An Ozark Naturalist

I was on Highway KK in northern Shannon County, heading from Akers back to Highway 19. A series of powerful thunderstorms had pounded the area overnight and the local streams were all flash flooding, a couple of them dramatically so.

But now the storms were gone, the sun was shining and things were looking up. I noticed a […]

We arrived early at Buck Hollow on the Jacks Fork, too early really. The river valley is so steep and narrow that it takes a while for the morning sunshine to really make its way into play. We parked at the restrooms and walked down the road towards the canoe landing. The birds, of course, were […]