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Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Proposes Ambitious Roadside Management Plan

courtesy: USDA Forest Service
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Vegetation and invasive plant species along thousands of miles of roads in 11 Arkansas counties could be controlled under a proposed management plan. The plan was proposed in January by the Big Piney, Pleasant Hill and Boston Mountain ranger districts of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. A draft environmental assessment will be issued in June. Kent Bonar, with the Newton County Wildlife Associationdiscusses his group's opposition to the plan. Bonar will lead a national forest roadside hike meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 12 at Nail Store west of Deer, on Highway 16.

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