ShareIt seems everyone has to comment before the National Park Service’s draft General Management Plan for Ozark National Scenic Riverways is issued, so naturally the Missouri House of Representatives has seen fit to get into the act.
This is a bit lengthy, but it is the best summary of the legislation which went into the [...]

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Eminence, MO – Beginning Monday, March 19, 2012 through 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, the Alley Spring and Round Spring Campgrounds will be undergoing a paving project. For visitor safety, the venture requires the temporary closing of the campground.
The paving job will restore existing paved roadway surfaces [...]

ShareCongresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (8th District) will be holding a town hall meeting to discuss National Park Service issues this Saturday, February 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at the River Centre at The Landing in Van Buren.
By Jo Schaper
With the public release of the draft General Management Plan pending in the near future, the [...]

ShareVan Buren, MO– Bill Black, superintendent at Fort Smith National Historic Site in Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been selected as the interim superintendent of Ozark National Scenic Riverways for 120 days beginning Tuesday, January 17th.
“I’m eager to experience Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and meet the park staff and partners who have a love and passion [...]

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Scanning the Net news headlines popped up this report that National Park Service officials recently toured Ste. Genevieve as part of an ongoing study whether or not Park Service wants to get involved in historic preservation of architecture in that town. The study was commissioned in 2005, and the report is due out [...]

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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 [...]

ShareAccording to this report in the Springfield News-Leader, 4000 signatures calling for tougher restrictions in the yet to be released Ozark National Scenic Riverways General Management plan were given to the offices of Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill Nov. 30.
The petition drive is sponsored by environmental organizations including the Eastern Missouri Group- Sierra [...]

ShareCelebrate an Old Fashioned Christmas and Open House at
Alley Spring General Store
Eminence, MO – On Saturday, December 10th beginning at 10:00 am, Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting an old fashioned Christmas celebration for the public at the Alley Mill General Store.
Bring the whole family and your friends to view Alley Mill and [...]

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Nov. 21- Van Buren Reed E. Detring, Superintendent at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, is hanging up his ranger hat after 35 years of federal service at parks from Washington State to Florida. He has served as Ozark’s Superintendent since June 22, 2008
Detring began his National Park Service career [...]

ShareH.R. 2834, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, sponsored by Reps. Dan Benishek, R-Michigan; Dan Boren, D-Oklahoma; Don Young, R-Alaska; and Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania and now before Congress could allow hunting and fishing on National Park Service lands not specifically labeled as national parks or monuments. At least eighteen [...]