What better year than 2022 to plan the canoe trip of a lifetime and float the whole Buffalo National River from Ponca to the White River all in one trip.

Streams are usually deserted in the fall, but the gravel bars were full of paddlers enjoying overnight float trips on the Buffalo National River on Oct. 20-21.

The Buffalo River became the first national river in the United States on March 1, 1972. It runs for 153 miles from its headwaters in the Boston Mountains to its confluence with the White River.

The 37-mile Buffalo River Trail is one of Arkansas’s premier backpacking paths, but often when you take it in small bites, you won’t see another soul for miles, Branstetter said.

The Arkansas River Coalition will have its annual New Year’s Day float trip Friday on the Arkansas River. Float-goers will meet at the ramp near the Cowtown Visitor’s Center at 1:30 p.m. and ...

Shortly afterward, in 2012, Arkansas granted a permit for a new hog farm, which soon opened along one of the Buffalo River’s tributaries. The hog waste was stored in large lagoons.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -If you have plans to float the Buffalo River, you’ll want to be mindful of where you float. The floating season for the upper district of the Buffalo River ranges from ...

2020 and much of 2021 were a bust with COVID-19, so I’ve got some some catching up to do. Among the things on that calendar is an Ozarks outdoor anniversary not to be missed. Buffalo National ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas is home to the first national river ever established in the United States. The Buffalo National River, running through Newton, Searcy, Marion and Baxter ...

What began as an ordinary float trip left a man with a C1 vertebra injury after a cliff jumping accident on the Buffalo River . ... Tracking severe weather in Arkansas w/ Tom Brannon & Symone Thomas.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -If you have plans to float the Buffalo River, you’ll want to be mindful of where you float. The floating season for the upper district of the Buffalo River ranges from ...