NEWS & UPDATES

By Nathan Ward, Upper Arkansas Watershed Partnership Coordinator Once the sun starts to set, many animals venture from their dens or leave their daytime hiding places to hunt, eat, play, mate and do all the other things animals do when humans aren’t looking. It’s a fascinating world, but one we rarely see because, one, we are not usually hiding in the woods at night. And two, even if we were out there in the dark, human eyes can’t see much at night. It’s a conundrum, but we d

By Nathan Ward, Upper Arkansas Watershed Partnership Coordinator Just off Highway 50, behind the Hampton Inn, lies a relatively undiscovered potential oasis. It might be hard to envision at first glance, and today if you walked through this area you’d find a row of five foot high weeds, a slew of tall cattails yellowed by the autumn freezes, some trash among the plants, a thin seldom-used trail along the river adorned with the remnants of the camp of an unhoused person or two

By Heather Mills, Agriculture Program Manager Fall is my favorite season and gorgeous weather accompanied me on site visits for the Community Conservation Connection Program. One of the great pleasures of my job is meeting up with ranchers on their pride and joy properties - this time to collect data for landowner’s Present Condition Reports. In an effort to take advantage of the 5- and 10-year agreements, we are gathering important information about each property to use as a