Ozark National Scenic Riverways Planning Sequestration Reductions in Park Operations
Van Buren, MO – The public should be prepared for reduced hours and services provided by Ozark National Scenic Riverways employees due to the sequestration. “We want to inform the public of these potential impacts as they make their vacation plans,” states Superintendent Bill Black.
With [...]

This is the time of year when state and federal agencies are looking for both paid and unpaid summer staff. Announcement for National Park Service, US Forest Service – Mark Twain, Missouri Division of State Parks and Missouri Department of Conservation are below:
National Park Service is looking for seasonal rangers and for volunteer tourist [...]

Van Buren MO – A new gate is being installed today at Sinking Creek that will allow the public to launch their boats into the Current River during gigging and trapping season. Beginning September 15th at the start of gigging season, the gate will be open for boat access from the Sinking Creek gravel [...]

In late May, Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson, (8th District) was told by National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis that a decision on a General Management Plan for Ozark National Scenic Riverways would be pushed back to 2013, if not further.
After noticing a lead story in our exchange copy of Shannon County’s Current [...]

It 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 [...]

Although we currently (April 24, 3 p.m.) have flood conditions on the Jacks Fork at Alley Spring (over 13 foot) and the Current River at Van Buren (about 17 foot) and the rivers are closed to floating, we’ve got a little better news to report from Ozark National Scenic Riverways in regards to their [...]

It’s not been a good couple of years for cave enthusiasts, both dedicated amateurs and casual visitors.
by Jo Schaper
The United States Forest Service closed their wild caves to casual visitation in 2009. Last year, with the discovery of two suspected cases of white nose syndrome, a fungal infection, in Missouri bats — [...]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host an “Ozark Dinner Theater” event at Big Spring on Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event highlights traditional Ozark lifeways and culture.

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 [...]

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Crappie can be found on Clearwater in March — Bob Todd
Bob and Roy Halbert follow clouds of shad along the [...]