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USGS Conducting Aerial Surveys of North Arkansas

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EON Geosciences, Inc.
A Piper Navajo airplane with tail stinger magnetometer.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are collaborating with Arkansas Geological Survey to aerial map 15 counties in north Arkansas for minerals and hazards, under the USGS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative project and the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.