Help Protect Missouri’s Hidden Treasure: The Moore Cave System Join Ozark Land Trust in safeguarding one of Missouri’s most biologically significant cave systems and endangered species. Ozark Land Trust is working to conserve an 80-acre property in Perry County, Missouri, that holds the entrance to the remarkable Moore Cave System. This land is critical […]
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Promise Campaign Pledges Nearing $100,000
Thanks to exceedingly generous donors and challenge gifts, we are well on our way to exceeding $100,000 for our Promise to the Future campaign, supporting OLT’s Operating Endowment to allow us to grow and protect even more land for the future. Your gift, dedicated to the Operating Endowment, will let us generate investment income to keep us growing […]
OLT President Interview: Candid Talk with Jacob Reby
Over the course of our four decades of conservation successes, we’ve had seven community leaders who have served to move Ozark Land Trust forward. We continue our 40th Anniversary celebration of the leaders whose visionary work has helped fueled OLT’s success. This month, we visit with Jacob “Jake” Reby, one of OLT’s presidents in the […]
Another Beautiful Piece of Land Protected
OLT has just completed yet another Conservation Easement in the Huzzah Creek watershed of the Meramec River! Another 114 acres in the beautiful Huzzah, known for its natural beauty, floating and agricultural/grazing lands, is now permanently protected. OLT has worked for over two decades with private landowners who have voluntarily decided to keep their lands free of […]
Save the Dates: Fall Regional Event
Save the dates for OLT’s Fall Regional Event! Friday, Oct. 18 Special reception for supporters Saturday, Oct. 19 Luncheon at Johnny Morris’ very special Finley Farms in Ozark, MO Two great field trips in Ozark along the beautiful and pristine Bull Creek Presentation by our founder Gregg Galbraith Look for invitations at the end of […]
OLT’s Annual Meeting
Several dozen OLT Board, staff, members and guests joined us in June for our Annual Members Meeting in St. Louis County. The day started with a hike on one of our newest conservation easement properties. Landowner Wes Fordyce led a tour of his magnificent land along the Missouri River. More than 30 people showed up […]
Celebrating Another Easement
After adding three more conservation easements last December, OLT just completed a project in close partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Two years ago, as a result of a federal environmental settlement, OLT took ownership of a nearly 500-acre piece of land in Reynolds County, MO. The property is located next to Logan Creek Conservation Area. […]
Perspectives: Former Executive Director Peggy Horner
By Peggy Horner Working for Ozark Land Trust was the pinnacle of my conservation career. As I child, I knew from my early reckoning that I wanted to be a wildlife biologist. I succeeded in achieving that dream first as a researcher tracking black bears in the mountains of North Carolina, then focusing on endangered […]
An Interview with Jim Reeves
Five Questions with Jim Reeves Jim Reeves (Board President 2018-2021), is the Principal at Clear Bridge Consulting, providing mediation, facilitation and conflict management services to individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations. As an attorney with litigation and executive leadership experience, Jim has been a mediator for over 20 years, mediating business and legal disputes and convening […]
Origins Small and Large
Eureka Springs, AR Andy Thomas, longtime board member and leader of Ozark Land Trust Eureka Springs, Arkansas has always had a quirky but very strong environmental movement. Folks that live there cherish the rugged mountain scenery, trees, wildlife, and waterways, along with its unique regional history. They want to enjoy what they have been given […]