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Bull Shoals-White River State Park
At the southern edge of the lake, just below the dam, is the 666-acre Bull Shoals-White River State Park. Facilities include a variety of camping for visitors, a tree-shaded picnic area with playgrounds above the dam, and a bait shop where you can also rent a canoe or motorboat. There are more than 160 acres of Firewise-mown lawn around the developed areas at Bull Shoals-White River State Park. The superintendent's home includes a 30-foot perimeter of defensible space. A $4.5 million, 15,744-square-foot visitors center was completed in 2006. It features a spectacular view of the White River, Bull Shoals Dam and Bull Shoals Lake.
"Special thanks to Denver West for an invitation to present a FireWise program at the park," said David Samuel, Arkansas FireWise Coordinator. West served as the chair of the Southeast Benton County FireWise Board when he was stationed at Hobbs State Park, and has been a supporter of Firewise for many years. Below are before and after photographs of Bull Shoals-White River State Park. |
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In
the Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas, visitors discover one of the
finest fishing and boating lakes in the nation, Bull Shoals. A dam
placed across the White River in 1951 formed this 45,440-acre lake with
1,000 miles of rugged shoreline between southern Missouri and northern
Arkansas. 
On
June 22, 2005, a FireWise meeting was held at the Gaston Resort adjacent
to Bull-Shoals-White River State Park. Attending were Superintendent
Tracy King, Assistant Superintendent Denver West, Maintenance Supervisor
David Soldberg, Maintenance Staff Member Brandon Due, and Seasonal
Ranger Linda Archer, who was designated the FireWise Coordinator for the
park.
