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Jay Harrod
Phone: 501.614.5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org

The Nature Conservancy adds 121 acres to Ouachita Mountain nature preseve

HOT SPRING COUNTY, Ark. — Jan. 11, 2008 — The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas announced on Jan. 11 that it has purchased 121 acres on the border of Hot Spring and Garland counties to add to its Simpson Preserve at Trap Mountain.

The preserve, which now comprises nearly 771 acres, protects a variety of plant communities found only in the Ouachita Mountains, including novaculite glades and associated woodlands. Three plants found only in the Ouachita Mountains are at the preserve, including the rare Arkansas cabbage, also known as the Arkansas twistflower.

The rare Arkansas cabbage, picture here, is found at the Simpson Nature Preserve. © The Nature Conservancy The rare Arkansas cabbage, picture here, is found at the Simpson Nature Preserve.
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Joe Fox, director of conservation forestry for the Conservancy, said the purchase provides a forested buffer between the mountain and surrounding development. “The additional land includes some wonderful novaculite glades and woodlands as well as a pine plantation the Conservancy will restore with native shortleaf pines,” Fox added.

Simpson Preserve at Trap Mountain was established in 2001 with the donation of 349 acres from Dr. John B. Simpson, a charter member of the Conservancy’s Arkansas board of trustees, and his wife, Donna Simpson. In 2003, the Hot Springs couple donated to the Conservancy an additional 200 acres at Trap Mountain.

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To date, The Nature Conservancy and its supporters have helped protect more than 250,000 acres of natural lands and waters in Arkansas. The Arkansas program currently owns or manages 36 nature preserves encompassing roughly 22,000 acres. These sanctuaries are found in every corner of the state. For more information about the Conservancy’s work in Arkansas, visit nature.org/arkansas.

 

The Conservancy has protected more than 15 million acres in the United States and has helped preserve more than 102 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Learn more at nature.org.

 

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