Exploring the depths

UNDERWATER WILDLIFE: Emiley Fletcher, 14, of Overland Park, Kan., gestures about the size of the fish she saw as her sister Alea Fletcher, 11, continues to look during a Lake Ouachita State Park snorkeling event on Crawdad Island on Thursday.   

EXPLORING: A group snorkels along the shore of Lake Ouachita’s Crawdad Island during a snorkeling event at the state park on Thursday. The snorkeling program gives park visitors a view of the underwater world of the lake.  

SNORKELING FUN: Alea Fletcher, 11, left, and her sister, Emily Fletcher, 14, both of Overland Park, Kan., participate in Lake Ouachita State Park’s snorkeling event Thursday along the lake’s Crawdad Island.