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Central Arkansas Group (CAG) Meeting
5/20/25 - Tu – CAG Meeting – Meetings on the third Tuesday of most months are open to all. Come at 6:00 to enjoy the wonderful food from Star of India Restaurant. Program at 7:00. NEW MEETING TIME!!!
Location: Star of India, 301 N. Shackleford Rd. Ste C4, Little Rock, AR 72211.
May Program: Phillip Powell will recap the legislative session with a focus on environmental issues. Phillip writes about agriculture and the environment for Arkansas Times as a Report for America Corps Member.
Future meetings (2025): 6/17, 7/15, 9/16, 10/21, 11/18. No meeting in August or December. Programs are announced via e-mail messages from Chair George Wise. If you do not receive the messages, please contact George at bgcdwise@swbell.net For additional information on past or future CAG meetings, click HERE.
Pinnacle Mountain SP Changes
4/13/2025 - LR - If you have not been to the West Summit Parking Lot lately, expect to see some changes the next time you go. The former turn-off from Hwy 300 is now permanently closed. You must now drive several hundred yards further on Hwy 300 and turn right toward the new Visitor's Center, then immediately turn right again on a curving road down to a traffic circle that is just east of the previous Hwy 300 intersection. Parking is now possible on BOTH sides of the driveway leading to the restrooms and main parking lot. I recommend stopping at the new Visitor's Center to get a map of the park's hiking trails. The park appears to now have twice as many trails as ten years ago.
Burns Park Trails
3/19/2025 - NLR - Most of Burns Park (NLR) was closed following the tornado two years ago, during which the park lost around 10,000 trees. Prior to the tornado, the park had around 10 miles of hiking/biking trails. Many of these trails were destroyed by the vehicles removing the downed trees. Volunteers have since rebuilt most of the trails that were destroyed although some of the trails have been changed to avoid low areas that were subject to flooding. Work on the trails is on-going and all trails should be open later this year.
The 100+ year old, three-story, former-orphanage building - an NLR landmark east of Burns Park now called the St. Joseph Center - was damaged by a fire this Thursday afternoon. For the last dozen years, a non-profit has been operating the property as an urban farm education center. All of the property, including a hiking trail between the Center and Camp Robinson is likely closed temporarily because of the fire.
National Park Reservations
At least one National Park (Yosemite) now requires reservations to drive into the park on certain days. For more info, go to https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/permitsandreservations.htm
NEWS
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POSTED IN 2025
- 4/23/25 - Deadline to vote for the Sierra Club Board of Directors
- 2/23/25 - 2nd Annual Arkansas Outdoor Economy Summit in Bentonville
For information on web site changes in prior months, go to the About Us > What's New page.
Special Topic: Texas Coal Plants An Issue, Sierra Club Says
By Doug Thompson - NW News - December 30, 2014
Two coal-fired power plants in Texas stand as the most immediate threat to air quality in Northwest Arkansas, said the director of the Sierra Club in Arkansas.
The plants are among seven at issue in a Jan. 15 public hearing in Oklahoma City. The federal Environmental Protection Agency called the hearing after rejecting parts of Texas' plan to gradually reduce the amount of haze-causing sulfur dioxide from the plants.
Glen Hooks, this state's Sierra Club director, said his group will argue at the hearing the sulfur dioxide contributes to haze as far north as Benton and Washington counties and over the federally protected headwaters of the Buffalo National River. ... MORE [TOP]
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- Carpools transportation is at the sole risk of the participants, both driver and passengers, even if they are leaders or staff of the outings or activity.
- CST 2087766-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the State of California.
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