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Arkansas River Valley Field Trip to Explore Arkansas's First Natural History Explorer: Thomas Nuttal

J. Froelich
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KUAF
Steve Patterson stands in a Massard Prairie wetland.

"Tracing the Steps of Thomas Nuttall through the Poteau River Valley," will take place Saturday April 29th. Participants will be guided along portions of a route originally taken by English botanist Thomas Nuttall. The naturalist, two centuries ago, is credited as being the first to document native flora along the Arkansas River, pre-settlement. Steven Patterson, a restoration ecologist, is leading the field expedition. You can register here.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.