Approximately 95 percent of all Springfield-Greene County park system facilities have now been reopened, following the Jan. 12 ice storm. The following facilities are the only parks or trails not currently available to the public due to unsafe conditions associated with ongoing ice storm debris removal:

George Washington Carver Park
Fellows Lake Trail
Sac River Mountain Bike Trail
Wilson’s Creek Volunteer Nature…[more]

Batesville – Films, most people agree, impact audiences in some way – a favorite line, a memorable character or a desirable location. There are also those whose lives were influenced by films in a much stronger way, creating a drive to dedicate their careers to the cinema.

Over the past six…[more]

Each year the International Mountain Biking Association, IMBA, selects a handful of great trails around the world that receive special “Epic’ status. These are ‘must ride’ routes for mountain bikers around the world to try out. Arkansas serves as home-base to two such routes-the Womble Trail in Hot Springs and Syllamo Trails in Mountain View.
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ATTENTION, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS!  Bass Pro Shops, Springfield, MO. is looking for old artifacts &
memorabilia from your outdoor archives.

They are searching for the following:

Fishing
Photos (1940 or Older)
State Record Catch Photos
Old Skin Fish Mounts
Old Fishing Poles & Lures
Fishing Collections (lures, reels, etc.)

Hunting
Photos…[more]

After being closed for seven weeks following the January ice storm, Dickerson Park Zoo’s gates reopened to the public at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3. Crews have been on the park grounds for weeks cleaning up debris and trimming or removing damaged trees.

Dickerson Park Zoo will follow regularly scheduled winter operations during March with gates open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the café open…[more]

Combining tennis and swimming, “Splash of Tennis Camp” returns this summer at a new location and as popular as ever. Tulsa Parks’ tennis and swim camp runs June 26-29 at Reed Park, 4233 S. Yukon Avenue. Registration begins April 1st.

Doug Hennigan, Broken Arrow High School Varsity Tennis Coach, returns to teach tennis fundamentals, and conduct skill development games. Between 10am and 2pm, kids will enjoy tennis, a…[more]

On Thursday, March 1, registration will open for the 8th annual Ozark Greenways Adventure Race through http://www.ozarkgreenways.org. This is a unique event where coed teams of four compete in an 8 to 14-hour multi-sport endurance race including running, mountain biking, orienteering, canoeing and mystery tests. The real adventure of this event is that all the distances and itinerary is kept secret until the morning of the race! One hundred…[more]

The first-annual Bee Payne Stewart Strut will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 28, 2007, in downtown Springfield, MO. The walk will begin at Jordan Valley Park, with registration beginning at 9 a.m.

A news conference will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, 202 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway, to announce details of the event. This year’s Honorary…[more]

In the middle of Missouri and the USA, there’s a place where visitors can play golf on world-class courses with panoramic lake views, dine in top-rated restaurants, enjoy great entertainment and relax in comfortable lodging – all conveniently located and value priced.  Where?  At Central Missouri’s magnificent Lake of the Ozarks.

An easy drive from anywhere in the Midwest, the Lake of the Ozarks is the…[more]

I often see a number of amateurs prepare for their driver golf swing by walking up, after they have teed the ball up, they just take a step back and they address it. They grip the golf club and they address it, and they sort of just plot their feet down wherever they land, but let me tell you the proper way.

This way you’ll be able to…[more]