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 […]