Eureka Springs Independent Ranger touts forest burn benefits By Becky Gillette – December 13, 2023 The Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Big Piney District Robert’s Gap Project would have many benefits including a “wide variety of needed treatments which would reduce fuel loading, in turn reducing dangers of wildfires, improve forest […]
Eureka Springs Independent Forest Service plan raises hackles of Buffalo River advocates By Becky Gillette – December 13, 2023 The non-profit Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (BRWA) has raised objections to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Robert’s Gap Project to manage a 40,000-acre tract of land including the headwaters of the […]
Democrat Gazette OPINION | REX NELSON: The perfect storm December 10, 2023 at 2:20 a.m. by Rex Nelson Tourism is the second-largest sector of the Arkansas economy (behind agriculture), and promises to become even more important to the state during the next several decades. That’s because Arkansas finds itself in a […]
Arkansas Times The Waltons, the first gentleman and the future of the Buffalo River BY Debra Hale-Shelton ON December 3, 2023 It was a town hall fit for the movies. On Oct. 26, more than 1,000 people turned out for a community meeting at the school cafeteria in Jasper, an Ozarks […]