ShareOzark National Scenic Riverways has completed the internal review of the park’s General Management Plan.
“The park staff have completed their review of the 318 page document and have provided comments. These remarks have been compiled and submitted to the Denver Service Center planning team,” says Acting Superintendent Black.
Besides the park staff reviewing [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
With the National Park Service in the final stages of preparing draft alternatives of the General Management Plan for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways for expected release sometime in late winter or early spring, Missouri environmental groups turned up the political heat with petition events and signature turn-ins to federal officials this [...]

ShareA national rivers preservation organization has added its voice to those calling for returning the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) to a more pristine condition by placing the Current and Jacks Fork rivers on its endangered rivers list. The action by American Rivers, announced at a press conference at the Alpine Shop in Kirkwood [...]

ShareThe schedule for the next two years of General Management Plan preparation, public input and plan finalization on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways has been updated from a month ago.
The new target schedule is as follows:

ShareIn the upcoming April Traveler, we will have our report on the Feb. 24-25 NPS GMP stakeholder meeting–interviews with a selection of attendees. After the paper went to press, we received this note from Ozark Riverways spokesperson Dena Matteson:
The final NPS report for the Feb. 24-25 stakeholder workshop is now available online on the NPS [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
“Without bloodshed,” was one person’s answer to what he wanted to get out of the recent workshop of varied stakeholders to discuss the proposed alternatives in the new Ozark National Scenic Riverways General Management Plan.
That’s according to Doug Warren, Reynolds County Commissioner, who attended as a representative of the Current River Smallmouth Association. [...]

Share��Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting,” goes the western saying and it comes to mind as the National Park Service – Ozark Riverways prepares to bring together park officials, a mediation company from Nevada and representatives of approximately thirty diverse park stakeholder groups in Rolla late this week to provide more input as [...]

ShareIn the past three weeks, two people have commented to me on Traveler’s story reporting the Missouri Conservation Commission’s endorsement of the “No Action” option in regards to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways new General Management Plan. Both persons who commented seemed to think this was the most enlightened thing the MDC has done in years.
I’m [...]