r/Arkansas

According to this article, several popular outdoor recreation trails and wildlife management areas in Arkansas could be affected.

https://arkansasoutside.com/arkansas-roadless-rule-national-forests/

This follows an article from April 2026 about opening up mining in the Ouachita Mountains.

https://arkansasoutside.com/arkansas-crystal-mining-proposal-ouachita-national-forest/

And this article on changes to the NEPA process.

https://arkansasoutside.com/nepa-changes-arkansas-public-lands-trails-forests/

Plus, changes to Forest Service management listed in this article.

https://arkansasoutside.com/forest-service-proposed-rule-arkansas-national-forests/

Major changes seem to be coming to the National Forests in Arkansas.

Soooo I’m planning a trip to Arkansas in September and really want to do the phantom crystal mine at wegner but you need at least 15 people on a given day to go … it’s just me and a friend going on this trip. I called to enquirer about the request I put in and no one is going that weekend besides me and that friend…. Anyway I need 13 of you to go the weekend of September 10-13 sign up for the phantom mine so we can all get some cool unique quartz! Thanks in advance 😂