Water quality improvement along the upper West Fork of the White River in Northwest Arkansas, which has attracted the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency, is the result of an enduring collaboration among the Watershed Conservation Resource Center, Beaver Watershed Alliance, Beaver Water District, Northwest Arkansas Land Trust and Arkansas Water Resources Center.
EPA Cites Collaborative Effort to Restore West Fork White River in Arkansas
![Matthew Van Eps, Becky Roark, Barbara Fraleigh, James McCarty and Sandi Formica, with Luna Red, stand on a restored section of West Fork White River in Washington County.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/906f976/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x960+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2F18%2Ff5c098c047bbb643bae1032c3622%2Fwest-fork.jpeg)
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