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A few weeks ago I wrote about setting deadfalls to control small predators from weasels to raccoons. Deadfalls sets are illegal and in this time of over-populations of the egg eaters that keep quail numbers low and impact wild turkey numbers, they should be put in use.

Mountain View — The Ozark Folk Center State Park is hosting a “Handcrafted Evening in the Park” on Friday, July 29, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

They flit across your face, hover near your houseplants, or gather by the window. Fortunately, these fungus gnat insects are more annoying to us than harmful to our plants.

Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium consists of a 1.5-million-gallon Aquarium Adventure showcasing 35,000 live fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, and immersive Wildlife Galleries that bring visitors eye-to-eye with the greatest collection of record-setting game animals ever assembled.

The Bold Jumping Spider is the most common spider in Arkansas. It is small in size, black with orange to white spots on its body, their pincer-like claws are a metallic green color, and their bite creates a mild stinging sensation.

Hey, folks! At Have-a-Heart (HAH) it is a cat/ kitten-palooza! And, as part of that, we are having a kitty adoption special where adoption fees are reduced to half for all feline adoptions through the end of August.

Fill your gardens with color from spring through summer and even into fall with a variety of pollinator-friendly phlox. The beauty, diversity, and usefulness in the garden of this group of plants had the National Garden Bureau declare 2022 Year of the Phlox.

Hello readers and friends of the Mountaineer Echo, I hope this week finds everyone in good health and happy spirits. I want to give you all a little secret about me, I have been very busy getting back into my crafting projects. It is a peaceful place to be when I craft.

Bass Pro shop in Springfield has been a favorite to many for many years. There are so many things to look at and enjoy as well as shop if you have a need for what they have, which is a lot of things. Seems you always find something you can not live without. Here are some of the things to do there, some information about them, and some things that are neat to have from there.