Newton County Times Buffalo River Watershed Enhancement Project encouraging landowners to develop ponds By the U of A System Division of Agriculture Fast Facts: Buffalo River Watershed Enhancement Project working to reduce soil erosion, improve water qualityBuffalo River Watershed encourages installing ponds, alternative watering systems to protect water quality LITTLE […]
arkansasonline Algae blooming on Buffalo River, but ecologists say it’s just a nuisance for now Natural occurrences common, harmless, but could worsen, they say by Bill Bowden | Today at 7:14 a.m. With Arkansas’ July heat wave, algae has been blooming on the Buffalo National River. Lucas Driver of Little Rock, an […]
Smithsonian Magazine for photos and graphics TRAVEL | JULY/AUGUST 2022 What Makes the Buffalo River the Jewel of the Ozarks An unabashed tribute to the wild Arkansas waterway that became the nation’s first national river 50 years ago Photographs by Rory Doyle Text by Bruce Upholt If smoothed out flat, the rough mountainous terrain of […]
Newton County Times Conservationists host legislators at BNR celebration The Ozark Society receives the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award. JEFF DEZORT/STAFF PreviousNext Posted Monday, May 16, 2022 10:15 am By JEFF DEZORT Newton County Times HARRISON — The Buffalo River Coalition, which includes the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, the Arkansas Canoe Club, the Ozark […]
Arkansas Times Save the Buffalo River again and again BY Lindsey Millar nn ON April 12, 2022 Is there any part of Arkansas more widely beloved than the Buffalo River? The case for “The Natural State” being a fitting motto for Arkansas begins (and could almost end) with the crystal clear river, […]
AY Magazine Arkansas Backstories: Lost Valley By Joe David Rice Newton County can claim more than its fair share of Arkansas’ iconic natural features — places such as Hemmed-In Hollow, Big Bluff, Indian Creek, Richland Falls, Whitaker Point and, of course, the Buffalo National River. To that impressive list can […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Preserving our treasure by Mike Masterson | March 5, 2022 There’s been a lot of history published this week about the 50th anniversary of our Buffalo National River, the nation’s first so-designated stream. That’s as it should be, especially considering how challenging it was to achieve that […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | REX NELSON: Protecting a river by Rex Nelson | Today at 3:48 a.m. Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of the Buffalo River becoming the country’s first national river. President Richard Nixon signed the law on March 1, 1972, that put the river under the protection of the National Park […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | BRENDA BLAGG: Outdoors lovers celebrate five decades of national reverence, relevance for Buffalo River Nature lovers mark Buffalo’s 50 years as national river by Brenda Blagg | Today at 1:00 a.m. To view the National Park Service’s information on the Buffalo National River’s 50th anniversary, visit https://www.nps.gov/buff/getinvolved/50th-anniversary.htm It has been 50 […]
“The free-flowing living waters of the Buffalo River wind through the mountains, valleys, caves and karst of one of the most beautiful places on Earth. As a person that married into a family with deep connections to this area (my kids are the seventh generation to live in the Ozarks), […]
Continued from LOVE LETTERS TO THE BUFFALO “The Buffalo River is one of Arkansas’ crown jewels, kept undammed and pristine thanks to the conservation efforts of Neil Compton, Governor Bumpers, Senators Fulbright and McClellan, Congressman Hammerschmidt and others. As governor, I supported the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984, federal legislation that ultimately […]
AY Magazine https://www.aymag.com/arkansas-buffalo-river-a-national-treasure/?fbclid=IwAR2wiQVLAK1DOO9umosTweJE8aY6q99D7S0YpijyjlGihQj2-sIHDN7zAh8 Arkansas’ Buffalo River: A National Treasure By Joe David RiceFebruary 25, 2022 Fifty-one years ago this month, I took my first canoe trip on the Buffalo River, a three-day, two-night adventure that ended at the old Buffalo River State Park southeast of Yellville. A little more than five […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | REX NELSON: A golden anniversary by Rex Nelson | Today at 1:45 a.m. We gathered that Wednesday morning in a fifth-floor conference room of the Executive Building near the state Capitol. I was there at the invitation of Bill Stovall, a former speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, […]
KUAF Radio New Book Chronicles Fight to Shut Down Industrial Swine Farm on the Buffalo National River By JACQUELINE FROELICH Listen to the report here “Save the Buffalo River … Again” authored by Brian Thompson details the seven-year long battle to shutter an industrial swine breeding facility situated a few miles […]
AY Magazine Shiloh Museum Celebrating Buffalo’s 50th with Special Exhibit By Sarah ColemanFebruary 4, 2022 Shiloh Museum of Ozark History has announced the presentation of Ken Smith’s Buffalo River Country in observance of the Buffalo River’s 50th anniversary. This exhibit celebrates the work of those inspired by the Arkansas Ozarks waterway. Running through […]