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>> THE OWENS AND RICKETS MOUNTAIN AREA SOUTH OF JASPER NEAR COWELL CONTAINS SOME BLUFFS, ROCK FORMATIONS AND THE LIKE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE PICK TOE GRAPHS HERE THAT WERE ETCHED INTO THROBBING BY NATIVE AMERICANS CENTURIES AGO.

IT'S WHERE WE BEGIN THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A KAYAKING EXCURSION WHERE GIANT WATER LILLY BLOOMS ARE QUITE ABUNDANT.

THEN WE'LL WRAP IT ALL UP BY EXPLORING THE RIVER FALLS AREA NEAR THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST.

BUT FOR NOW, LET'S EX IMPORTANT THE OWENS AND RICKETS MOUNTAIN AREA.

>> THE RORM FORMATIONS THAT YOU'LL COME UPON IN THE OWENS AND RICKETTS MOUNTAIN AREA ARE SOME OF THE MOST MAY MAJESTIC YOU'LL FIND EVERYWHERE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PEDESTAL ROCKS AREA THAT WE FEATURED IN ANOTHER EPISODE.

THE FORMATION OF THIS AREA OCCURRED IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS THE PEDESTAL ROCKS AREA, 320 MILLION YEARS YEARS AGO, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW MILLION, THEY WERE A PLANE WITH THE RIVER SYSTEM.

THE SANDSTONE ROCK FORMATIONS WERE DEPOSITED BY THOSE ANCIENT STREAMS.

THE ENTIRE RIVER SYSTEM EMPTIED INTO AN ANN SHENT SEA WHICH COVERED A VERY BIG PART OF THE STATE.

>> AS IF THE ROCK FORMATIONS WEREN'T AWESOME ENOUGH, THE PICTOGRAPHS IN THE ROCK WILL FURTHER ADD TO THE MYSTERY AND WONDER OF THIS AREA.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN MIKE WALDEN WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE POINTED OUT TO US A FEW OF THE PICTOGRAPHS.

>> IT APPEARS TO BE A HUMAN FIGURE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE BLACK, THIS PART'S THE MAIN BODY AND PART OF THE LEGS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHOULDERS AND ARMS COMING OFF RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S A RED OBJECT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE HEAD HERE WHICH COULD BE POSSIBLY AN ARROW.

IT LOOKS LIKE STREAKS COMING DOWN OFF OF THAT, POSSIBLY BLOOD.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

BUT IT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.

THERE'S SOME OTHER RED MARKS HERE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THAT OBJECT TO REALLY TELL WHAT IT MIGHT BE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE POSSIBLY SOME MORE STICK FIGURES HERE ON THIS PART.

POSSIBLY SOMETHING THERE, IT'S HARD TO MAKE OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME MORE FIGURES FARTHER ON AROUND, SO WE'LL WALK ON OVER HERE AND LOOK AT THEM.

BUT UP HERE, THERE APPEARS TO BE A LONG OBJECT THAT HAS A DIAMOND PATTERN IN IT AND POSSIBLY A RATTLE SNAKE, MAYBE.

AND A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN HERE WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE PICTURES OF BASKETS.

THERE'S ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT IN HERE.

AND A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN WE HAVE SOME MORE OBJECTS.

THIS RIGHT HERE I'M NOT SURE BUT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A FOOT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A STAR PATTERN RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL MARKINGS DOWN HERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE ARE.

AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I CAN SEE RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF ON FARTHER DOWN.

A COUPLE OF MORE DRAWINGS ON THIS END OF THE SHELTER.

ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT HERE.

THIS TWO LINES THERE.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE JUST UP ABOVE HIGHER UP HERE.

HERE AND HERE.

I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS, BUT THAT'S THE LAST TWO THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT'S OVER HERE ON THIS END OF THE SHELTER.

>> IT'S ESTIMATED THE PICTOGRAPHS ARE FROM 1,000 TO 10,000 YEARS OLD.

THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THIS ANCIENT ART, WHICH IS SAID TO BE A DIRECT MANIFESTATION OF PREHISTORIC THOUGHT SYSTEMS.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS THE LANGUAGE THROUGH WHICH ANCIENT CIVILIZATION DEFINED AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR WORLD.

>> BY THE WAY, AS THE VARIOUS SIGNS HERE WARN, TAMPERING WITH OR IN ANY WAY DISTURBING AN AMERICAN HERITAGE SITE CARRIES A FINE OF $20,000 AND/OR IMPRISONMENT.

SO LOOK BUT DON'T DIG.

>> PAST OWENS MOUNTAIN JUST UNDER A MILE ARE THE RICKETTS ROCK FORMATIONS.

HERE YOU'LL DISCOVER A VAST PLAYGROUND OF BLUFFS, TUNNELS, CAVES AND OVERHANGS TO EXPLORE.

SINCE BOTH OF THESE AREAS ARE OFF THE BEATEN PATH, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'LL HAVE THEM ALL TO YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY ON A WEEKDAY.

>> TO GET TO OWENS MOUNTAIN TAKE COUNTY ROAD 55, WHICH IS NOT MARKED, EAST FROM COWELL, JUST UNDER 5-1/2 MILES.

THE BLUFFS WILL BE ON YOUR LEFT UP THE HILL.

THE RICKETTS MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS ARE JUST UNDER A MILE UP THE ROAD FROM OWENS BEARING LEFT AND THEY'LL BE ON YOUR LEFT.

>> EXPLORE FOR YOURSELF THE SHEAR MAGNITUDE AND BEAUTY OF THE OWENS AND RICKETTS MOUNTAIN AREAS.

>> CANE CREEK STATE PARK NEAR STAR CITY OFFERS TWO NATURAL SETTINGS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, ROLLING WOOD LANDS FOR HIKING OR BIKING AND THEN THERE'S 1,675-ACRE CANE CREEK LAKE FOR FISHING OR KAYAKING, WHICH IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WITH PARK INTERPRETER JESSICA MCFADDEN.

AND WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT'S ON THIS LAKE.

♪ >> THIS IS THE IDEAL WAY TO EXPLORE A DELTA LAKE, BY WAY OF A TOURING KAYAK.

JUST SIT BACK, RELAX, PADDLE AWAY AT YOUR OWN LEISURE AND ENJOY WHAT NATURE HAS TO OFFER OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY THE GIANT WATER LILLY BLOOMS THAT COVER ABOUT HALF OF CANE CREEK LAKE.

>> SO MOST OF THE BLOOMS HERE, THEY KIND OF COME OUT, WHAT, ABOUT MID SPRING, LATE SPRING?

>> YES, SIR.

WHEN IT STARTS TO GET WARM.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING SO WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF BLOOMS.

BUT THEY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

THEY PROBABLY JUST WON'T BE AS BIG AS THEY ARE NOW.

>> HOW LONG DO THEY LAST?

WHAT?

TO JULY, AUGUST?

>> AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

THEY'LL LAST, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS PRETTY AND THERE AREN'T AS MANY, BUT THEY'LL LAST AS LONG AS THE HOT WEATHER LASTS.

>> IS THIS THEIR NORMAL SIZE?

THEY LOOK HUGE?

>> YES, THEY DO GROW VERY LARGE.

AND THIS IS ABOUT THE NORMAL SIZE THAT THEY GO.

WE HAVE THEM REALLY THICK.

THEY LIKE THE SHALLOW WATER IN THIS AREA ON THE LAKE IS SHALLOW, SO THEY LOVE THE SOIL HERE.

>> I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU SPREAD MIRACLE GRO ON THEM OR SOMETHING.

>> NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

THAT WHITE AGAINST THAT GREEN IS REALLY NICE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT JUST TO PHOTOGRAPH THE WATER LILIES.

>> I IMAGINE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE IN A KAYAK, YOU CAN GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THEM.

YOU CAN SEE THEM REALLY WELL.

>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS STATE PARK SO UNIQUE.

THERE'S OTHER, I IMAGINE, PARKS WHERE YOU CAN KAYAK.

I KNOW LAKE WASHY TAU.

BUT YOU VERY RARELY SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> YES, YOU'RE SURE TO FIND A WATER LILLY ON CANE CREEK WHENEVER YOU COME.

SO IT'S PERFECT IF YOU'RE OUT HERE TO PHOTOGRAPH THEM OR JUST SEE THEM.

THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT TO SEE.

>> NOW YOU ALSO, NOT JUST DURING THE DAYTIME YOU OFFER THESE EXCURSIONS.

YOU HAVE ONE AT NIGHT?

FULL MOON CRUISE?

>> YES, A FULL MOON EACH MONTH WE DO A TOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

WE COME OUT JUST AS DUSK SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN THE KAYAK BEFORE IT DOES GET REALLY DARK ON US.

AND THEN THE MOON COMES UP AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO SEE OUT HERE.

SO IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

YOU GET TO SEE DIFFERENT WILDLIFE.

BEAVER AND THAT SORT OF THING.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOURS.

>> I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

BUT THE FULL MOON.

>> THE FULL MOONLIGHTS UP THE LAKE AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

THERE'S A PERSON TO GUIDE YOU.

YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW THEM.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU WOULD.

>> NOW, WILDLIFE AROUND HERE, YOU GOT BLUE HARN HARE ONS, YOU GOT ALL SORTS OF CRITTERS.

>> YEAH, WE HAVE ON THE LAKE, LIKE I SAID, YOU SEE BEAVER.

WE HAVE THE NUTRIA.

DID YOU SEE NEWT REAN?

DURING THE DAY YOU GET TO SEE ALL SORTS OF WOOD PECKERS OUT HERE.

GOOD BIRDING YEAR ROUND ON THE LAKE.

RIGHT OFF THE MISSISSIPPI FLY WAY.

AND THEN THE PARK ITSELF YOU SEE ALL SORTS OF DEER, ARMADILLO, ALL SORTS OF WILDLIFE.

YOU CAN EXPERIENCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WILDLIFE.

SINCE WE ARE ON THE DELTA BOTH AT THE LAND, DIFFERENT LANDS, YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WILDLIFE.

>> OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED UPON THE FISHING ON THIS LAKE.

GOSH, THERE IS BASS, CRAPPIE, BRIM, YOU NAME IT.

>> CATFISH, YES.

THEY GET SOME BIG CATFISH.

IT IS VERY POPULAR BECAUSE IT'S A MAN MADE LAKE.

SO THE TREES, AS THEY'RE FALLING, THEY MAKE PERFECT SPOTS FOR FISH TO GO IN THERE AND HIDE.

GREAT FISHING.

POPULAR FISHING LAKE.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A FISHING POLE, I FORGOT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

MISSED OUT.

>> WELL I'M ENJOYING THIS.

THIS IS FANTASTIC.

I MEAN YOU BRING KIDS OUT HERE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A BALL OUT HERE.

>> YES.

A LOT OF THE KIDS LOVE THE KAYAKING.

>> KIDS ASK THE MOST DARN DARNEDEST THINGS.

>> THEY ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALLIGATORS ON THE LAKE.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT, TOO.

>> YES.

THEY COULD COME OVER INTO THE LAKE.

ONLY ONE PARK EMPLOYEE HAS SEEN ONE ON THE LAKE.

IT ISN'T PRIMARILY THEIR PRIME HABITAT.

BUT THEY COULD COME OVER ON THE LAKE.

BUT THEY STAMOS THELY TO -- THEY STAY MOSTLY TO BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW.

IT'S PRETTY RARE YOU WILL SEE AN ALLIGATOR ON THE LAKE ITSELF.

>> THAT'S THE OTHER PART ABOUT THIS AREA.

YOU HAVE THE WORLD'S LONGEST BAYOU, BAY BAYOU BAR BARTHOLOMEW JUST ALONG THE LAKE.

>> YES, SOME OF THE WATER EMPTIES INTO BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW.

>> IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOUISIANA.

>> YES, IT DOES.

IT STARTS CLOSE TO THIS AREA.

CLOSE TO WHERE IT STARTS.

>> WELL, IT'S GOING HERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN EXPLORE?

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

>> YOU CAN GO EXPLORING WITH A PARK GUIDE OR JUST BY YOURSELF.

DON'T WORRY, YOU WON'T GET LOST.

>> WE HAVE ONE KIND OF TRAIL THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE OUT.

THEY CAN RENT THEIR OWN KAYAKS AT THE VISITORS' CENTER AND THEY CAN TAKE OUT THEMSELVES.

WE HAVE A BROCHURE AT THE VISITORS' CENTER THAT SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE WE GO BY BEAVER LODGES ON THAT TRAIL.

IT'S MARKED ON TREES THERE'S YELLOW PAINT THEY'VE PAINTED YELLOW ON SOME OF THE TREES.

YOU FOLLOW THAT MARKING AND MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE TREES AND THE LILLY PADS KIND OF MARKED OUT.

ALSO THE LILLY PADS YOU JUST FOLLOW THE BOAT LANES THAT ARE CUT OUT ALREADY.

>> THOSE BEAVER LODGES ARE SOMETHING ELSE.

>> THEY'RE PRETTY SPECTACULAR.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT THOSE LITTLE WE HAVERS WILL DO.

REALLY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.

AND THEN IF YOU'RE QUIET ENOUGH, SOMETIMES YOU GET TO HEAR THEM INSIDE THE BEAVER LODGE, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE THEM, YOU CAN SOMETIMES SEE THEM INSIDE PLAYING A LITTLE BIT IN THE WATER.

>> SO WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS STATE PARK AND THE LAKE AND EVERYTHING?

>> THERE'S JUST LOTS OF THINGS TO DO.

YOU CAN HIKE IN THE PARK.

WE HAVE A 17-MILE TRAIL WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BACKPACK ON.

YOU CAN CAMP.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN ON THE WATER, YOU GET A KAYAK OR CANOE OR A BOAT AND JUST GO OUT ON THE LAKE.

SO THERE'S JUST A LOT TO DO IN OUR PARK.

OR YOU CAN GET A FISHING POLE AND GO OUT TO ONE OF OUR PEERS.

THEY'RE ALL ADA-ACCESSIBLE, SO ANYBODY CAN ACCESS OUR PEERS TO GO FISHING.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO DO HERE.

>> THAT THERE IS.

SO GO KAYAK EXPLORING ON CANE CREEK LAKE NEAR STAR CITY.

>> THE KINGS RIVER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST STREAM IN THE STATE TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENTAL PROTECTION WHEN LEGISLATION WAS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAY BACK IN 1971.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MANY NATURAL AREAS UNDER THE ARKANSAS NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.

AND JOINING US IS MICHAEL WARRINER WITH THE NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION WHO IS GOING TO DO SOME EXPLORING WITH US.

>> THE KINGS RIVER FALLS NATURAL AREA IS ABOUT 4-1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE BOSTON COMMUNITY IN THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST.

THE KINGS RIVER FALLS TRAIL IS A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILE LONG AND PARALLELS THE RIVER.

THERE ARE MANY SCENIC SPOTS ALONG THE TRAIL, ALONG WITH A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF WHILE FLOWERS AND OTHER FASCINATING PLANTS THAT BORDER THIS STREAM.

BRINGING A FISHING POLE ALONG IS A GOOD IDEA SINCE FISHING ON THE KINGS RIVER IS ALWAYS GREAT.

HERE YOU CAN CATCH ANYTHING FROM PERCH, ROCK BASS, CHANNEL CATFISH AND SMALL MOUTH BASS.

THE ARKANSAS NATURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION BEGAN ACQUIRING NATURAL AREAS IN 1973.

THIS AREA INCLUDES THE KINGS RIVER WITH KINGS RIVER FALLS BEING THE FOCAL POINT.

>> CRITERIA FOR A NATURAL AREA IS AN AREA THAT'S RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED.

IT STILL HAS SOME OF ITS PRESETLEMENT CHARACTER IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS FIRST GOT TO ARKANSAS.

WE LOOK TO PROTECT REALLY THOSE LAST REMNANTS OF ARKANSAS'S NATURAL LANDSCAPE.

AND WHAT.

>> AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT PARTICULAR THIS AREA THAT IS SO INTERESTING AND SO UNIQUE?

>> KINGS RIVER FALLS NATURAL AREA IS REALLY JUST A CLASSIC, HIGH QUALITY EXAMPLE OF AN OZARK MOUNTAIN STREAM.

OZARKS HAVE A LOT OF REALLY NICE STREAMS.

KINGS RIVER IS ONE OF THE BEST.

HIGH WATER QUALITY.

NICE NATURAL LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING IT.

>> I GUESS ALSO YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT -- I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.

EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

PEOPLE FIRST SETTLED HERE BACK AROUND THE CIVIL WAR.

THE AREA HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIM BIR CUTTING.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S STILL IN A REALLY NATURAL, HIGH QUALITY STATE.

>> WASN'T THERE A GRIST MILL HERE?

>> BACK IN THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THERE WAS A GRIST MILL THAT WAS REALLY USED QUITE A BIT.

THERE'S STILL AN OLD GRIND STONE FURTHER DOWN STREAM AND EVIDENCE OF ANCHOR HOLDS WHERE THE GRIST MILL USED TO BE LOCATED.

>> I GUESS BACK IN THE 1800S, I MEAN THIS IS THE WAY LIFE WAS, DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM AND PEOPLE JUST SETTLED THIS LAND AROUND HERE,EN AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOMESTEAD ACT.

>> SURE.

A LOT OF THIS AREA WAS SETTLED.

AND A LOT OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, THEIR ANCESTORS, ARE STILL HERE TODAY.

>> WE NOTICED COMING IN HERE THAT ROCK WALL, THE STONE WALL OVER THERE, THE REMNANTS OF I GUESS AN OLD FARM STEAD, HOMESTEAD.

>> RIGHT.

THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT NEAR THIS AREA WAS BUILT BACK IN THE 1880S.

OF COURSE THEY BUILT WALLS THE DEMARCATE THEIR PROPERTY, AN OLD BARN AND SO ON.

>> IT'S WORTH WHILE TO COME HERE AS WE'VE SEEN HERE NOT JUST FOR THE SCENERY BUT FOR FISHING, FOR SWIMMING, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO MAKE OF IT.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A PRETTY POPULAR DESTINATION IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER.

THE HOLE BELOW THE FALLS IS PRETTY GOOD FOR SWIMMING.

DOWN BELOW THE RIVER, THE FALLS, ARE PRETTY GOOD FISHING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> I GUESS YOU'VE BEEN COMING BACK HERE A COUPLE THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>> I COME HERE LIKE ONCE A YEAR OR SO.

IT'S JUST A REALLY NICE PLACE TO VISIT.

EASY ACCESS.

NICE SHORT TRAIL DOWN TO THE FALLS.

EASY TO BRING YOUR FAMILY.

>> THE POOL BELOW THE FALLS SERVES AS AN EXCELLENT SWIMMING HOLE.

THE ROCK WALLS AND BLUFF SHELTERS ABOVE THE FALLS PROVIDE QUITE A SCENIC OVERLOOK.

ARKANSAS'S NATURAL AREAS ARE MORE THAN JUST A LAST REFUGE FOR CERTAIN HABITATS OR RARE SPECIES.

BUT THESE AREAS ULTIMATELY PROVIDE BLUEPRINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW ECOSYSTEMS IN THE STATE ORIGINALLY FUNCTIONED.

SUCH INFORMATION WILL BE ESPECIALLY VITAL AS THE NATURAL STATE CONTINUES TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INTO THE FUTURE.

SO EXPLORE FOR YOURSELF THE KINGS RIVER FALLS NATURAL AREA NORTH OF THE BOSTON COMMUNITY AND THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST.

AND MAYBE EVEN CATCH YA SOME FISH WHILE YOU'RE AT IT.

OR TAKE A KAYAKING TRIP AT CANE CREEK LAKE AT CANE CREEK STATE PARK NEAR STAR CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WATER LILIES ARE BLOOMING FROM LATE SPRING TO EARLY SUMMER.

AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE UNIQUE ROCK FORMATIONS, CAVES AND PICTOGRAPHS AT THE OWENS AND RICKETTS MOUNTAIN AREA OFF JASPER NEAR COWELL.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ORDER A COPY OF A PROGRAM VISIT OUR WEBSITE AETN.ORG/"EXPLORING ARKANSAS".

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE ON "EXPLORING ARKANSAS".

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