Book an off-season site

Winter camping is available at Beaver Lake and the White River below Beaver Dam at Army Corps of Engineers parks. Beaver Lake campsites may be reserved at Prairie Creek, Lost Bridge North, Horseshoe Bend and Hickory Creek parks. Sites may be reserved at Dam Site River on the White River below Beaver Dam. Go to recreation.gov to reserve campsites.

Build a survival shelter

A free introductory program on survival techniques, fire starting and shelter building will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Janet Huckabee River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith. Call the center at (501) 710-6285 to register.

Get certified to burn

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a free course Dec. 11-12 to certify landowners as qualified prescribed burners. The first day is a cla

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