Trip explores land trust
Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society will host a field trip Sunday at Ninestone Land Trust in south Carroll County. Meet at the property at 9 a.m.
The trip will focus on birds, wildflowers, trees and wildlife on the tract. Participants can walk the area, but birding is possible without walking. A potluck lunch is planned so participants should bring a dish.
Anyone interested in birds is welcome. Audubon membership isn't required. Directions to the property are at nwaas.org. For details call Joe Neal, 479-521-1858.
Foundation sets game dinner
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Foundation will hold its second annual "Into the Wild" wild game supper and auction at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Springdale Airport, 718 S. Old Missouri Road.
Tickets are $125 or $1,000 for a table. Money raised helps fund the foundation's programs and initiatives for youth. For tickets visit agff.org.
The foundation was established in 1982 as a nonprofit fundraising auxiliary to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Groups partner for cruises
Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society and Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area will host two-hour cruises this fall on the park's pontoon boat to see loons and other birds at Beaver Lake.
Trips are set for Oct. 27, Nov. 3 and Nov. 11. They depart from Rocky Branch Marina at 10 a.m. Experienced birders with Audubon will be on board to help identify birds.
Cost is $10. Register by calling the park visitor center, 479-789-5000.
Annual fall color tour set
The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests 57th annual Fall Color Tour scheduled is set for Oct. 19.
The tour begins at 9 a.m. from the Newton County courthouse in Jasper and returns at 2:30 p.m. Buses will take the tour group along a scenic route through the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests and the Buffalo National River. The cost is $6 per person. Participants will need to bring snacks or lunch, jacket, camera and comfortable shoes.
Several stops will be made along the tour route, including a lunch stop where hot food and beverages will be available for purchase.
For more information please contact the Big Piney Ranger District at 479-284-3150, or the Hilary Jones Wildlife Museum at 870-446-5122.
Snakes focus of program
Dr. Steve Beaupre with the University of Arkansas will give a talk on poisonous snakes of Arkansas at 2 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area visitor center.
The program is free. For more information call the visitor center at 479-789-5000.
Event benefits Buffalo River effort
"Beer for the Buffalo," an Ozark Society benefit in support of the Buffalo National River, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Fossil Cove Brewery, 1946 Birch Ave. in Fayetteville. Proceeds from the event will go the Ozark Society's legal fund to protect the river from hog farm pollution.
The evening will include a short program and prize drawings. Beer and pizza will be available for purchase.
Sports on 10/16/2018