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    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

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  • Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center Closed

    The Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center is closed until Fall 2013 for a major maintenance project. A temporary park Visitor Center, along with the park store, are located in the Lamar Bathhouse at the south end of Bathhouse Row. Call for more information.

Fire Management

Fire can be used to provide a natural appearing landscape for the park. With proper planning and execution, prescribed fire can manipulate vegetation to produce healthier habitats as a background for the developed zone of the park. At the same time fuel management, using both mechanical means and prescribed fire, can reduce the risk to cultural and historic structures.

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Hot Springs National Park Fire Management Plan

Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment

Crabtree RX Prescribed Fire Plan (Nov.-Dec. 2007) (249 KB)

Crabtree RX Appendix (2.73 MB)

Sugarloaf RX Prescribed Fire Plan (2007) (161 KB)

Sugarloaf RX Appendix (1.26 MB)

See pictures of 2006 prescribed fire on North Mountain.

Did You Know?

black and white head and shoulders shot of James Cary with ranger hat on and building in background

Hot Springs National Park Ranger James Cary was the first National Park Service ranger to be killed in the line of duty. He was shot by bootleggers while patrolling West Mountain on March 12, 1927.