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The Buffalo National River is preparing to update its river management plan, and officials are seeking your input on its future. Until this Sunday, Sept. 15, interested parties may visit the National Park Service’s website to answer questions like ‘What makes the Buffalo National River special to you?’ Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis reached out to interpretive ranger Casey Johannsen to learn what’s changed since the park’s first management plan was introduced nearly 40 years ago.

Arts Live Theatre is a multi-generational theater company. Professional adult artists work with young actors to produce shows, conduct camps and host workshops. This fall, Arts Live is hosting a comedy improv camp for people ages 10 through 18. Education director Julie Gabel visited the Carver Center for Public Radio and spoke about several aspects of multi-generational theater work.

Delta Dirt Distillery in Helena creates vodka, gin and more from sweet potatoes and vegetables from land farmed for more than a century. Their spirits will be in the spotlight at the annual “Evening of Historical Spirits,” benefitting the Rogers Historical Museum at the Metroplex Events Center in Rogers. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams called Thomas Williams, the head distiller at Delta Dirt, and asked him about the generational connections embedded in the business.

Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an amendment legalizing abortion would remain on the ballot this November. Anna Spoerre of the Missouri Independent joins Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore to discuss the multiple roadblocks that came up for the ballot measure.

As things get chillier in NWA, resident and traveling monarch butterflies will migrate down to the warm forests of Mexico to spend the winter. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks to speak with Kitty Sanders, lead volunteer for the garden’s butterfly garden, to get a better understanding of butterfly migration and how we can aid the winged insects in our own backyards.

On today's show, legislators in Arkansas plan to loosen gun regulations. Also, abortion is on the ballot in Missouri this fall. Plus, remembering Sept. 11, 2001.

Members of a legislative subcommittee discussed potential new legislation allowing guns to be carried on K-12 school grounds and at school bus stops, among other locations.

You will soon be able to receive new, limited library cards at the Springdale Public Library. Artist Zeke Pena designed the new cards and included exclusive, seasonally-themed artwork for Hispanic Heritage Month and Library Card Sign-Up Month. The library will issue 500 limited-edition cards. This week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams dropped into the library to talk with Nina Hodgson, the marketing director, about the card and the library.

Art from women and men who have been creating for decades is hanging alongside art created by northwest Arkansas students at The Medium in downtown Springdale. The exhibit “Generational Journeys” officially opens with a reception on Thursday, Sept. 12, night. Yesterday, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams visited with Carla Nemec, co-director of the exhibit, about the exhibit at her home in Springdale.

If you’re old enough, you probably remember exactly where you were when the 9/11 attacks happened. Ray Taylor, the director of construction technology at Northwest Arkansas Community College, writes about where he was in his memoir. This morning, he and Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams talked about that memoir and his experiences with 9/11.