The Ozarks are home to some of the most amazing, clear-running rivers anywhere. Below is some information on them, and groups working to protect them.
Organizations
Arkanas Canoe Club
The Ozark Society
Ozark Riverkeepers Network
Loose-knit Ozarkers working to protect the Current, Jack's Fork, and Eleven Point Rivers.
Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association

On May 28th, 2009, approximately 125 members and other area residents showed up for the annual meeting of Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation (CECC)at corporate headquarters in Berryville, Arkansas, at 10 am in the morning. We came to the meeting with the hope of speaking before the CECC board, management, and our member neighbors regarding our concerns surrounding herbicide spraying of utility Right of ways.

Electric utilities throughout the Ozarks are presently using a combination of herbicides to kill the native plants, trees, and shrubs that grow beneath the power lines throughout our region. Thousands of miles of Right of Ways (ROW’s) are being sprayed, causing harm to a wide range of species. Chemical residues from herbicides wash into area creeks, ponds, springs, wells, and groundwater.

March 25 is the deadline for comments on a proposal to issue a 42 year permit for a 10 acre pit mine on Bryant Creek. Send your comments to:
Larry Coen, Program Director
Land Reclamation Program
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Phone: 573-751-4041
Fax: 573-751-0534
E-mail: larry.coen@dnr.mo.gov
Web address: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/lrp/index.html