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The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (ADPHT) held an event today at Lake Sylvia Recreation Area to officially mark the beginning of operating and managing the area as a unit of Pinnacle Mountain State Park. ADPHT has signed a historic property lease with the United States Forest Service (USFS) to do so. The USFS will continue to partner with ADPHT and Arkansas State Parks (ASP) in the environmental management of the area.
This plan was made public last month when Gov. Asa Hutchinson included it as part of the announcement that a new Office of Outdoor Recreation would be housed within the Secretary’s Office of ADPHT. At that time, Gov. Hutchinson emphasized the push to expand recreational opportunities in Arkansas that contribute to the state’s tourism value.
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DRIVE-THRU NATIVE PLANT SALE
SATURDAY 3/13. Pinnacle Mountain State Park Greenhouse, 14339 Green Valley Road, Roland. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $5/pot, with discounts for bulk buyers; bring cash or check.
Last March, many Arkansans were falling in love with backyard gardening for the first time. As the planting season coincided with a pandemic that landed in our state and left us homebound, Google searches for “DIY raised garden beds” and “planting zone map for Arkansas” skyrocketed, and kids all over whose school schedules had been momentarily capsized turned instead to poking radish seeds those earliest and swiftest of sprouters into prepared soil. This year, you can cut out some of that trial and error by visiting the knowledgeable folks from Central Arkansas Master Naturalists and Partners for Pinnacle, who will set up shop on a spring Saturday to sell pots of 22 varieties of plants native to Arkansas: milkweed, coreopsis, coneflowers, spiderwort, spiked blazing
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