a golfer’s silky stroke are techniques they’ve honed until they no longer think about them.

Pro cyclists, too, develop characteristics that separate how they…[more]

Devil’s Den State Park has joined Lake Atalanta in Rogers, Lake Brittany in Bella Vista and Murphy Park in Springdale as Northwest Arkansas lakes and ponds with rainbow trout action.

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission stocked Lake…[more]

The broad outlines of Missouri’s spring and fall turkey seasons remain the same as last year’s, but some details, such as permit types and hunter-education requirements for mentors, have changed.

At its December meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission…[more]

Cycling can be a solo sport. Long rambles through the spring countryside, hard rides in the hills, weekend tours to scenic areas—all can be enjoyed with only your own thoughts for company.

In fact, many cyclists prefer to…[more]

Among the problems demonstrated by the vast majority of beginning riders are the two most common reflexes: when something goes wrong beginning or novice riders seek a version of the fetal position, hands in their lap, hunched over the pommel,…[more]

The city of Springfield has put into effect a new ordinance to lower the speed limit on residential streets all across the city.

If you live in Springfield, please take a moment to write to your city council…[more]

President George Bush said, “I like to fish because it is totally relaxing. I love the water. I can concentrate and forget all my worries. I count my blessings while fishing.” And he’s not the only one! Fishing ranks as…[more]

Oklahomans will have a new opportunity when they renew their hunting, fishing or combination license in 2009 - a license good for five years.

Mike Chrisman, license supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said “For a…[more]