Former Rep. Ed Bethune -- who represented Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District from January 1979 to January 1985 -- played an instrumental part in creating the Flatside Wilderness Area.

"I believe that all ... should have the opportunity to experience the natural beauty." Support builds for bill to safeguard ...

including 153,000 acres in Arkansas, as protected land since 1964. The measure is linked to a successful legislative effort from a previous Congress concerning the Flatside Wilderness Area.

Legislation expanding Arkansas' Flatside Wilderness is headed to the White House, thanks to successful last-minute lobbying by U.S. Sen. John Boozman. The bill, bottled up in the Senate Committee ...

is working to enlarge the area. The Flatside Wilderness Area was one of nine large parcels designated as wilderness areas in the Arkansas Wilderness Act, enacted on Oct. Bryan Hendricks has been ...

I wrote in this very paper about my ongoing effort to expand the Flatside Wilderness and complete the work that began in 1984, so future Arkansans can enjoy ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Federal lawmakers are considering a measure to name an expansion of Arkansas’ Flatside Wilderness area after former U.S. Rep. Ed Bethune. The legislation would add about ...

Congressman Hill also been active on the environmental front recently, leading a successful push in the House to expand the flat side wilderness area in central Arkansas. Congressman Hill joining ...

An Arkansas Congressman is pushing to add hundreds ... It would also open Perry County Forests and the Flatside Wilderness up to studies by the U.S. Forest Service. Congressman Hill says these ...

Rescue crews were desperately searching by foot, horseback and kayak Saturday for dozens of people feared lost after a flash flood ravaged an isolated Arkansas campground, killing 18 people.

LANGLEY, Ark. - Authorities searched an Arkansas wilderness area Monday for a group of Louisiana Boy Scouts believed to be stranded behind rain-swollen waterways. No one has heard from the six ...