Nature

Master gardener JB Portillo, horticulturist Emily Kroll and Bentonville Parks maintenance manager Creek Wenger reflect on the quiet, personal work behind NWA's trails, gardens and parks.

Dana Klisanin's ReWilding Lab is part of the UofA's GORP cohort. The small business offers guided hikes, journaling and mindfulness practices to help people reconnect with the natural world.

Fayetteville poet Carolyn Guinzio discusses her new collection, "Cameo Blue," liminal spaces, Ozarks folklore, and what drew her from Chicago to a life of observing the natural world.

Photographer Tim Ernst celebrates 50 years with new picture books including Arkansas Nature Photographer and Arkansas: Just Waterfalls.

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.

We hear from ONSC executive director Rose Brown about their upcoming Spring fundraiser and annual summer camps.

University of Arkansas instructor and poet Geffrey Davis will be reading from some of his “nature inspired” works at a free community reading at Hobbs State Park this Sunday, April 27.

Pete speaks with Historic Cane Hill's Amanda Cothren about the annual Ozark Bug Crawl.

As development progresses throughout Fort Smith, the Janet Huckabee River Valley Nature Center seems to have been left behind. The Game and Fish Commission-run center has been untouched since its grand opening. Now, state officials and community leaders are raising funds for a renovation. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the Nature Center to learn more about the space and how an update will better serve the community.

On today's show, a nature center in Fort Smith is getting some much-needed improvements. Also, learning more about Italian immigrants who left harsh conditions on a southern plantation to establish Tontitown. Plus, a trip through the world of ballads on a new edition of "Sound Perimeter."