Arkansas contains extraordinary, diverse natural lands -- hardwood forests, native prairies, ancient wetlands, pristine streams, mountain ranges. The Conservancy has priority programs that focus on each of the state's ecosystems and located in each of the state's eco-regions:

• Ozark Karst (or Cave)
  
• Interior Highlands/Fire Restoration
  
• Ozark Highlands Rivers
  
• Ouachita Mountain Rivers
  
• Blacklands
• Conservation Forestry
• Delta or "Big Woods"
  • Ecological Significance and Threats
  • The Conservancy's Work

Natural State Preserves

Since opening an Arkansas office in 1982, the Conservancy and its supporters have helped protect more than 250,000 acres of natural lands and waters in the Natural State. Today the Arkansas program owns or manages 36 nature preserves encompassing roughly 22,000 acres and found in every corner of the state. Our featured preserves include:

• Smith Creek Preserve
• Bear Hollow Cave
• Brooksher Crooked Creek Preserve
  
• Mulberry River
  
• Strawberry River
  
• Lyon Big Piney Creek Preserve
  
• Baker Prairie
  
• Simpson Preserve at Trap Mountain
• Presson-Oglesby Preserve
• Benson Creek
• Burke Crowley's Ridge Preserve
• Bauxite Natural Areas
• Columbus Prairie
• Terre Noire
• Miller County Sandhills
• Kingsland Prairie
• Lorance Creek
• Ouachita River Nature Preserve

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Terre Noire © The Nature Conservancy; Paddlers enjoying the Caddo River © Jay Harrod/TNC; Sherfield Cave near Smith Creek Preserve © Ethan Inlander/TNC; Bayou DeView © Jay Harrod/TNC