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Get ready to celebrate America’s 250th birthday—rally style! 🎉
📅 June 17–21, 2026
📍 Iron Mountain | Hatfield, Arkansas

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𝐓𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 “𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞”
𝐀 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞

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It is awful hard to overlook the beautiful evenings at South Cove Campground.

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Oh good. The bears are awake and immediately sticking their tongues out at us. That means it is officially time to get bear aware again.

Across the country, bears are emerging from their winter dens hungry, curious, and ready to start making up for several months of missed meals. This is the time of year when human bear encounters tend to increase, and many of those situations can be avoidable.

Here is how to not accidentally become part of a bear’s daily schedule:

• Give bears space. A lot of space. Think football field, not selfie distance.
• Don't leave food where a bear can find it.
• Secure your garbage, food, grills, and anything that smells good... or not so good.
• Make noise when hiking so you do not surprise a bear. Nobody enjoys a surprise bear meeting.
• Carry bear spray and know how to use it before you need it.

Most conflicts between people and bears come down to food. If bears learn to associate humans with an easy meal, it almost always ends badly for the bear.

Let’s keep bears wild, and people safe.

Check the comments for more bear safety tips.

Photo of a black bear by Larry Bell (sharetheexperience)