We've received word from Mark Hodge at Hagarville Grocery that the bridge over Big Piney Creek at Fort Douglas will not be torn down. County Judge Houston announced March 20 that an agreement has been reached that will save this piece of history. The bridge's...
The Ozark Highlands Trail between the Moccasin Springs trail head and the Cripple Turkey trail head in the Sylamore area will be closed Monday, March 18 through Wednesday March 20 for the Cap Fork RX Burn. For more information, please call the USFS visitor information...
Date: Feb 10 2019 5:00 PM Type: Board Meeting Location: Fayetteville Ark Description: The OHTA Board of Directors will meet Feb 10 2019 at 5:00 PM at the Washington County Cooperative Extension Service, 2536 McConnell Rd in Fayetteville Ark. All OHTA members are welcome to attend. If you've got...
A December 15 work trip had 4 of us lopping, blazing and clearing trees from the trail along the Buffalo River. The lopping and blazing began at Rocky Creek - about 2 miles downstream of Red Bluff Road - and continued about 1.8 miles further...
New trail registers are coming to the Boston Mountains segment of the OHT. The first was installed December 2nd at Cherry Bend. [gallery columns="2" link="file" ids="2034,2035"] Walmart generously donated the material and labor to make it happen at the Walmart Sign Shop in Bentonville, Ark. They are...
Date: Dec 15 2018, 9 AM - dusk? Type: Maintenance Location: BRT/OHT between Red Bluff and South Maumee Roads Description: Clear a new and relatively unknown part of the trail between Red Bluff and South Maumee Roads. The target area is west (upstream) of the property recently acquired...
The reroute near mile marker 152, necessitated by a May 2017 landslide, was completed after 576 person/hours from 30 volunteers. A part of the old trail has been left as a blue-blazed spur toward Stack Rock Homestead Falls. Nov '18 update: We got reports that the...