Here is a public service announcement for the National Forest Foundation. NFF is a non-profit organization that promotes conservation of our national forests and grasslands.
It is narrated by Tom Brokaw. Read more …
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I think it is cool to find others who are doing blogs about their hiking adventures. Here are a couple of new Arkansas hiking blogs you should check out:
I also need to mention Ouachita Hiking Journal. It’s not new, but it has a lot of great photos and information about hiking in the Ouachitas. Read more … 
“International Year of Forests” is a public awareness campaign by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to encourage the conservation and expansion of forested areas worldwide. Info on the campaign is at this link. 
This stretch of the Ouachita Trail (which I call “01-B”) is about 3.5 miles long (7.0 miles out and back). It is close to the beginning of the Ouachita Trail. It is on Winding Stair Mountain in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. I hiked it back on October 10, 2009. For some reason, I cannot find any photos I took at that time. But I wanted to go ahead and do a post with the gpx map and elevation profile.
Foliage on segment 01-C of the Ouachita Trail. 
Approximate Elevation Profile Based on GPS Data (Going East to West) 
Saturday, I hiked another 5 miles of the Ouachita Trail; this time in Section 3. This was a pretty cool hike because it was the first time I have come across a waterfall on the Ouachita Trail (or in any national forest for that matter). 
Waterfall on Ouachita Trail (03-I) – About 1 Mile West of Hwy 71 (Foran Gap) I began (and parked) at the Foran Gap trailhead on Highway 71, between Waldron and Mena, Arkansas. From there I hiked west about 5 miles to MM 63. Originally, I intended to go just to MM 64, but it appears that there is no marker at MM 64. There is a marker at MM 63, but it looks like it was written with a ball point pen. (There have been problems lately with some of the OT mile markers disappearing.) I refer to the part of the trail I hiked Saturday as “03-H” and “03-I.” The section of the Ouachita Trail between Eagle Gap (around 58) and Foran Gap is about 10 miles long and has no access points in between.
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