Primarily litter cleanup, also invasive removal, along the Greenway Trail especially focused on H.S. Creek. This will be coordinated with City Parks and Trails as a public event. Meet at Rotary Centennial Trailhead on the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail.

Via Zoom. Repeated on Tuesday, April 7

About this event
The Nature Conservancy Tuesday aka “TNC Tuesday”

CAMN volunteers work at The Nature Conservancy office at 601 N. University, LR AR on Tuesday mornings starting at 9:30 – 11:30. Arrive when you want and leave when you want.
There are several native plant gardens to be maintained.

Please contact Nancy Wyatt with questions.

Nancy Wyatt
nwroute66@gmail.com
501-580-1218

Come to Rose Creek Park to hunt for macroinvertebrates, conduct water quality testing, and clean the stream! You may want to bring sunscreen, hat, water bottle, and waders (waterproof shoes).

Via Zoom.

The NCAMN Wildflower Meadow Team maintains the Gaston Wildflower Meadow at Bull Shoals-White River State Park from March through December. Team members will work for 2 hours on scheduled Wednesdays. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VERIFY START TIME BY CHECKING THE WORKDAY EMAIL AS TIME MAY VARY DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE. The workday email will also list plans for the day and any additional tools that you might need. Always wear gloves and sturdy garden shoes, dress comfortably and expect to get dirty. Volunteers will become familiar with native plants common in north central Arkansas and learn about their characteristics and requirements for growth. Please log your volunteer hours as follows: Activity: Volunteer - Natural Habitat Maintenance, Sponsor: State Park: Bull Shoals-White River State Park.

Stewards for Bringle Creek Trail will conduct a cleanup of debris along the trail and address other issues as needed. All members of CAMN are invited to attend. Bring gloves and trash grabber.

Monthly chapter meeting at 2pm the HS Transport Depot

CAMN monthly Board Meeting

Grab your clippers and snippers for garden day at Tyler Bend and Buffalo Point! Volunteers will meet at Tyler Bend Visitors Center at 9:00 a.m. to spruce up the gardens. To carpool or caravan meet at Flippin Walmart to leave by 8:00 a.m. We will leave Tyler Bend before noon and those who wish can continue to Buffalo Point Ranger Station for a brief clean up there. What to bring: Work gloves, your favorite weeding tools, leaf rakes, tubs for weeds and debris. Native plant swap: If you have native plants that have spread, pot them up and bring to trade along with seeds and root cuttings of native shrubs. Lunch: Bring a sack lunch and we will picnic in the park

Rim Shoals is a riverside trail near Gassville, short & easy. We partner with Trout Unlimited, we‘ll chainsaw & remove invasive privet. Bring loppers, clippers or chainsaw. Cookout lunch provided at nearby Rim Shoals Resort pavilion. Please register so lunch fixings can be provided. Trailhead is 5½ miles south of Gassville, at 267 Rim Shoals Camp, on the White River. Turn south on CR 4 or Buford Cutoff, drive 2 miles south, turn right onto Rim Shoals Road (CR 58), drive 1½ mile past railroad tracks, make hard left by Rim Shoals Resort and drive to trailhead at road end. GPS 36.255936 -92.469854.

Times & places will vary. Register through the NIT program. Bring your lunch.

We will meet at the covered pavilion on Valley Street near the butterfly garden on the Greenway Trail. There will be demonstrations of milkweed propagation, a talk on butterflies, and the last 90 minutes or so will be sprucing up the Butterfly Garden. Water will be available. Wear comfortable clothes and bring sunscreen.

Boom Blast at Benny Craig Park on April 11 has been cancelled. We‘ll try again Saturday, May 9.

Jane Jones-Schulz will discuss the causes of the extinctions of the Carolina Parakeet and Passenger Pigeon. We are meeting in the smaller classroom of the UAEX, "past the shamrocks." In the afternoon, we will travel to Woolly Hollow State Park for a volunteer/learning day with Interpreter Hannah Hayes. We will work on the existing native flower beds, check on their Ozark Chinquapins, and possibly help with planning for a prairie restoration project. This can still be logged as NiT Education hours. Dress for the weather, in clothes and shoes or boots that can get dirty. We also recommend bug spray, sunscreen, a hat, extra water, and anything else you might want for an afternoon outside.

We are continuing to remove invasives and focus on the big three: privet, cedar and Bradford pear! Herbicide will be provided. Please wear protective gear. There are thorns in those pear trees. Bring loppers, saws, rakes, work gloves and sunglasses or eye protection. We‘re making a difference. Park at First Service Bank facing First Street. Watch for work email should conditions change. Bring cell phone for communication in the field. Arrival time 8:00, not earlier due to school traffic. Bring clipboard/ notebook, pencil, plant identification aid.

About this event
The Nature Conservancy Tuesday aka “TNC Tuesday”

CAMN volunteers work at The Nature Conservancy office at 601 N. University, LR AR on Tuesday mornings starting at 9:30 – 11:30. Arrive when you want and leave when you want.
There are several native plant gardens to be maintained.

Please contact Nancy Wyatt with questions.

Nancy Wyatt
nwroute66@gmail.com
501-580-1218

About this event
The Nature Conservancy Tuesday aka “TNC Tuesday”

CAMN volunteers work at The Nature Conservancy office at 601 N. University, LR AR on Tuesday mornings starting at 9:30 – 11:30. Arrive when you want and leave when you want.
There are several native plant gardens to be maintained.

Please contact Nancy Wyatt with questions.

Nancy Wyatt
nwroute66@gmail.com
501-580-1218

Regular Trail Patrol, 3rd Thursdays, trail location TBA. Bring work gloves, loppers/clippers or borrow our tools. Directions … Invite a friend. Record your hours Trail Cleanup/Maint, Sponsor =

Pizza at 6:00 - $1 a slice BYO drink /container Speaker - 6:30-7:30 - Attend in person, get 2 hours CE; attend via Zoom, get 1 hour CE This Thursday our speaker is Nicholas Dial, ARDOT botanist

Spray invasive species while they are young plants. Bring whatever sprayer you have, insect repellant, sunscreen, drinking water.

Friends of Nebo is leading this project, which is the restoration of Mount Nebo‘s Rim Trail after 90 years of erosion. The trail is being resurfaced, and help is needed to shovel gravel from the staging area to the trail and rake it smooth. More information is available on the Facebook event page in the Friends of Nebo group. Steve Bost (founder of the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation) will also be coming out to help. After lunch, we will check on the trees that are planted on Mount Nebo. This is a great opportunity for NiTs to learn about this wonderful native tree so many people are working so hard to protect! To get to the meeting place at Sunset Point, turn right at the top of the mountain and continue to the end of the mountain, where you will find 2 gravel parking lots on the right. The meeting time is at 8am, but feel free to join us later if that is too early for you. If you are planning to arrive at 8am, carpooling is available from Andrea‘s house in Russellville. Please don‘t wait until the last minute to register! Friends of Nebo will be providing lunch for all the volunteers, and they need a headcount to make sure they prepare enough food! *This event counts for volunteer time as trail maintenance and education time sponsored by Mount Nebo State Park.*

Bring your lunch.

THE SPRING FLORA "WALK & TALK" IS CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

The National Park Service will be celebrating America‘s 250th birthday with activities at the Arlington lawn. DLAMN will have an information table on the lawn to provide information about our organization. We will need volunteers to man the table. The event will run from 10 AM to 3 PM. You can choose the time you would like to man the table. You will need to wear comfortable clothes and bring water and sunscreen. You time will count as volunteer hours.

NiTs do NOT need to register for NiT trainings -



Ozark Folk Center Garden Team

12:30-1:30 NCAMN Chapter Meeting

1:30-3:00 130-3 or 330 Herbal bug repellent and itch remedies, Linda Odom Kid‘s Garden Pavillion

We meet to discuss The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger 6:00-7:30 at Fletcher Library

About this event
The Nature Conservancy Tuesday aka “TNC Tuesday”

CAMN volunteers work at The Nature Conservancy office at 601 N. University, LR AR on Tuesday mornings starting at 9:30 – 11:30. Arrive when you want and leave when you want.
There are several native plant gardens to be maintained.

Please contact Nancy Wyatt with questions.

Nancy Wyatt
nwroute66@gmail.com
501-580-1218

The NCAMN Wildflower Meadow Team maintains the Gaston Wildflower Meadow at Bull Shoals-White River State Park from March through December. Team members will work for 2 hours on scheduled Wednesdays. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VERIFY START TIME BY CHECKING THE WORKDAY EMAIL AS TIME MAY VARY DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE. The workday email will also list plans for the day and any additional tools that you might need. Always wear gloves and sturdy garden shoes, dress comfortably and expect to get dirty. Volunteers will become familiar with native plants common in north central Arkansas and learn about their characteristics and requirements for growth. Please log your volunteer hours as follows: Activity: Volunteer - Natural Habitat Maintenance, Sponsor: State Park: Bull Shoals-White River State Park.

Monthly hike on Lovit Trail - Meet at the Avery Trailhead parking lot at 8:45am We‘ll hike our adopted section the LOVIT Trail in order to assess the trail condition, and look for any issues that need maintenance. Depending on who attends, and how many people, we may divide the hike into sections with a 1.2 mile section, a three mile section and a four mile section. We‘ll start the hike at the parking lot near the Avery Recreation area at 9am. Please arrive by 8:45am, so we can organize and figure out our approach depending on attendees and weather. Bring water, bug spray, and a snack.

As part of their Earth Day celebration, National Park College will host an information fair in the Student Commons. DLAMN will man an information table from 11 AM to 2 PM. You can sign up for a time slot and earn volunteer time.

Without the Moon, life on Earth might not exist at all. It certainly would not have the complexity, variety, and beauty that we experience. Within only a few years mankind will return the favor and bring life back to the Moon. We will discuss the history of the Moon and the new missions to to establish permanent research stations on the Moon. After those discussions we will observe the Moon, Jupiter, and possibly Venus through small scopes. Open to the public. All chapters are encouraged to register. Rain date: 4/23/2026

Times and places will vary; register through NIT program. Hands-on geology, herps, wildflowers, invasives, birds, trees, etc. Two hikes possible. Bring a lunch.

The Fred Berry/Crooked Creek Education Conservation Center is off Hwy 62/412 in Yellville. Turn on CR 4002 and follow the road to the Center. Contact: Karen Woods (916) 607-5965 Activity: Stream Team AGFC NCAMN Sponsor: AGFC NCAMN

In the morning session, Karen Woods, NCAMN, will present on Stream Team Monitoring (classroom)

DLAMN will man an information table at the Garland County Master Gardener‘s plant sale on April 25. The sale will be held at the Garland County Fairgrounds and run from 9 AM to 4 PM. You can sign up for a time slot. The time will count as volunteer time.

Our chapter meeting will join with this NiT class atop beautiful Petit Jean Mountain! Please note: we will NOT have a potluck at this meeting. Brown bag your lunch if you plan to take the hike. If you are not hiking, you could always have lunch at Mather Lodge after our meeting. 10am: Lecture 12pm: Chapter Meeting and Lunch 1pm: Hike Fred Paillet, retired geology professor, has prepared a special lecture for us titled "Nature Journaling to Enhance Your Outings in Our Ozark Landscape." He writes that this will be a "discussion of how journaling in the style of the two Henry’s (Thoreau and Schoolcraft) can expand your understanding and enhance your appreciation of our natural surroundings. Followed by a short excursion to investigate and record your experience on a Petit Jean trail. Learn how the speaker’s journals provided input for his recent Ozark Forest Forensics book authored with fellow UARK professor Steve Stephenson." Hike TBD. The trails at Petit Jean State Park tend to be rockier, so it is a good idea to wear sturdy boots and bring hiking poles if you have them. Pack water, a hat, sunscreen, appropriate clothing, and bug spray. You might also want a journal! We have reserved the CCC Barracks for the day, so there will be facilities in which to change your clothes before and after the hike. Anyone who is not comfortable hiking is still welcome to join us for the first half of the day, and to enjoy the scenery at Petit Jean. GPS coordinates to our location: -92.924, 35.126

Stream Water Monitoring (field training) - Karen Woods, NCAMN

We are continuing to remove invasives and will focus on the big three: privet, cedar and Bradford pear! Herbicide will be provided. Please wear protective gear. There are thorns in those pear trees. Bring loppers, saws, rakes, work gloves and sunglasses or eye protection. We‘re making a difference. Park at First Service Bank facing First Street. Watch for work email should conditions change. Bring cell phone for communication in the field.

Our team volunteers for whatever jobs Bull Shoals White River State Park has for us. In past years, that usually included removing campground invasives, spreading mulch in planting areas, and painting fences, signs, and parking curbs/lines. We usually meet the last Tuesday between March and September from 9-11 am or 8-10 in hot months. Report as Native Area Maintenance. Email before the date will give details of that day‘s jobs.

About this event
The Nature Conservancy Tuesday aka “TNC Tuesday”

CAMN volunteers work at The Nature Conservancy office at 601 N. University, LR AR on Tuesday mornings starting at 9:30 – 11:30. Arrive when you want and leave when you want.
There are several native plant gardens to be maintained.

Please contact Nancy Wyatt with questions.

Nancy Wyatt
nwroute66@gmail.com
501-580-1218

This month we will be discussing "Gathering Moss" by Robin Wall Kimmer. She is the author of "Braiding Sweetgrass". Kimmer is a Potawatomi botanist and former director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She blends scientific knowledge with personal reflection and Indigenous wisdom to explore the world of mosses.