Zion Trip Update
Please note the trip to Zion National Park in late September is full. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact Bob Cross, email racross@uark.edu or 479-466-3077.
Media Float Trip a Success – Thank You!
A Notice from Alice Andrews: On Tuesday, June 3rd, the Coalition of the Ozark Society, Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, Arkansas Canoe Club and the National Parks Conservation Association sponsored a media float trip from Grinders[...]
Ozark Society Trip: Arkansas Delta Cycling Tour (Nov. 1-4, 2014)
Ozark Society Arkansas Delta Cycling Tour November 1-4, 2014 are the dates for the Society’s first cycling tour. This ride is all about learning the history of the Arkansas Delta and seeing the delta during[...]
Ozark Society Trip: Zion National Park (September 21-28)
PLEASE NOTE THIS TRIP IS FULL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST, CONTACT BOB CROSS, racross@uark.edu or 479-466-3077. You may have seen the previous Pack & Paddle announcement that because[...]
Mary Virginia Ferguson
Mary Virginia Ferguson passed away in Conway on May 8. She will be greatly missed. Mary Virginia and Hubert Ferguson were founding members of the Ozark Society. Most members will remember that they and their family[...]
Public Comments Needed for Third-party Rulemaking
Dear Ozark Society Members and Friends, I hope you will read the linked information below and consider submitting personal comments. Banning new medium and large confined swine operations in the Buffalo River Watershed will give[...]
Update – A Mighty Struggle – Documentary Link
Ozark Society - Highlands Chapter Member Teresa Turk has revised her documentary film. To view the updated version of this comprehensive documentary, click "continue reading" and then the link: Revised - A Mighty Struggle[...]
Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission Studies Ban on CAFOs at March Meeting
Conservation Chair Alice Andrews submitted the following report on the March 28 PC&E meeting: PC&E had directed ADEQ to come up with a plan for a "Task Force to study the possibility of banning large[...]
C&H Hog Farm – Landowners Deny Use of Property to C&H, University of Arkansas
It has become apparent that C&H Hog Farm misrepresented its authority to use several fields as sprayfields in its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) for its hog operation. Property owners of land in three of these[...]
New York Times covers C&H Hog Farm
Recently the New York Times covered the debate about the C&H Hog Farm in Mt. Judea. To read that article as well as Mike Masterson's response to it, click on the links below: New[...]
2014 Colorado Trip
The 2014 Colorado high adventure trip this year will be Sunday July 13 thru Saturday July 19. The campground reservations have been made at the Cascade Campground in the Collegiate Peaks area of the San[...]
Save the Buffalo River-Again
In a recent tour of cities in Arkansas, Waterkeepers from North Carolina described how the CAFO’s (confined animal feeding operations) have caused havoc in their state. If you were unable to attend, or haven't seen[...]