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 […]

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. […]

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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 […]

Regenerative Ag Before its Time

New Pear Farm, AR Andy Thomas When the Johnson Pear Farm was founded in 1908, it was miles from Fayetteville. These days, Ozark Land Trust’s historic New Pear Farm (as it is now called) is just beyond Fayetteville’s City Limit. Over the decades, Ben Johnson and his sister Anne Prichard, multi-generation family owners, witnessed chunk […]

Celebrating 40 Years: A Letter from the Executive Director

As we head into our 40th anniversary year in 2024, we look back fondly at some of the projects that Ozark Land Trust has done over the years since its 1984 inception. We have had so many great people and partners who have participated in our projects to permanently protect Ozark lands across our beautiful […]

Ozark Holler Winter 2023

Ozark Holler Winter 2023 about the work of OLT as we begin our 40th year of work protecting properties throughout the Ozarks. Ozark Holler Winter 2023

Farewell to Nic Rogers

We also say goodbye to our good friend and associate, Conservation Program Manager Nic Rogers, who has been both an exceptional steward of OLT’s lands and manager of a number of new protection projects. He is moving West to be closer to family and for his fiancé Alexis’ new position in Utah. Nic has been an […]