4/19/12 The Ozark Society The Ozark Society P.O. Box 2914 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 To order your books today click on the Order Form below and send to Ozark Society Books P.O. Box 3503 Little Rock, AR 72203 Ozark Society Maps, Guides, Books and Video Contact us at the OS Store OS Book, Video, Map Order Form Buffalo National River Canoe Guide (New Edition) Just out from Ozark Society Books Complete Revision of The Buffalo National River Canoeing Guide Books Published by Cloudland, The 3rd revised edition of this classic guide, Others done by members of the Ozark Society, dedicated to Harold and Margaret Hedges. This guide includes all aspects of the Buffalo River experience, including safety tips, Books Published by equestrian trails, the GPS Coordinates for points along the river, and topographic maps Ozark Society Foundation and narrative river logs. Paperbound, 9x6, $9.95. ISBN: 0­912456­24­8 EANS: 978­0­912456­24­9 About Ozark Society and Ozark Society New Arkansas Wilderness Map Series Foundation Publications Leatherwood, Richland, and Hurricane Creek Wildernesses The Ozark Society was founded in 1962 as an are now available organized effort to save the Buffalo River from NEW Upper Buffalo and East Fork maps proposed dams. After a 10­year struggle, the Buffalo River was designated as America’s first New Arkansas Wilderness Map Series National River in 1972. In order to further its The Ozark Society, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest aims of conservation, education, and Service, has produced a series of new Arkansas Wilderness recreation, in 1967, the Society created the maps. These GPS friendly maps use UTM grids and the standard topo scale of 1:24,000. The Ozark Highland Trail Ozark Society Foundation. Its first published and private inholdings are very clearly marked. Test book was Kenneth L. Smith’s The Buffalo River includes valuable contract information and Leave No Trace camping tips. and the maps feature the photography of Tim Country, which remains in print today. Since Ernst. For the first time, an entire wilderness area can be that time more than 25 publications have been viewed on one map. Leatherwood, Richland, and Hurricane Creek, Upper Buffalo and East Fork maps are now available. produced by the Ozark Society and the Ozark Paper, $9.00 each Society Foundation under the Ozark Society National Geographic Maps, TRAILS ILLUSTRATED, Buffalo National River Books designation. In addition, Ozark Society Books markets other quality outdoor Buffalo National River, West Half publications as a service to purchasers, with a Including the Upper Buffalo Wilderness 10 percent discount to members. These two maps, first published by Trails Illustrated in 1992­93, useUSGS topographic maps as a base. T.I. has added hiking and horse trails, roads, All the publications listed are sold to campgrounds and other features not shown on the 1960s­vintage USGS maps. The West Half map covers the Buffalo from its headwaters individuals. Books and maps owned by the downstream to Woolum; the East Half map, from Woolum to the White Ozark Society are also sold to retailers. Trade River. Both maps show routes of access to river and wilderness, and floaters' car­shuttle routes. Map users will find it easy to calculate the mileage of any orders for books published by the Ozark trail hike or river trip. The West Half map has a list of day hikes graded by Society Foundation are handled by the difficulty. Both maps contain text information for hikers, floaters, horseback riders, for anyone wanting to explore the Buffalo. University of Arkansas. www.ozarksociety.net/OS_Maps_Guides_Books_Videos.htm 1/2 4/19/12 The Ozark Society riders, for anyone wanting to explore the Buffalo. University of Arkansas. Both maps are printed in four colors on waterproof, tearproof plastic. Map For information about Ozark Society design and text are by Ken Smith, author of The Buffalo River Country, with cooperation from the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. Publications, contact: Each map, 25" by 36.5", folded to 4 1/8" X 9.25", $11.95. Mary Gordon: email: Buffalo National River, East Half [email protected] Including the Leatherwood Wilderness and Lower Buffalo Ozark Society Books, P.O. Box 3503, Little Wilderness Rock, AR 72203 501­860­6653, if no answer, please leave message Fax 501­860­6411 Wilderness Map Series ­ First Wilderness Maps Retailers interested in Ozark Society Foundation books, contact: Three­color topographic maps of National Forest wilderness The University of Arkansas Press at areas printed on waterproof plastic. These large­scale maps are valuable for travel both on and off trails. Text on each map www.uapress.com, describes the area's natural features and history and provides or 1­800­626­0090 information on back­country travel and camping. Published by the Ozark Society, assisted by the O.S. Foundation, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. Each map 23 X 18 1/2, folded to 4 X 9 1/4 $2.50 Black Fork Mountain, Ouachita National Forest. ISBN 0­912456­12­4. Flatside, Ouachita NF. ISBN 0­912456­13­2. East Fork, Ozark NF. ISBN 0­912456­14­0. The Battle for the Buffalo River, Compton The Story of America's First National River, Second Edition, Neil Compton With a New Foreword by Kenneth L. Smith Back in print and in paperback, how the Buffalo River became America's first national river. This book is the account of this decade­long struggle that drew in such political figures as supreme court justice William O. Douglas, Senator J. William Fulbright, and Governor Orval Faubus. The battle finally ended in 1972 with President Richard Nixon's designation of the Buffalo as the first national river. Drawing on hundreds of personal letters, photographs, maps, newspaper articles, and reminiscences, Compton's lively book details the trials, gains, setbacks, and ultimate triumph in one of the first major skirmishes between environmentalists and developers. Neil Compton (1912­1999) was also the author of The High Ozarks: A Vision of Eden. He received the National Wildlife Federation's National Conservation Achievement Award and was a President George H. W. Bush Point of Light Recipient for his community service, and in 1990 President Bush presented him with the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award. 7 x 10, 496 pages, 90 photographs, 3 maps, index $29.95 paper ISBN 978­1­55728­935­3 www.ozarksociety.net/OS_Maps_Guides_Books_Videos.htm 2/2.