A legend in the flyfishing ranks, Whitlock is a lifelong student of fish habits and habitat. He researches, analyzes, innovates, teaches and participates in all aspects of the sport, and he writes, and illustrates his findings.

With a fortune in Arkansas timberlands, she put the resources to good use for present and future generations. Her Ross Foundation has backed endeavors from Arkadelphia cultural activities to investigating the die-off of bald eagles.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and his cartoon drawing tools have out-performed bulldozers of unrestricted land and water projects. Fisher’s cartoons in the Arkansas Gazette were a key weapon in many environmental battles.

He successfully campaigned in 1944 for Amendment 35, creating the Game and Fish Commission in its present form. Other activities were with Ducks Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation and the Sport Fishing Institute.

Her years of influence and accomplishments on the conservation and environmental scene illustrate the effectiveness of a small, intense, focused voice. A resident of Pine Bluff, she was a leader of the Jefferson Wildlife Association.

A wildlife biologist, he realized the need for informing and teaching Arkansas residents about the outdoors. His pulpit was the information office of the Game and Fish Commission and his fishing and hunting television programs.

He won the first BASS Masters Classic in 1971 on Nevada’s Lake Mead. The victory propelled him into a career of professional fishing and marketing, and he repeated his Classic championship in 1978 in Mississippi.

During the Depression, he led a campaign for small donations that bought the land for the Game and Fish Commission's Centerton Hatchery. More recently, he was a strong supporter of the drive for the Conservation Sales Tax.

Larry began guiding fishermen before he was in high school. He joined the professional bass fishermen’s ranks, won a BASS Masters Classic and became fishing’s first million-dollar winner.

A professional baseball player in his youth, he fell in love with fishing in North Arkansas then talked about it before a television camera. Then he went behind the camera to prominence as a developer and producer of outdoor TV programs.