>> FUNDING FOR "EXPLORING ARKANSAS" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY STEPHENS INC., A FULL-SERVICE INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM.

STEPHENS, THE HUMAN SIDE OF INVESTMENT BANKING.

MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, STILL FLOWING NATURALLY FROM ONLY ONE SOURCE IN MOUNTAIN VALLEY, ARKANSAS.

THE SAME PURE WATER, RICH IN MINERALS THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING FOR MORE THAN 130 YEARS.

AMERICA'S WATER SINCE 1871.

>> TRUMPETER TER SWANS AREN'T EXACTLY NATIVE TO ARKANSAS.

THEIR HABITAT IS THOUSANDS OF MILES UP TO THE NORTH.

HOW THEY WOUND UP HERE IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES OF MOTHER NATURE'S FURY AND ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW WE WILL EXPLAIN AND THEN WE WILL EXPLORE THE UNDERGROUND OF THE NATURAL STATE.

I HAVE ALWAYS SAID WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE IS JUST AS FASCINATING AS WHAT LIES ABOVE.

IN AM SO CASES EVEN MORE SO.

IN THE ARKANSAS-MISSOURI OZARKS THERE ARE SOME 2,000 CAVES.

HURRICANE RIVER CAVES SOUTH OF HARRISON IS UNIQUE NOT ONLY FOR ITS BEAUTY BUT WHAT'S BEEN DISCOVERED THERE AND THEN WE'LL WRAP IT ALL UP IN AN AREA WHERE THE NATION'S SYMBOL IS ALIVE AND WELL.

HOLLA BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SOUTH OF DARDENELLE NOT HAS ONLY BALD EAGLES BUT GOLDEN EAGLES AS WELL.

JOIN US FOR THIS INSTALLMENT OF "EXPLORING ARKANSAS" AS WE BEGIN WITH THOSE TRUMPETER SWANS ON MAGNESS LAKE NEAR HEBER SPRINGS.

IT IS THE LARGEST WATERFALL IN NORTH AMERICA.

THE TRUMPETER SWAN, SIZABLE NUMBERS CAN BE FOUND IN ALASKA AND SMALLER NUMBERS IN MONTANA, WYOMING AND OTHER WESTERN STATES.

BUT SINCE 1990, TRUMPETER SWANS HAVE BEEN WINTERING HERE ON MAGNESS LAKE NEAR HEBER SPRINGS.

AT FIRST THERE WERE ONLY THREE.

NOW MORE THAN 100 KEEP COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IT IS A WILDLIFE PHENOMENON THAT CAN'T FULLY BE EXPLAINED.

>> WHEN YOU HEAR THE SOUND THEY MAKE, YOU QUICKLY REALIZE THEY ARE CALLED TRUMPETER SWANS.

THE NEXT THING YOU REALIZE IS THEIR AWESOME BEAUTY.

>> THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

I WENT LAST YEAR AND I KNEW I HAD TO COME BACK.

THEY ARE GORGEOUS ANIMALS AND THEY ARE CUTE AND THEY ARE VERY RARE ANIMALS.

IT IS SO SPECIAL TO HAVE THIS SO CLOSE TO COLLEGE.

>> THEY ARE BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK.

>> YEAH.

THEY ARE VERY TALL.

THEY ARE SO ELEGANT.

>> I THINK THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I AM PROUD TO SEE THEM IN ARKANSAS.

MY DAUGHTER IN CONWAY TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND SENT ME THE ARTICLE ON IT AND WE HAD TO COME SEE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BIRD WATCHERS FOR 50, 60 YEARS I GUESS AND FEED THEM AT MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME IN SHERWOOD.

>> I HAD READ IT IN THE PAPER AND I AM HAVING SURGERY IN FEBRUARY AND I THOUGHT, I WAS GOING TO EASTON, IF I DON'T GO THIS WEEK, I WILL MISS THEM.

I CALLED HER UP THIS MORNING AND SAID IT IS 9:00.

MEET ME IN LITTLE ROCK AT 10:00 I AM TAKING YOU AT A TRIP BECAUSE BIRDS FASCINATE ME AND THE BIGGER, THE BETTER, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SETTING THAT'S NOT NORMAL TO OUR HABITAT.

I JOANED COMING TO HEBER TOSEE THESE TRUMPETER SWANS, JUST BEAUTIFUL BIRDS.

>> SINCE 1994, DICK HERGET, KNOWN AS THE SWAN MAN, YOU MIGHT SAY, HAS TAKEN THE SWANS UNDER HIS WING.

FEEDING THEM SHELLED CORN WHEN THEY COME TO WINTER AT THE LAKE.

>> HE'S HUNGRY.

HE'S HUNGRY.

WHO'S HUNGRY?

HERE IT IS.

WHO'S HUNGRY?

COME ON.

[SWAN CALL] >> MY WIFE SAYS I AM ACTING TOO MUCH LIKE A SWAN NOW.

I SENT SO MUCH TIME WITH THEM.

SHE SAID SHE WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY ARE GONE SO I CAN RETURN TO MY HUMAN FORM.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

TWO FAMILY UNITS SQUARING OFF OVER HERE.

THIS FAMILY UNIT DOES NOT WANT THIS ONE TO COME IN.

>> AS FAR AS FEEDING EVERYONE, CONSIDERING EACH BIRD WEIGHS 35 TO 50 POUNDS AND THERE IS 119 OF THEM.

>> TAKES A LOT OF CORN, I IMAGINE.

>> IT DOES.

>> 50 POUNDS A DAY.

$4.85 FOR A 50-POUND BAG.

>> THE LOCALS STARTED CALLING YOU THE SWAN MAN, HUH?

>> I AM THE SWAN MAN.

>> AND PROUD OF IT?

>> YEAH.

IT IS FUN.

IT IS ENJOYABLE.

A LOT OF SATISFACTION.

THEY ARE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE.

>> WHEN THEY GO, DO YOU HATE TO SEE THEM GO EVERY YEAR?

>> NO, I AM READY.

I HAVE MISSED THREE DAYS SINCE NOVEMBER 16th FEEDING THEM.

I AM READY FOR THEM TO GO HOME NOW.

THEY NEED TO HEAD BACK TO THE BREEDING GROUNDS.

AND I THINK THEY ARE READY TO GO, TOO.

YOU CAN TELL BY HOW AGITATED THEY ARE TODAY OUT HERE DURING THE FEEDING TIME.

>> YOU SAY THEY COME IN OBJECT THE FULL MOON IN NOVEMBER AND LEAVE ON THE FULL MOON IN FEBRUARY .

>> THAT'S MY BEST PREDICTION EVERY YEAR AND I HAVEN'T REALLY MISSED IT.

I MISSED IT BY 24 HOURS ON THE ARRIVAL THIS YEAR.

WE SPECULATE THE ORIGINAL THREE WE GOT WERE BLOWN OFF COURSE BY AN ATLANTIC HURRICANE.

THEY WERE EAST COAST-FLYWAY BIRDS AND THEY LANDED UP HERE OUT OF PURE EXHAUSTION ON MAGNESS LAKE.

THEY BROUGHT THEIR JUVENILES BACK LAST YEAR OF THE FIRST YEAR I FED 12 YEARS AGO, WE HAD 13.

LAST YEAR I HEAD COUNT WAS 88.

THIS YEAR IT IS 119.

ALMOST GETTING TO A POINT OF SATURATION.

THERE ARE ABOUT 40 IN HERE RIGHT NOW.

HALF OF THEM ARE STILL OUT IN THE FIELDS.

BECAUSE OF OUR DROUGHT SITUATION, THERE IS NO FIELDGRASS FOR THEM TO EAT.

THEIR NORMAL DIET IS GRASS AND SEEDS OR CORN.

I BEEN FEEDING THEM ALFALFA PELLETS.

BIOLOGISTS TOLD ME I NEED TO FEED THEM WHEAT BEFORE THEY START BACK ON THEIR RETURN TRIP TO CANADA AND TO WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BANDED ONES.

BOTH OF THEM CAME FROM WISCONSIN THIS YEAR.

WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR THAT CAME FROM A CITY PARK IN CHICAGO.

DIDN'T LIKE THE CHICAGO WINTERS.

>> SO THIS WHOLE AREA INCLUDING THE LAKE, YOU SAY, HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A WILDLIFE REFUGE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> THE ESHEN FAMILY IN MEMPHIS HAVE A HOUSE ON THE RIVER DOWN HERE AND THEY BOUGHT IT JUST TO PRESERVE IT, TO PRESERVE THE WILDLIFE.

IT IS THE N.W.A.

WILDLIFE REFUGE.

WE HAVE A FEEDING STATION FOR THE TURKEY AND QUAIL AND WE ARE PUTTING IN FOOD PLOTS AROUND THE ACREAGE.

WE HAVE PROTECTED WETLANDS ALONG THIS SIDE OF THE LAKE HERE AND WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 400-ACRES OF TREE FARM.

THEN MY WIFE AND I OWN A MILE ALONG THE HIGHWAY UP HERE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1,000-ACRES THAT'S PROTECTED.

THEY HAVE A REAL GOOD SAFE NATURAL SETTING TO SPEND THEIR WINTERS.

>> WE NOTICE ACROSS THE WAY OVER THERE, THERE IS SOME NESTS OF BLUE HERRINGS.

>> I AM AS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS I AM THE SWANS NOW.

THE FIRST ROOKERY, ACCORDING TO OUR LOCAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, IT IS THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE HAD IN CLAY BURN COUNTY.

WE HAD 39 NESTS LAST SPRING AND THERE WASN'T A SNAKE, A FROG OR ANYTHING THAT COULD CRAWL OR SWIM THAT WAS OUT IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THE ADULTS WERE FEEDING SNAKES AND FROGS TO THE BABIES ALL YEAR LONG.

WE MUST HAVE HAD 200 OR 300 BLUE HERRINGS IN ONE LOCATION.

>> AND SO NATURE'S BEAUTY HAS BEEN EXPANDING IN MAGNESS LAKE NEAR ME PER SPRINGS.

COME AND EXPERIENCE IT FOR YOURSELF.

>> ALONG WITH ARKANSAS'S GREAT BEAUTY IN THE OUTDOORS, THERE IS ALSO THE UNIQUE INNER BEAUTY INSIDE ONE OF THE MANY WONDERFUL CAVES THROUGHOUT THE NATURAL STATE.

CAVING IS A POPULAR ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME WHERE IT MAY BE FREEZING ON THE OUTSIDE BUT DOWN HERE IT IS A COMFORTABLE 58 DEGREES YEAR-ROUND.

HURRICANE RIVER CAVES SOUTH OF HARRISON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

>> THE PHRASE "GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL" TAKES ON QUITE THE LITERAL MEANING INSIDE A CAVE.

IT IS LIKE GOING TO ANOTHER PLANET WITHOUT LEAVING EARTH.

>> AWESOME WATER ERODED PASSAGE WAVES CARVED OUT BY AN ANCIENT UNDERGROUND RIVERBED LEAD YOU THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF THE CAVERN.

HURRICANE RIVER CAVE WAS DISCOVERED AROUND 1800 AND USED TO LEAD INTO A SOLD ZINC MINE.

>> THE ZINC MINE WAS BASICALLY A HUGE OPERATION, OPERATING FROM AROUND 1890 TO 1920.

THEY USED THE WATER SUPPLY OUT OF THIS PLACE TO WASH THEIR ZINC OFF.

IT IS DEFINITELY A VERY GOOD PLACE WITH THAT.

EXPLORING INTO THE CAVES FOR MINERALSES.

IT IS ALL INTACT AS IT SHOULD BE.

>> WE SAW SOME OF THAT ON THE CEILING FROM THE EARLY EXPLORERS.

>> THE WRITING UP THERE, THE OLD LANTERN WRITING FROM TWO OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE MINE ACTUALLY.

>> THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SOME RATHER INTERESTING THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE CAVE.

>> MOST DEFINITELY SOME INTERESTING THINGS FOUND I HERE.

WE ARE SITTING BESIDE ONE OF THE DENS.

THE BLACK BARES ARE OVER 3,000 YEARS EXTINCT IN THIS PLACE.

IN 1976 WE FOUND AN INCREDIBLE FIND, A SABER TOOTH TIGER SKELETON.

8 1/2" CANINE TEETH.

IN 1988 ONE OF THE MOST RECENT FINDS WAS THE SKELETON OF A NATIVE AMERICAN BOY STILL REMAINING IN HERE TO THIS DAY.

OF COURSE, WE FOUND ARTIFACTS UP INTO THE CAVE ITSELF.

THERE IS ALSO STORIES ABOUT WE KEEP HEARING BOOMS IN HERE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.

SUSPICIONS HAVE WE HAVE HEARD BOOMS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTSIDE WITH NO EXPLANATION BEHIND IT.

WE STAY IN HERE MUCH LONGER WE MIGHT FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.

>> NOW, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THIS BALL OF LIGHTNING.

>> IT IS A GOOD THING IT IS NOT LIGHTNING OUTSIDE TODAY.

THE BALL LIGHTNING CREATED BY IRON OXIDE IN THIS CAVE CONDUCTING ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN SEEN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.

SOMETIMES YOU GET A GOOD LIGHT SHOW ALONG WITH THE TOUR.

>> ONE OF THESE FORMATIONS WE SEE BACK HERE HAS FALLEN OFF.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THAT.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE.

THE SHIELD WAS ATTACHED TO THAT UPPER SECTION.

FROM THE MOST MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE ON DRID FALL WHICH IS ABOUT 8.0 PRETTY MUCH ROCKED IT THIS PLACE.

>> I THOUGHT CAVES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF UNTOUCHABLE WITH AN EARTHQUAKE.

I GUESS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

>> NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

IT JUST DEPENDS -- >> AND HOW STRONG THE EARTHQUAKE IS.

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT KAY CREATURES.

YES, THEY DO EXIST.

IN MOST CASES, THOUGH, YOU HAVE TO LOOK REAL CLOSE IN ORDER TO SPOT THEM.

>> THE STATE BIOLOGIST ACTUALLY CAME A FEW YEARS AGO WHILE I WAS HERE, DOCUMENTED SOME CREATURES.

WE HAVE THREE TIMES OF SALAMANDERS, TWO SPECIES OF BATS AND THEN WE HAVE THE CAVE CRICKET, MILLIPEDES, CENTIPEDES.

>> WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO ANY SABER TOOTH TIGERS AS YET OR THE BEARS.

>> NOT YET.

I THINK WE HAVE THOUGHT WE HEARD A A FEW.

>> HURRICANE RIVER CAVE IS ALSO A LIVING CAVE MEANING WITH ALL THE DRIPPING GOING ON FORMATIONS ARE STILL TAKING SHAPE.

FORMATIONS THAT TAKE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO FULLY DEVELOP.

HURRICANE RIVER CAVE IS NORMALLY OPEN FROM MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER.

WINTER VISITS ARE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT.

YOU CAN LOG ON TO THE WEBSITE AT www.hurricanerivercave.com.

>> IT IS UNMATCHED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND SERVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.

MANAGED AND PROTECTED FOR WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITAT AND FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NATION'S SYMBOL, THE BALD EAGLE HERE AT THE HOLLA BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SOUTH OF RUSSELLVILLE.

>> THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES.

IN ITS FIRST 100 YEARS IT HELPED SAVED OUR NATIONAL SYMBOL FROM EXTINCTION AND HAS PROTECTED HUNDREDS OF OTHER WILD SPECIES.

>> EACH REFUGE HAS A PRETTY SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHY IT WAS ESTABLISHED.

HERE AT HOLLA BEND, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THIS REFUGE WAS FOR -- TO PROVIDE WINTERING HABITAT FOR WATERFOWL, MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.

THAT'S THE PRIMARY PURPOSE.

AND THEN THE OTHER PURPOSES ARE TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR RESIDENT WILDLIFE SUCH AS DEER AND WILD TURKEYS AND TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPACE SHE IS SUCH AS THE BALD EAGLE AND TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNTING, FISHING, THOSE ARE OUR FOUR PURPOSES.

SEEING AN EAGLE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IS, INDEED, A SPECIAL MOMENT, ONE THAT STAYS WITH YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BIRD THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THE FLIGHT OF AN EAGLE.

TO SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE IS MORE THAN A PHRASE.

EAGLES DON'T JUST FLY.

THEY MAJESTICALLY SOAR AND SWOOP AND GLIDE.

THEIR MOVEMENT IN THE AIR IS ALMOST MAGICAL IN A SENSE.

AFTER WATCHING ONE, YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE WHY IT WAS CHOSEN AS OUR NATION'S SYMBOL.

NOW IS THE TIME TO GO WHERE THE EAGLES SOAR.

>> THE CHANCES ARE REALLY GOOD THIS TIME OF YEAR WE GET A LOT OF VISITORS IN.

ALONG THE RIVER IS A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO SEE EAGLES.

WE GET PEOPLE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY COMING FROM DIFFERENT STATES AND FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO GET A LOOK AT THE EAGLES.

THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST HANG OUT ALONG THE RIVER.

THEY FLY UP AND DOWN IT AND WE WILL HAVE DUCKS AND GEESE USING THE REFUGE AND THEY JUST FOLLOW THE DUCKS AND GEESE AROUND AND TRY TO PICK THEM OFF A FEW IF THEY CAN AND THEY WILL HANG OUT HERE FROM ABOUT NOVEMBER UNTIL MARCH OR SO AND THEN THEY WILL DISBURSE AND CAN GONE FOR THE SUMMER.

>> HOLLA BEND IS VISITED BY THOSE WHO WANT TO OBSERVE A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE.

>> OUR VISITORS START -- WE HAVE AN ARCHERY ONLY DEER SEASON IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WHEN WE GET A LOT OF USE BY DEAR HUNTERS.

ONCE THAT'S OVER WITH, WE GET A LOT OF BIRD WATCHERS AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PEOPLE JUST DRIVING IN LOOKING AT THE EAGLES.

BASICALLY FROM DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH, MAYBE INTO APRIL WE ARE PRETTY BUSY WITH BIRD WATCHERS AND WE HAVE SEVERAL WILDLIFE -- PRETTY GOOD WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE STATE THAT COME TO HOLLA BEND QUITE OFTEN AND YOU WILL SEE THEM DRIVING AROUND HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY, TOO.

>> IT YOU PLAN A TRIP TO HOLLA BEND, BY ALL MEANS, BRING A CAMERA, A PAIR OF BINOCULARS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AS WELL.

A DECENT TELEPHOTO LENS WOULDN'T HURT.

THERE IS AN OBSERVATION TOWER TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF SPOTTING WILDLIFE OR IF YOU PREFER TO STAY COMFY AND WARM YOU CAN STAY ON THE SELF-GUIDED AUTO TOUR WHICH IN FACT BETTER RESULTS MAY BE ACHIEVED BY NOT GETTING OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL.

>> WE HAVE A TEN-MILE WILDLIFE DRIVE WITH GOOD ROADS.

YOU CAN COME HERE WITH A CAR, COME HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY IN A CAR AND NOT EXPECT TO GET STUCK OR ANYTHING.

WE HAVE REAL GOOD FACILITIES HERE.

LIKE I SAY, THERE IS A TEN-MILE WILDLIFE DRIVE WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND AND SEE VARIOUS HABITAT FROM CROP FIELDS TO REFORESTED FIELDS TO MATURE BOTTOM LAND HARDWOOD TIMBER AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF AND WE GET A LOT OF USE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE ARE KIND OF FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN GO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW.

>> RIGHT.

HOLLA BEND IS ONE OF I BELIEVE 11 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES IN ARKANSAS.

THEY ARE SCATTERED PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE STATE.

PROBABLY WITHIN AN HOUR'S DRIVE OF ANYWHERE YOU LIVE YOU CAN GET ON A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ARKANSAS.

THE REFUGES ARE MANAGED BY THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WHO -- WE'RE THE PRIMARY AGENCY FOR MANAGING ALL THE REFUGE AGENCIES IN THE COUNTRY.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE THERE IS 92 MILLION-ACRES AND OVER 500 -- I THINK ABOUT 540 OR SO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES IN THE COUNTRY.

>> SO GET OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE 7,000-PLUS ACRES OF THE WILD KINGDOM AT HOLLA BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ESPECIALLY OBSERVING OUR NATION'S SYMBOL SOARING THE SKIES ABOVE.

THE IMPACT IS ONE THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER.

THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS AMERICA'S BEST-KEPT SECRET.

FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF WHAT THE SECRET IS ALL ABOUT.

>> SO EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF OUR NATION'S SYMBOL HERE AT HOLLA BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SOUTH OF DARDENELLE AND WHETHER IT IS THE BALD EAGLE, THE GOLDEN EAGLE OR THE MANY OTHER SPECIES OF WILDLIFE THAT CAN BE FOUND HERE, WE GUARANTEE YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

AND IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING A PAIR OF BINOCULARS OR TELEPHOTO LENS.

IT MAKES THE SPOTTING OF WILDLIFE SO MUCH EASIER AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY SO MUCH BETTER.

FOR MORE INFO ON HOLLA BEND AND ALL THE OTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES, YOU CAN LOG ON TO www.southeast.fws.gov.

AND DON'T FORGET THE OTHER AWESOME EXPLORATION AT HURRICANE RIVER CAVES SOUTH OF HARRISON OFF OF HIGHWAY 65 WHERE YOU, TOO, CAN VENTURE INTO THE CAVE OF THE SABER TOOTH TIGER.

ALSO CHECK OUT THE WILD CAVE TOUR THERE AS WELL AS WE DID ON A PREVIOUS EPISODE.

BE PREPARED TO GET REALLY GRUNGY AND DIRTY ON THAT ONE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHECK OUT FOR YOURSELF NORTH AMERICAN'S LARGEST WALTER FALL, THE TRUMPETER SWAN BETWEEN THE FULL MOON IN NOVEMBER AND THE FULL MOON IN FEBRUARY ON HAG NECESSARY LAKE NEAR -- MAGNESS LAKE NEAR ME PER SPRINGS.

IF YOU HAVE A STORIES, E-MAIL USUS ... JOIN US AGAIN FOR ANOTHER >> FUNDING FOR "EXPLORING ARKANSAS" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY STEPHENS INC., A FULL-SERVICE INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM.

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