When winter rains fill the Ouachita Mountain headwaters, the Cossatot River turns into one of the most technical whitewater runs in the mid-South. Paddlers drive in from three states to test the exposed novaculite ledges at Cossatot Falls, and the corridor they travel is protected on both banks.
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Farther downstream, the Tri-Lakes system takes over. DeQueen, Gillham, and Dierks lakes hold back the same water the paddlers ride, releasing it on a schedule set by the Corps of Engineers so that bottomland farms and highway bridges stay dry through the wettest months.
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