Ozark National Scenic Rivers invites the public to attend the grand opening ceremony of the new Visitor Contact Station at the Pulltite Campground on Friday, September 3 at 6:00 p.m. Park Superintendent, Reed Detring, will cut the ribbon officially opening the facility. The Current River Bluegrass Band will provide musical entertainment. Bring [...]

There is a time for love and laughter
The days will pass like summer storms
The winter wind will follow after
But there is love and love is warm
“There is a Time”… Lyrics by Rodney Dillard/Mitch Jayne
Mitch Jayne, humorist, bass player for the bluegrass/newgrass band The Dillards, language scholar and Ozark storyteller, passed away August 2, 2010, in [...]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a “Canoe and Kayak Clinic” event at Round Spring on Thursday, August 5 and Friday, August 6, 2010. There will be a morning session beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. each day. The afternoon sessions start at 12:30 p.m. and end at 3:00 [...]

It was the first time Virginia and I had been away from home by ourselves in four or five years. We ran my Traveler newsstand route July 1-2, which gave me a chance to introduce her to some of my favorite people and places in Traveler Country.
I usually make advertising calls along the route, but [...]

Sometimes we get so focused on Ozark Riverways management politics we need to step back a second and remember what it’s really all about — the resources and the people who visit and steward them.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways welcomes a new Chief of Interpretation, Faye Walmsley, from Martin Luther King National Historic Site in [...]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host the “Alley Independence Day Celebration” at Alley Spring on Saturday, July 10, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This event commemorates the traditional picnic celebrations that were held at Alley Spring around the turn of the twentieth century when this area was the social gathering place [...]

Circuit Judge David Evans declared a mistrial June 24 in the case of Radeena Proffer, scheduled to stand trial for charges related to a Ripley County boating accident on the Current River last year which resulted in the deaths of two people and injury to three others.

The Nature Conservancy has hired Preston Mabry as the new Current River Project Manager in the Missouri Ozarks. Mabry will work to restore and preserve the health of Ozark natural communities, including the Current River watershed. His focus will be sustainable land management practices that promote biodiversity, preserve critical natural features, and prevent degradation [...]

Although the Park Service has said that this issue on closing roads has been blown out of proportion in a recent interview, the road map they have been using was created by NPS employees in the late 1980s.  It is apparent this Road and Trail study they are using to select roads to be [...]

Dear Traveler:
My wife and I are very pleased that the Traveler clearly continues the Bob Todd tradition of advocating for the protection of Ozark National Scenic Riverways from really destructive abuse, no matter who the perpetrators may be among the varieties of users or managers.
As a canoe/floaters on the Rivers since well before the [...]