ShareBill Black, Superintendent at Fort Smith National Historic Site in Arkansas, has been selected as the new Superintendent at Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Van Buren, Mo. Black served in an acting capacity in the position for 4 months earlier this year, and takes the position permanently in mid-summer.
In announcing Black’s selection, National Park [...]

ShareOzark National Scenic Riverways Selected to Participate in Program’s Inaugural Year
Van Buren, MO – With children spending less time being active outdoors and school and youth program budgets for field trips shrinking, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, is stepping up to help. he National Park Foundation’s newest program “Ticket [...]

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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 [...]

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By Roger Dillon, Shannon County Current Wave

A “property rights meeting” called by 8th Congressional District Representative Jo Ann Emerson to “inform area residents about pending new rules” for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) drew an estimated crowd of about 400 people to the River Center in Van Buren on Saturday.
Before about a dozen area [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

ShareVan Buren, MO – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is seeking to construct an improved gate to protect Bat Cave on property it owns in Shannon County, Missouri. Bat Cave is located on the Upper Current River, as an inholding in Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and is a significant hibernaculum for federally endangered Indiana bats. Missouri [...]

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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 [...]

ShareThe Ozark National Scenic Riverways has announced that beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2011 through 5:00 pm on
Friday, November 18, 2011, the Alley Spring and Round Spring campgrounds will be closed to accommodate paving of the park roads.
Alley campground will be open 12:01 a.m. October 1 to 11:59 p.m. October 10 to permit camping during [...]