LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Shea Lewis, currently Director of Arkansas State Parks, will be serving as interim Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary as Secretary Mike Mills steps away from the administration.…
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This year, Arkansas State Parks celebrates its 100th anniversary. The Natural State is home to 52 state parks, but Petit Jean holds a special position as the first park, the inspiration for a system of parks that now covers 55,006…
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A Guide for All Seasons: Mike Mills, Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaArkansas native Mike Mills has made a lifelong career out of guiding. Since 1974, he’s helped countless thousands discover Arkansas’s scenic wilderness, most of them on the Buffalo National River. He’s guided his business, Buffalo Outdoor Center of Ponca, through…
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Locked & Loaded: Arkansas Tourism Forecasts Big Things to Come
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaFrom the Ozarks to the Ouachitas and from the Delta plains to glittering city centers, the post-pandemic world has been very, very good to Arkansas tourism. For the three years leading up to the COVID emergency and related restrictions, visitor…
AMP shines a positive light on businesses across Arkansas and the leaders behind them, and this is one of my favorite things that we do for our state. This month, we’re bringing back Fifty Over 50, which showcases business and…
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Sanders to Appoint Mike Mills to Secretary of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders has revealed she will nominate Mike Mills as the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. “Mike Mills is one of the premier outdoor recreation and tourism leaders not only in the state of…
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State Parks Appoints Leaders to New Office of Outdoor Recreation
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Stacy Hurst recently announced the selection of Katherine Andrews to serve as the first director of the Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation. Sec. Hurst also named the 10 members of the new Arkansas…