People & Organizations

Harold Edward Alexander (1909–1993)
Harold Edward Alexander was a conservationist and stream preservationist who was a proponent of conservation a...
Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club
aka: Sierra Club
The Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club was established in 1982 as ...
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (ADEE)
Established in 2019 as part of the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 (Act 910), the new umbrella age...
Arkansas Native Plant Society
The Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) was established in 1980 to promote, first, the preservation, conserva...
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC)
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) works to conserve the state’s natural diversity and is charg...
Arkansas Water Works and Water Environment Association
Comprising the operators of water and sewer systems statewide and their affiliates, the Arkansas Water Works a...
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
The mission of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation (AWF) is “to advocate for the sustainable use of Arkansas’...
Audubon Arkansas
Audubon Arkansas was established in 2000 as the twenty-fifth state office of the National Audubon Society thro...
Neil Ernest Compton (1912–1999)
Neil Ernest Compton of Bentonville (Benton County) was a physician of obstetrics by profession and a conservat...
Floating CCC Camp at Jacks Bay
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) side camp BF-2 at Jacks Bay in Arkansas County was distinct from most ot...
Forrest L. Wood Crowley's Ridge Nature Center
The Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center in Jonesboro (Craighead County) was built through the effo...
Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center
aka: Delta Rivers Nature Center
The Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluff...
Archibald Rex Hancock Jr. (1923–1986)
Archibald Rex Hancock Jr. was a dentist who lived in Stuttgart (Arkansas County) and whose passion for outdoor...
T. W. Hardison (1884–1957)
Thomas William Hardison is known as the founder of the Arkansas state park system, though he was also renowned...
Julia Lorraine "Butterfly" Hill (1974–)
Julia Lorraine “Butterfly” Hill is an environmentalist, poet, writer, educator, speaker, and founder of th...
Little Rock Garden Club
The Little Rock Garden Club (LRGC) held its first meeting in 1923 at the home of Mrs. J. N. Heiskell (Wilhelmi...
Nature Conservancy of Arkansas
The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas is part of the international Nature Conservancy headquartered in Arlington,...
Joe Franklin Nix (1939–)
Joe Nix is a water chemist, environmentalist, naturalist, and educator considered by many to be the watchdog o...
OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology
The OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology of Fayetteville (Washington County) began its work as a traditi...
Ozark Natural Science Center
The Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC) is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) environmental educational organizati...
Ozark Society
The Ozark Society is an Arkansas-based environmental organization initially founded to give organized resistan...
Mamie Aselean Parker (1957–)
Mamie Aselean Parker is a trail-blazing conservationist. The first African American to hold numerous positions...
Ponca Elk Education Center
The Ponca Elk Education Center was established in 2002 to serve wildlife enthusiasts coming to Newton County t...
Stephen L. Samuels (1952–2023)
Stephen L. Samuels, a Paragould (Greene County) native, was a lawyer at the United States Department of Justic...
Jane Rita Ellenbogen Stern (1918–1989)
Jane Rita Ellenbogen Stern was a well-known conservationist and environmentalist from Arkansas. She dedicated ...
Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center
The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, whose mission is introducing the public to the importanc...