Category Archives: Field Trips

Spectacular Morning at Cedar Creek Canyon

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

In a Canyon Excavating for a Mine or My Darling Clematis by Don Higgins After a couple days that dropped nearly three inches of rain, clouds parted for a spectacular morning in Petit Jean Mountain’s Cedar Creek Canyon on May … Continue reading →

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Ouachita Huckleberries in the Rain

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

A group of die-hard native plant lovers met in Crystal Springs on a rainy May 16 in pursuit of black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata), the only true huckleberry in Arkansas.  Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) members in attendance were Susan Hooks, … Continue reading →

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Dripping Springs Field Trip a Perfect Ten on the BOP Scale

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

May 11, 10 a.m., a Saturday morning that couldn’t have been prettier, we gathered for the Ouachita Mountain Boys’ walk to Dripping Springs just north of Hot Springs. The rendezvous place was across the road from Kai Schulz’s house, and … Continue reading →

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