"I could stay here for days," I think to myself as I sink into one of the chairs in the lodge at Potlatch Cook s Lake Nature Center. The lowlands facility in Arkansas County is surrounded by the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.
We re making our way across the flat fields of the Grand Prairie on this Tuesday morning. At the wheel is Deke Whitbeck, president of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation. Along for the ride with Whitbeck and me is Austin Booth, director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.