Crooked Creek Dedication Scheduled For March 30

Want to wet a paddle in one of the state’s best smallmouth bass streams? How about enjoying wildlife watching on trails along Crooked Creek?

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission will dedicate a 22-mile water trail and five miles of hiking trails at Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek beginning at 10 a.m. on March 30 at the center’s pavilion.

Canoes and kayaks will be available at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to fl oat about 1.5 miles of the creek around the education center property. Children under 14 must beaccompanied by an adult. Paddlers will put in with a Game & Fish guide and take out at Kelley’s Slab. To join the float, register at 870-449-3484.

A guided birding hike with Sharon Boatright, an experienced Audubon birder, is scheduled for the center’s Woodland Edge Trail. Bring binoculars and a fi eld guide.

Free hot dogs will be served at the center’s pavilion beginning at noon.

To reach the center, turn south on Marion County Road 4002 and continue a mile to the bridge that crosses Crooked Creek. The pavilion and the center are across the bridge.

Outdoor, Pages 10 on 03/21/2013

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