Nature in the Natural State
Various times, daily
These educational spots are brought to you by the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists and KUAR. The Central Arkansas Master Naturalists' mission is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.
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In the winter forest, the wild cry of the pileated woodpecker seems to travel farther through the bare branches of the trees.
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Central Arkansas has two native pine tree species, shortleaf pine and loblolly pine.
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Kissing someone under a sprig of mistletoe is a Christmas tradition imported from England.
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As spring gathers momentum, as deciduous trees leaf out, as summer birds come back to join their cousins who stayed year-round, and as the warm breezes…
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In April, the parsley hawthorn blooms and we see its delicate white flowers with scarlet anthers. They attract bees and small flies, the hawthorn’s…
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Nature contains millions of specialized relationships between different species. One such relationship exists between two Arkansas natives - the eastern…
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This winter pine siskins are visiting Arkansas.They spend their summers in Canada and the far northern United States, where they nest and breed. But their…
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Looking for a tree to plant? How about a tree that hosts over 150 moth and butterfly species. It hosts sawflies, whose larvae are food for baby bluebirds…
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Do you know Arkansas’s native woodpecker species? Have you seen them? Here’s an introduction to four of them.The red cockaded woodpecker is the scarcest,…