Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (BBRAC) Meeting (11/13/18)
At a recent BBRAC meeting in Little Rock, several agencies reported some action. The Health Department reported on a small survey of septic systems in Newton County, and the Geology Department has stunning new relief [...]
The OS Young Naturalists
What a beautiful sight! It’s certainly uplifting to see children and parents’ hike in our local parks while observing butterflies, identifying native trees, listening to birdcalls and discovering animal tracks. Ozark Society Young Naturalists began [...]
Beers/Brews: Save the Buffalo
As November turned cold in northwest Arkansas, a warm reception and great brews awaited friends of the Buffalo River at two coordinated events in our area. Organized by Buffalo River, Highlands and Sugar Creek Chapters [...]
Free-flowing Rivers Versus Dams
Many of us think of rivers and streams as fixed geographic features. In fact, stream channels and the ecosystems that go with them are dynamic parts of our landscape that depend on a delicate equilibrium [...]
High-Pointing the States: Part Four – The Southeast Corner
This is the fourth in a series of my adventure to visit as many of the fifty US states' highest points as I can. This time it's the southeast corner of the US: Florida, Alabama [...]
Buffalo National River – Tyler Bend Trails – Proposed Bike Use
Below is the statement of the BNR proposal for use of the Tyler Bend trails to mountain biking. There is an open comment period until November 6th and you can comment at this site: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=119&projectID=61303&documentID=91222 [...]
David Peterson’s Response to Jack Boles – Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Jack Boles, President of the Newton County Farm Bureau, has questioned a column by Mike Masterson which quotes from the Big Creek Research and Extension Team’s (BCRET) recent report of monitoring of the C&H Hog [...]
High-Pointing the States: Part Three – The Western Swing
This is the third in a series of my adventure to visit as many of the fifty US states' highest points. We've visited the six states that surround Arkansas and Mt. Magazine in the previous [...]
In Memoriam: Dr. Kimberly Smith & Roy Senyard
Dr. Kimberly Smith Dr. Kimberly Gray (Kim) Smith, member of the board of the Ozark Society Foundation since fall 2011 and chair since January 2013, passed away unexpectedly on April 9. As a [...]
Buffalo River Bur Oak – A Blast from the Distant Past
The Ozark Plateau is considered to lie in what the Forest Service designates as the oak-hickory biome. Early land office survey data show that Ozark forests were about 70% oak at the time the United [...]
Ozark Society Election of Officers October 13th
The fall meeting of the Ozark Society will take place at Lake Claiborne State Park in northwest Louisiana over the weekend of October 12-14 (Fri-Sun). One important order of business at the membership meeting on [...]
Compton Conservation Day
Remarkably, mid-August this year in northwest Arkansas was wet and dreary, but on Compton Conservation Day, August 10, the Ozark Society, along with other conservation organizations, opened our tables to a warm, sunny day. Families [...]