Buffalo River Chapter Membership meeting will be Saturday October 12, 2024 at Ozark Campground, Buffalo National River. 

Directions to the campground:  Take Hwy. 7 south out of Harrison and travel approximately 16.5 miles to the Ozark Campground turnoff. Turn right on County Road 129 (signs are posted). Travel approximately 2 miles and the road dead ends in the campground.

9:30pm – Meet at Ozark Campground Pavilion, if you would like to participate in a short hike; the hike will begin at 9:30 a.m. We will hike towards Cedar Glade Picnic area and back for 3.6 miles round trip.  If we run short on time, we’ll turn around before Cedar Glade.  Bring water, your usual day pack and sturdy hiking shoes/boots.

12:00pm – Meet at the Ozark Campground Pavilion for lunch.  If you can, please bring your own reusable plate and cup/glass for tea/water so we can meet the Ozark Society goals of wisely using resources.  No fork needed.  No problem if you can’t, or forget your dishes, we will have a few extras.   We will have sandwich fixings, chips and cookies, tea and water.

1:00pm – Ross Noland with The Buffalo River Foundation will be our featured speaker.

1:30pm – Meeting and discussions

Please RSVP by October 1, 2024 – krismcmillen7@gmail.com

Due to ordering the food; we don’t want to run short and we don’t want to waste any good food by overbuying.  You are welcome to bring a guest.  Please let me know ASAP how many are coming for lunch.  Kris: krismcmillen7@gmail.com

Stewart Noland is leading an overnight float somewhere on the Buffalo. We will post the final put-in spot on the website, Ozarksociety.net in the outings tab. Bring your own food and drinks and equipment needed to sleep on the sand bar. If you don’t have a boat, rentals will be available or ask around to borrow one. Come enjoy an early fall weekend on the River. Email Stewart for more info or tell him you’d like to join in. stewartnoland51@aol.com

Another new trail for the Chapter. This piece of the Womble will leave from a Trail Head near the intersection of Hwys. 270 & 298, west of Mt. Ida. We will walk along a ridge and into a valley that parallels the Ouachita River. We will meet at the Chik-Fil-A by Bass Pro in SW Little Rock at 7:30 to carpool down. Bring good shoes, water and a lunch. Should be good foliage color.

It’s our monthly gathering at 2nd Presbyterian. Our Speaker will be announced. We will also discuss current topics and outings.

The Ozark Society Fall General Membership Meeting will be hosted by the NW Arkansas Highlands Chapter at Queen Wilhelmina State Park  on Saturday and Sunday November 9th and 10th.

On Saturday morning from 10am to 2pm we will have a couple of hikes.  Should be great Fall weather.  From 2:30pm to 4pm we will have our general membership meeting.  In this meeting we will elect new officers.  At 6:30pm we will have a speaker for our evening get-together.

Sunday morning at 9:30am we will have our regular Board Meeting.  Members are welcome to listen in.

Another new hike! We will hike from Blanchard Springs along the North Sylamore creek down to Alison. We will carpool from Morgan McDonald’s at 7:30. You may want to stay Friday in Mt. View and join us Saturday at Blanchard trail head at 10 am. Bring a lunch, good shoes and water.

It’s our annual Holiday Potluck dinner. The location will be announced at the November meeting. Bring a dish to share and enjoy the season with your Ozark Society friends..

We walk above Falling Water Road on the OHT down to Richland Cr. C.G. You’ll see waterfalls and a landslide along the way. We will carpool from the Morgan McDonald’s at 8am. Or meet us at Falling Water Falls at 10. Bring a lunch and water. P.S. – we will probably be hiking Stack Rock to Richland in the Spring. Chance to get a big section of the trail done with the group.