In Memory of Bob Ritchie By Alice Andrews

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1 Winter December 2016 The chllenge goes on. There re or ls rivers, or wilderness res, sve shre ll. I chllenge you step forwrd protect cre for wild plces you love best. Dr. Neil Compn Hey re Bob! Where re we going this weekend? My bckpck is fully loded, cnoe tied down...i m redy, rin or shine but wer guru sys it will rin. Did you sy...john is leding us Belle Str Cve over by Men, where Belle s gng bits hid out? Well, rin it did, but tht never spped determined bunch Ozrk Society dventurers. I ll come bck this tle. I met Bob Dn round 1974 t n Ozrk Society Pulski Chpter meeting, never imgining tht Bob would become one my best friends collegue for 40 yers. Striving protect preserve our rivers, forests, wilderness nturl res in Arknss surrounding sttes through Ozrk Society progrms in conservtion, eduction recretion - 54 yers proud hisry. As most you know, Ozrk Society ws founded prevent two plnned dms from being built on bufflo river. It ws ugh 10 yer bttle, finlly won resulted in Bufflo being designted ntion s first ntionl river. In 1974 through 2016, Bob served Ozrk Society s vice-president president Pulski Chpter; vice-president outing chirmn for Ozrk Society, leding /or prticipting in mny river clen-ups, cnoe trips hikes. He ws elected 6 President Society in In Memory Bob Ritchie By Alice Andrews The rticle below is text Alice s eulogy for Ozrk Society Tresurer Bob Ritchie, who died on Ocber , serving in tht position four yers. Bob n ok on big tsk being tresurer for more thn 29 yers, record unsurpssed, cheerful service Ozrk Society. Bob s love tl dediction society set n exmple for ll us. His integrity, loylty, dependbility wisdom were extrordinry, s ws Bob. Bck Belle Strr sry yers go, 15 hrdy souls rrived west Men in drizzling rin hiked in Belle Str Cve re in Ouchits We hd wonderful dy exploring cve res, identifying plnts exmining rocks in rin. Somehow, we found enough dry wood mke cheery welcome cmpfire. The only level ground for cmping ws n old forest service rod deep ruts smll rrent running down rod. Tents were pitched in wet myhem. Bob s tent ws trp stretched over rope tied between two s four corners fstened stkes. Dinner ws cooked under lrge trp before wet, wery but hppy hikers trudged f our tents sleep. Wht scene when dylight rrived, Bob sitting on rock he hd pulled in his shelter. His cmp sve blzing wy, plced on rock tble, heting wter for his hot chocolte. There ws significnt strem significnt running through strem his running tent between through his legs rocks. He sid, Top morning! The tril is witing, let s get going! All usully dry creeks were running bnk full every rock ledge hd beutiful wterflls becuse rin - so much rin tht we could not return our crs, left on or side flooded creek. We hd wlk f po-mp get highwy where we hd left two or crs. Two or three dys lter, we returned rescue our unhrmed but lonely crs - one mny gr outings. Meet unflppble, unsinkble Bob Ritchie! With one exception... Bob ws not fond eting nything green. Ah - pthwy friendly mischief! (Continued on Pge 3)

2 Membership Renewl Form for 2017! Dues re for one clendr yer include subscription Society s newsletter, Pck & Pddle, conservtion bulletins. Plese note: Fmily rte will go up $20 beginning Jnury 1, 2017; however if you renew now, you cn still get 2016 fmily rte. Remit : The Ozrk Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2914, Little Rock, AR using form below, or you cn renew online t: click on About Us/Membership link. 1. Plese check one: New Member: Renewl: 2. Generl Dues: (Required - Plese Circle One) Individul/Fmily: $15 (Fmily rte is $20 if pid fter Jnury 1, 2017) Individul Students: $5.00 (High school or college, if not included fmily) Contributing/Sustining: $25 Life: $200 (over ge 65: $100) (This is for OS membership only-it does not include chpter membership.) 3. Chpter Dues: (you my choose not join chpter, or choose more thn one) Byou Chpter - $10 (Shreveport, LA) Mississippi Vlley Chpter- $5 (Cpe Bufflo River Chpter - $10 ($5/emil newsletter only; N. Centrl AR) Girrdeu, MO) Pulski Chpter - $10 (Centrl AR) Highls Chpter - $10 (N. West AR) Nme: Phone: (Home) (Cell) Address: Emil: Totl Amount Enclosed: Plese send newsletters my emil ddress insted by U.S. Mil SOCIETY OFFICERS ( ): President: Dvid Peterson, (501) , drpdrp@windstrem.net; Pst President: Aln Nye, (501) , oscnye@gmil.com; Vice President: Lucs Prsch, lprsch@urk.edu; Finncil Chir: Ky Ewrt, kyewrt@sbcglobl.net; Recording Secretry: Sy Roerig, (318) , sroeri@lsuhsc.edu; Conservtion Chir: Alice Andrews, (501) , Alice209ok@yhoo.com; Eduction Chir: Fred Pillet, (479) fredp@cox.net; Membership Chir: Chris Kline, (479) , cl_kline@sbcglobl.net; Communictions Chir / Edir, Pck & Pddle: Crolyn Shermn, tucshe@gmil.com. STATE DIRECTORS: ARKANSAS: Bob Cross, (479) , bobcross610@gmil.com; Ed Vollmn, hknmn1@sbcglobl.net; MISSOURI: Position open; LOUISIANA: Roy O Nel, (318) , ronel2@bellsouth.net; Crine Tolson, (318) , crine.lson@comcst.net. CHAPTER CHAIRS: Byou Chpter: Dee Jy Teutsch, (318) , tdeejye@yhoo.com; Pulski Chpter: Position Open; Highls Chpter: Tom Perry,(479) , mperry106@yhoo.com; Bufflo River Chpter: Frrel Couch, (479) , f.t.couch@tt.net; Mississippi Vlley Chpter: Debbie McDonld, (573) Ozrk Society Supplies & Publictions: Mry Gordon, (501) , mb2rene@ol.com. Bufflo River Tril Coordinr: Ken Smith, (479) , kennethsmith616@yhoo.com (new emil ddress) OZARK SOCIETY DEPOSITORY: Specil Collections Division, University Arknss Librries, Fyetteville, AR 71701, (501) MEMBERSHIP: Dues for membership in Ozrk Society re: Individul $15; Fmily: $20; Contributing: $25; Sustining: $25; Life (one-time fee): $200 under 65 yers, or $100 for those over 65. Chpter membership dds fun Ozrk Society membership, but is not required. However, chpter membership requires membership in Society. Their dues structure is s follows: Mississippi Vlley Chpter Cpe Girrdeu, Missouri: $5; Byou Chpter Shreveport, Louisin: $10; Highls Chpter Northwest Arknss: $10; Sugr Creek Chpter Northwest Arknss: $5; Bufflo River Chpter North-Centrl Arknss: $10, or $5 for emil newsletters only; Pulski Chpter Centrl Arknss: $10; Student Membership: $5. Mil one check for both Society chpter dues : Ozrk Society, P.O. Box 2914, Little Rock, AR PAGE 2 Winter - December 2016

3 Bob Ritchie (Continued from Pge 1) We competed in tricking Bob tste some dish tht hd hidden green ingredients like zucchini nut bred (he liked it but wnted know wht those little green flecks were). We plnned potluck supper Fridy evening t lost vlley before hike on Sturdy. Since everyone rrived fter drk, Bob could not see rtichokes in my chickenrtichoke csserole. He seemed be enjoying it until his flshlight found rtichokes. He ptiently ccepted ll tesing. Bob s own specilties included homemde-spiced peches, Bob s bked bens his fmous Jezebel suce. Bob ws Mr. Orgniztion-n excellent, lwys prepred, outing leder. He ws ultimte Boy Scout. When cnoeing, if nyone tumped cnoe over, Bob ws first one in wter help rescue swimmers, ir ger cnoe. There re o mny long enhnced sries relte here. Unforgettble hikes, cnoe rfting dventures in Arknss beyond. Western white wter rivers, hikes in Smokies, Big Bend, Colordo River through Gr Cnyon nnul Ozrk Society upper Arknss river trips orgnized by Bob, Stewrt Crine. While plnning Bob s memoril service, Dn sked me wht I thought Bob wnted be buried in. My guess ws fine suit, vest tie - becuse Bob ws lwys welldressed guy. No, Dn explined, Bob s wish ws be buried in his Ozrk Society t-shirt, his khki shorts his Birkenscks. So be it Bob! In closing, I wnt red from n rticle Bob wrote in Ozrk Society Journl shortly fter he ws elected President Society. The title: A mtter responsibility ; context messge ws spce ge providing first phos our shimmering blue plnet - llowing us see ourselves our plnet in new light; giving us new wy think bout ourselves our interdependence. (Continued on next pge) Pck & Pddle PAGE 3

4 Ozrk Society Generl Membership Meeting Recp By Jnet Nye We gred t Petit Jen Stte Prk Ocber 7-8. The O.S. Bord met Fridy night t Mr Lodge discuss mny issues we re concerned bout, including hog fcry on Big Creek. This ws gret evening good food, shring ides mking decisions. Sturdy we gred t pvilion A for our generl membership meeting. There were 23 us bering wind chilly tempertures. Aln I hve been multiple generl meetings since we joined Ozrk Society in 1981, but this meeting hd depth I don t ever recll. As our president, Aln Nye, guided us through gend, we ll shred our ides our questions. It ws more converstionl meeting where those ttending were comfortble expressing ir ides opinions. It felt very comfortble bringing bck memories our first yers in Society ll mzing founders leders mking me feel like we were prt fmily. At this meeting, we hd some who hve been round for yers we hd some new folks. We united over our founding principl conservtion. Prior our trditionl potluck, we herd erly hisry Petit Jen Stte Prk Mr Lodge ld us by very tlented sryteller interpreter t prk. He hd us in plm his hs giving us detils how prk ws creted, who key plyers were. We st in breezewy CCC built Mr Lodge soking up sries he left us wnting know more. Most importntly, he mde us very proud Crmen Quinn, Jnet Nye, Sy Roerig t those who sw vision for prk sved those forests hillsides Indin Cve. Pho by Dn Stewrt from Ft. Smith Lumber Compny. Before we indulged in n mzing potluck, we voted on Ozrk Society ficers for (see rticle on pge 8). After potluck, we hd wonderful lughter filled insightful sry telling time. We herd tles from Colordo trip, erly dys society, Bufflo River trips, hikes, etc. Some tles were beyond belief some were believble becuse person telling tle. It ws true Ozrk Society fmily evening, which I look forwrd being prt for yers come. Bob Ritchie-Continued We see living, brething sphere tht is neir infinite nor invulnerble. The life whole depends on helth prts. With globl deforesttion, pollution our ocens nucler nnihiltion, such modest ethic s cring for environment one s own bckyrd tends be obscured. Yet it is for this humble supremely importnt purpose tht Ozrk Society exists. By ing preserve lst our free-flowing strems wilderness, by introducing new members plesures intriccies our immedite environment by speking out ginst prctices tht threten this corner world, we help preserve not only our own niche, but life everywhere. It is wy loving ssuming responsibility for piece erth we inhbit. These inspiring hertfelt words re Bob we ll knew loved. Oh, how we ll miss him wonder if he is leding clen-up PAGE 4 Winter - December 2016 somewhere in spce. To ll you remembering Bob dy, he would wnt me remind you find wy get your children grchildren involved in cring for our precious Plnet. If you would like mke memoril dontion in Bob s honor, plese mke out check Ozrk Society write Bob Ritchie memoril in memo line. Checks should be miled : Aln Nye, 12 Pltte Drive, Mumelle AR,

5 Ozrk Chinqupin Along Bufflo River By Fred Pillet, Eduction Chir The Ozrk ws once tht loomed lrge in Ozrk Mountin folklore. This, vriety, produced n bundnt relible crop delicious nuts for mn best like. On p tht, ll vrieties wood re nturlly rotresistnt so wood ws idel mteril for fence posts utility poles. Unfortuntely, n lien pthogen ws found be killing s round New York City in All efforts control filed disese spred cross ll estern North Americ, rriving in est Texs s lte s My personl interest in strted studies in New Engl n spred both in Virgini. When I decided crete retirement cdemic position here in Arknss, I nturlly expressed n interest in lerning more bout Ozrk. Contcts t Bufflo River fice in Hrrison subsequently invited me study tht where it occurred in ir prk. Along wy, I ( help series intrepid, het chigger resistnt grdute students) discovered lot bout our locl. Here s short synopsis wht we found out. One most significnt discoveries is tht our ws rel. This ws in doubt becuse nor vriety leves nuts tht look lot like those Ozrk vriety grows s shrub in Applchins. We were ble find intct remins Ozrk three feet in dimeter. This ws no shrub! We found number fllen ded s tht were intct enough mesure ir structure in detil n use our mesurements flesh out wht would hve looked like in life (see figure). The ws s big or bigger thn oks hickories growing on sme dry ridgep sites dy. Chinqupin hd single dominnt trunk, but lso series little dwrfed stems rryed round bse, which must hve given distinct look tht ws quite different from tht or s growing it. We soon found tht our lrge s died in How could we do tht? The simplest wy ws find remins lrge ded. Then find nerby ok. The first time we did this ws long ccess rod t Turner Bend. This white ok ws bout 8 feet from bse log. We ok strd increment core from tht looked t growth ring structure. You could esily count bckwrds from smpling dte (2010) set unusully thick growth rings strting in This ws cler unmbiguous indiction tht sudden deth big hd drmticlly improved growing conditions for ok it hd once overshdowed. We sw sme results t or loctions in northwest Arknss yer in which competing s sw improved growth ws lwys Thus, now ded s must hve died in In spite, is very common on Bufflo River. How cn tht be? It turns out tht fungus is inhibited by soil bcteri. So roots cn re-sprout grow for few yers until finds m kills m bck ground. Poet Robert Frost tlked s smoldering t roots. But he spoke in error. My previous studies showed tht lrge s originlly killed by did not normlly generte new sprouts. They just died. The sme ppers be true for Ozrk. The sprouts we see dy represent old seedlings. These re seedlings tht represent ongoing reproduction in yers before rrived. This hs importnt implictions for prk mngement in tht re is tendency tret s endngered requiring specil mngement plns. No such plns re needed becuse survives s species in gret bundnce. It s holding out on its own just fine, thnk you. It just cnnot get big enough produce nuts. This is worst both worlds cnnot reproduce sexully so s evolve resistnce on its own, susceptible s re not eliminted from popultion becuse ir root systems survive so well. The rel recovery our will depend on n ctive breeding progrm where controlled inocultions strdized source disese llows winnowing out susceptible mjority s identify few s -resistnce genes we wnt keep. (Continued on next pge) Pck & Pddle PAGE 5

6 In Montn On Eleven Point Bob Ritchie where he loved be - ner river some his friends. Ozrk Chinqupin (Continued) Phos by Crine Tolson Ozrk Chinqupin One or(continued) discovery ws observtion tht hypovirulent hs rrived. Hypovirulent is form or ws observtion hypovirulent hs rrived. Hypovirulent form Ozrk One Chinqupin (Continued) tht discovery hs been infected virus thttht debilittes it. Trees cn survive if hypovirulence hsistken One or discovery ws observtion tht hypovirulent hs rrived. Hypovirulent is form hold. The results re not pretty trunks infected s re covered nsty looking swollen sores. But tken tht hs been infected virus tht debilittes it. Trees cn survive if hypovirulence hs tht hs been infected virus tht debilittes it. Trees cn survive if hypovirulence hs tken lives produce nuts. The problem is tht both nsty virus re mutting. It is But hold. The results re cn not occsionlly pretty even trunks infected s re covered looking swollen sores. hold. The re none pretty out. trunks infected s covered in nsty swollen Butwell tht notresults cler which will win Hypovirulent firstreppered Itly, looking hs since tkensores. hold so lives occsionlly even produce nuts. The problem isboth tht both re mutting. It is not lives cncn occsionlly even nuts. The problem is tht virus revirus mutting. is Ozrk Itlin s cn remin n produce importnt griculturl crop for Europen mrkets. So re is hope forit cler which first firstppered ppered Itly, sotht well tht Itlin not cler whichone onewill willwin win out. out. Hypovirulent Hypovirulent in in Itly, hs hs sincesince tkentken hold hold so well, o. Itlin s cn remin n importnt griculturl crop for Europen mrkets. So re is hope for Ozrk s The cn remin n importnt crop for Europen re is hope Ozrk ltest griculturl on Bufflo River ws mrkets. investigte So mycorrhize, fungl, o. nodules on root tips tht most s require for proper bsorption soil nutrients y need. This is true o. Thesymbiotic ltest on Bufflo River ws investigte mycorrhize fungl reltion where on fungus River ws for ech or s dvntge. smples not esy, The ltest Bufflo investigte Collecting mycorrhize is fungl nodules nodules on root tips tht most s require for proper bsorption soilnutrients need. This is while true helping however. I got know myy shovel relly well on root tips thtwhere most sfungus require for proper dvntge. soil nutrients y need. This true symbiotic symbiotic reltion forbsorption ech or s is notisyou esy, collegue collect Collecting smplessmples he needed. hve reltion fungus or s however.where I got relly wellfor while strt t know bse my shovel follow ech roolping out itsdvntge. very collegue collect smples he needed. You hve Collecting is not esy, I got know my shovel tip smples know wht you however. re collecting from. The results strt t bse follow root out its very dte hve llowed us identify n mzing rry relly well while helping collegue collect smples he needed. tip know wht you re collecting from. TheCertinly results mny fungl species in mycorrhize. You hve strt t bse follow root out its dte more hve thn llowed identify re us typiclly foundn onmzing oksrry tht grow very tipspecies know wht you re collecting from. The results fungl in mycorrhize. Certinly mny. This my hve something do dte llowed usltest found identify n mzing rry fungl species morehve thn re on studies oksshow tht Ozrk grow fct thttypiclly DNA. This my hve something do in mny more thn typiclly hs mycorrhize. most ncientcertinly genetic linege mong re three fct tht ltest DNA studies show Ozrk North Americn species. Menwhile, found on oks tht grow. This my hve hs microscope most ncient linegecontinues mong three genetic DNA we hope something do fct tht ltest DNA show North mke Americn species. Menwhile, studies comprisons mycorrhize smpled from or Ozrk hs ncient genetic linege microscope species. DNA most continues we hope mong mke comprisons mycorrhize smpled from or three North The Americn species. so Menwhile, Ozrk microscope results we hve obtined fr show tht species. ws rel not some kind wimpy DNA continues we hope mke comprisons Theshrub. results Now we hve obtined so fr plnt show breeders tht Ozrk let s hope strting mycorrhize smpled from ortht species. ws rel not some kind wimpy cn ttin kind results tht Reconstruction killed Ozrk s The results we hve obtined so fr show tht Ozrk shrub. The Now Americn let s hope Chestnut tht plnt breedershs strting Foundtion begun show bsed on mesurement fllen logs crown ws rel some kind kind wimpy shrub.tht Now let s hope cn ttin. results for tht morenot widely noted Americn Reconstruction Ozrkliving s shpe tken fromkilled lrgest stht in The Americn Chestnut Foundtion hs begun show plnt breeders strting cn ttin bsed onnorthwest mesurement fllen Arknss (scle logs is in feet).crown for tht more widely noted Americn. Chestnut Foundtion hs kind results tht The Americn shpe tken from lrgest living s in begun show for tht more widely noted Americn. northwest Arknss (scle is in feet). PAGE 6 Winter - December

7 Colordo High Adventure Trip July 16-22, 2017 The 2017 Colordo High Adventure Trip will be held t Cscde Cmpground from Sundy thru Sturdy, July The cmpground is locted in Collegite Peks re Sn Isbel Ntionl Forest on County Rod 162 west Nthrop, Colordo. Plese be sure your reservtion rrives by My 31 t ltest. The trip is limited 60 people. You should pln rrive t cmpground no erlier thn 1:00 PM on Sundy July 16. If you prefer motel ccommodtions cmping, you cn mke reservtions t Mount Princen Hot Springs Lodge ( ) or or nerby motels or bed & brekfsts. Mels will be provided for ll trip prticipnts, regrdless wher you re cmping or stying elsewhere. The mels will begin dinner on Sundy July 16 end dinner on Fridy July 21. If you hve specil dietry needs or preferences, you my need bring your own food s menus re plnned well in dvnce trip. There will be vriety outings from which choose: hiking, fishing, mountin biking, horsebck riding, sightseeing, rfting or boting on Arknss River. If you pln cnoe or kyk, you should bring your own equipment. There re rfting outfitters nerby for those you wish rft. You will need mke your own rrngements outfitters. You must be n Ozrk Society member prticipte in this trip. If you re not lredy member, you my join by sending $15 nnul dues long trip fee $175 for cmpers $125 for non-cmpers. You will be required complete informtion form below for trip. RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN JANUARY 1-MAY 31, Confirm your plce on Colordo outing by sending your informtion form check mde out Ozrk Society for pproprite mount : Crine Tolson, 216 Vinwood Rd, Monroe, LA If you hve ny questions concerning Colordo trip, contct Crine Tolson t or crine. lson@comcst.net Include check Ozrk Society for trip fees form. Personl informtion: Lst nme First nme Miling ddress Emil Cmping: Yes No (Circle) Cmping equipment (if pplicble): (Circle) Tent OR Triler Smll Length feet Lrge Or informtion (cmping, trveling, etc.): Pck & Pddle PAGE 7

8 The Ozrk Society P.O. Box 2914 Little Rock, AR FIRST CLASS US Postge PAID Permit No Little Rock, AR Plese Note: If you would like receive Pck & Pddle ONLY by emil, not through US Mil, plese contct Mry Gordon t mb2rene@ol.com. CONSERVATION UPDATE BY ALICE ANDREWS Following Electricl Resistivity Imging ( mens looking below ground surfce), t C & H Hog Frm, frcture in krst rpid movement liquid hog wste ws NEW OFFICERS suspected. Confirmtion by drilling borehole collect core The new Ozrk Society Bord Direcrs smples for testing soil wter, is required. ADEQ contrcted ws elected t fll Generl Meeting t Hrbor Environmentl do drilling studies September Petit Jen Mountin. The new ficers for Test results were presented by Hrbor December 1, No re: smoking gun results however mny questions hve been rised bout study. C & H would permit only one borehole insted President: Dvid Peterson seven tht should hve been drilled bsed on number squre Vice President: Lucs Prsch feet in two wste srge ponds. This is similr hunting Finncil Chir: Ky Ewrt needle in hystck ). Public is invited sk questions until Recording Secretry: Sy Roerig Conservtion Chir: Alice Andrews December 16 th t noon. Google: Arknss Deprtment Eduction Chir: Fred Pillet Environmentl Qulity, n click Whts New t ADEQ. Click Membership Chir: Chris Kline Finl Drilling Study Report ; Next, click Hrbor Drilling Study Communictions Chir: Crolyn Shermn Arknss Stte Direcrs: Bob Cross Ed Vollmn Louisin Stte Direcrs: Roy O Nel Crine Tolson Missouri Stte Direcrs POSITION OPEN Presenttion. Look for Hrbor C & H Hog Frms Drilling Study Summry. Send ny questions you wish sk : drillingstudyquestions@deq.stte.r.us. Sty tuned website / or next Pck & Pddle info on ADEQ projects in progress. Merry Holidys! Pck Pck & Pddle & Pddle is is printed printed on on recycled recycled pper. pper