Beaver Watershed Alliance

Jim and Kathy Rollins were recently recognized for restoring eroding stream banks on War Eagle Creek. Jack Travis tours the area and discusses the project, which helps protect Beaver Lake.

The Beaver Watershed Alliance recognizes Jim and Kathy Rollins for stream bank restoration work in the War Eagle watershed.

On today's show, a United Methodist Church in Fayetteville is seeing some changes. Also featured on today's episode, the Beaver Watershed Alliance highlights landowners in the watershed who exemplify leadership and support conservation and water-quality improvement projects.

The Beaver Watershed Alliance is launching new stormwater and riparian restoration projects across Northwest Arkansas after receiving more than $600,000 from state and federal partners to support long-term water quality planning.

On today's show, we hear how city leaders in Cave Springs keep coming back to the same question: how do we grow without losing the qualities that made people want to move there in the first place? Also, a concert on the University of Arkansas campus tomorrow is designed to bring people together. Plus, a rundown of the news from this week in the River Valley with Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics.

The border between a stream and development called riparian is an important place. This is where the health of waterways can be greatly affected negatively if there isn’t sufficient boundary to help mitigate pollution, contamination or erosion. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams speaks with Stephanie Bohlen, outreach coordinator for Beaver Watershed Alliance.

A conversation with Stephanie Bolin, outreach coordinator at the Beaver Watershed Alliance, about War Eagle Appreciation Day — a free community event held on the banks of War Eagle Creek that combines music, nature, family-friendly activities, and hands-on environmental education and stewardship.

As northwest Arkansas’ population steadily climbs toward the 1 million mark, the region must plan for how that growth will affect our region’s water resources. Therefore, the Beaver Watershed Alliance is hosting the Smart Growth for Water Resources Conference.

A new tool is designed to give health providers and insurers a deeper look at mental health in Arkansas. On today's show, we hear that the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement has a new Arkansas Acute Behavioral Events Dashboard. Also, a winter storm has area meteorologists working overtime, including Walmart’s in-house meteorologist. Plus, water resource groups are thinking about drinking water for a northwest Arkansas that has one million people.

Josh speaks with Anna Gwaltney, from the Beaver Watershed Alliance, about the upcoming Watershed History Night on July 25.