Calendar

We will celebrate autumn and the beginning of a new season of activities with a Fall Potluck Picnic in the pavilion at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, Saturday, October 3rd.  Save the date…. mark your calendar.  Details will be posted later.

Peggy Bulla

OSHC Chair

479-586-2493 or sunnypegs@aol.com

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

The first-ever Birding Festival of the South will be held in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas October 8 – 10, presented by Visit Hot Springs!

Rachel Partridge, the Sustainability Educator for the Dept of Public Works will lead us on a tour of what happens to the material we put into our recycling bins – from collection to sorting, processing and ultimately shipping to companies that turn those materials Into new products.  We will learn about waste reduction, contamination and sustainability

Date:  Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Starting time: 12:00  Ending time:  1:30

Contact: Mary Heller: macheller60@icloud.com

Location:  7900 Sloane Drive at the Port of Little Rock (see attached photo for parking and the starting location of the tour: You’ll enter and park following the pink line on the map below.  You can park anywhere along the bushes.  The entrance is marked with a blue star

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

BUFFALO POINT CAMPGROUND – 870-449-4311

Friday, November 13th

6:00 PM – Board Meeting, Pavilion 1.

Saturday, November 14th

• Breakfast on your own
• 9:30 AM  Meet at Pavilion 1 for shuttle to trailhead for Hill-Hamilton Preserve exploration, continuing from there to Indian Rock House.  Consider water shoes for creek crossing.  Lead: Ross Noland
• Lunch on your own, on trail or back at camp.
• 1:00 PM  Angela Boyers, Buffalo National River Superintendent, speaks to membership.  Pavilion 1.
• 2:30-3:00ish PM  Membership Meeting begins – Pavilion 1  Election of new officers.   Brian updates membership on issues and accomplishments over the past year.
• Lowell Collins gives an update on Youth Grants.
• Loring Bullard gives a short talk on low head dams.
• 5:30ish  Pot Luck – Pavilion 1   OS Sugar Creek to provide plates, dinnerware, and serving utensils.
• 7:00ish  Musical entertainment – Dave Smith

Sunday, November 15th

11:00  AM – Hike from BRT Spring Creek Road to Spring Creek, return.  4 miles.  Lead: Luke Parsch

Matthew Friant, Interpreter with Pinnacle Mountain State Park with lead this easy to moderate hike from the iron bridge on Highway 300 to Lake Vista on Lake Maumelle with birding opportunities, plant identification and lake views.

Date: Saturday, November 21

Time:  9:00 a.m. – 12:00

Distance: 4.5 miles

Meet -up Location:  Natural Steps Sports Complex (Soccer fields on Highway 300) 11101 AR-300, Roland

Bring: Water, snacks extra layers/rain gear if appropriate, trash bag

No toilets available, but visitor center is 1 mile south of starting point

Organizer: Mary Heller  macheller60@icloud.com

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

Winter Solstice Celebration at Plum Bayou State Park.  A park interpreter will lead a 3/4 mile flat walk through the ancient 1,000-year-old ceremonial site to discuss the prehistoric Plum Bayou builders and their earthen calendar. The tour finishes on the mounds to observe the solar alignment and watch the winter sunset over Mound S.  After sunset, we will gather around the campfire to enjoy hot cocoa, apple cider, s’mores, and traditional story telling.  Costs $5 adults, $4 children.  Bring camp chairs.  Toilets on site.
If  you are interested in carpooling, meet at 2:45pm at Clinton School of Public Service parking lot.

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.

See Special Meeting for March 3, 2026 at Ron Robinson Theater

Monthly meetings of the Pulaski Chapter are on the first Tuesday of the month, except no meeting in July.  Most meetings are held at Second Presbyterian Church at 7pm in a classroom on the east side of the building.  The September meeting is a potluck usually held at Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the large pavilion on the Maumelle River and the December meeting is a potluck held at a member home.