Ozarks at Large Stories Sugar in Ozarks Watersheds? KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich Published March 17, 2015 at 2:07 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 6:52 Jacqueline Froelich Winter road crews in Northwest Arkansas are increasingly mixing beet sugar, an alternative de-icing ingredient, in with rock salt. But what happens when all that sugar runs into local creeks?