Pioneer Forest — L-A-D Foundation

Dedicated to the responsible management of Pioneer Forest as a working demonstration of renewable resource use compatible with the long-term carrying capacity and health of the land and water.

Tim and Chris Roehl

Living happily next to the Mark Twain National forest in Indian Creek Watershed, in Howell County, Missouri

Brian Haenke

Brian Haenke is a member of popular local Brixey Creek band. OACC and other local events also depend on his stage hand and sound board skills where  his technical expertese and warm personality create a wonderful performance environment. He is a resident of the tiny Ozark town of Brixey, Missouri, which may have the highest per capita population of bioregionalists …

Ozark Back-to-the-Land Documentary

Work on an Ozark Back-to-the-Land documentary is well underway. Longtime journalist Denise Henderson Vaughn and Andy Cline, a Missouri State University-Springfield journalism professor, are collaborating on the project, videotaping interviews with Ozark Back-to-the-Landers who came here in the 1970’s and ’80’s, and recently. From the first Ozark Area Community Congress held in 1980, OACC has been an important venue for …

Ozark Land Trust

The nationally accredited Ozark Land Trust is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2024! OLT protects over 32,000 acres of lands across the Ozark bioregion, including forests, working lands, watersheds, scenic views, prairies, springs and more. Land trusts are nonprofit organizations dedicated to working with landowners, agencies and other nonprofits to protect lands in perpetuity through methods that include conservation easements …

David Haenke

David Haenke is a cofounder of the Ozark Area Community Congress, and retired steward of Alford Forest. This photo was taken during the drought of 2012. David and friends were floating on the North Fork of the White River, and a little rain burst occurred just upstream from Dawt Mill, in Ozark County, Missouri. Photo by Noelle.

In Memory of Jay Jacobs

Leader in the Ozark bioregional and organic farming movements and local legend in some circles, departed this life on March 30th, 2024