Our Mission:
We strive to provide education, leadership skills, and stewardship opportunities in cultural arts, conservation, and technology to youth, educators, and the public to enhance our native habitats and communities.
We strive to provide education, leadership skills, and stewardship opportunities in cultural arts, conservation, and technology to youth, educators, and the public to enhance our native habitats and communities.
Water, Woods, Wildlife
|
Our Vision:
What We Do:
We provide ART and STEM classes, Watershed Leadership Academies*, outdoor education events, habitat restoration, professional development workshops, stewardship opportunities (river, trail, and forest clean ups), science research expeditions, educational/nature videos, GIS/GPS mapping, regenerative agriculture and gardening with native plants. Donate Today!
Environmental Education
Our Partners:
|
Stream Team Watershed Warriors
Watershed Leadership Academy's
Watershed Leadership Academy's
|
|
Buffalo National River
|
Mulberry Wild & Scenic River
|
Lee Creek @ Devils Den State Park
|
Leave No Trace - How stewardship makes a difference in our Phenomenal Forests and Watersheds
|
Buffalo River Watershed
Boxley Valley Grist Mill National Park Service clean up |
Mulberry River Watershed USFS Campgrouds
Stream Team clean up |
Starbucks Partners
Cigarette Litter Prevention Byrd's Adventure Center USFS Campgrounds |
|
|
|
|
Trail Erosion Berms - Falls Creek - Tributary of Lee Creek near Devils Den
Crew 885 worked hard with pick axes, rakes and a team effort to build erosion prevention berms and move branches to impede sediment along a trail path to Falls Creek. Sediment from the higher parking area was rapidly eroding into the stream. This effort helps control the amount of soil entering the stream which can effect water quality in the stream channel.
|
Stewardship
|
Ozark National Forest Litter Clean Up
|
Watershed Leadership Academy for Teachers
|
The Fred Berry Conservation Center hosted a 2 day training for teachers in the Buffalo River region where many levels of aquatic species were highlighted. Native Expeditions assisted AGFC staff in water quality instruction for macro-invertebrates as well as fish sampling, to be the highlight of the day to learn what species can be found in Crooked Creek.
|
|
Woods, Watersheds, and Wildlife Education Events
|
|
|
|
Native Expeditions is published in
River Management Society
RMS Journal Winter 2019 Volume 32, NO. 4 Page 10,11
USFS and River Network Launch Inaugural
Wild & Scenic Rivers Stewardship Partnership Program
Mulberry Wild and Scenic River
Watershed Leadership Academy
w/Ozark High School Environmental Science Class
https://www.river-management.org/assets/Journals-Newsletters/2019winter.pdf
River Management Society
RMS Journal Winter 2019 Volume 32, NO. 4 Page 10,11
USFS and River Network Launch Inaugural
Wild & Scenic Rivers Stewardship Partnership Program
Mulberry Wild and Scenic River
Watershed Leadership Academy
w/Ozark High School Environmental Science Class
https://www.river-management.org/assets/Journals-Newsletters/2019winter.pdf
Native Expeditions Staff:
Native Expeditions staff are non-traditional educators, where some volunteers include university professors, certified teachers, community leaders, and specialists in their respective fields who have diversified experience in water quality, geology, GIS, GPS, cartography, environmental assessment, and ecosystem education. We use audio/video and GIS technology as tools integrated with the natural scenic beauty of the outdoors to enrich visualization and understanding of processes. Others have talents and training in music, art, food, and other cultural based education.
Our Director, Robin Gregory is a current Master Naturalist for the Ozark Region of Arkansas who are also trained in Wilderness First Aid and CPR. Current NE staff are also Leave No Trace Trainers http://lnt.org, PLT (Project Learning Tree) http://www.plt.org/, Project WET (Worldwide Water Education) http://www.projectwet.org/ , and Project WILD http://www.projectwild.org/
Leave No Trace Trainer http://www.lnt.org. These educators bring national curriculum standards into our programming.
Native Expeditions staff are non-traditional educators, where some volunteers include university professors, certified teachers, community leaders, and specialists in their respective fields who have diversified experience in water quality, geology, GIS, GPS, cartography, environmental assessment, and ecosystem education. We use audio/video and GIS technology as tools integrated with the natural scenic beauty of the outdoors to enrich visualization and understanding of processes. Others have talents and training in music, art, food, and other cultural based education.
Our Director, Robin Gregory is a current Master Naturalist for the Ozark Region of Arkansas who are also trained in Wilderness First Aid and CPR. Current NE staff are also Leave No Trace Trainers http://lnt.org, PLT (Project Learning Tree) http://www.plt.org/, Project WET (Worldwide Water Education) http://www.projectwet.org/ , and Project WILD http://www.projectwild.org/
Leave No Trace Trainer http://www.lnt.org. These educators bring national curriculum standards into our programming.
