Closings and service reductaions due to Federal Budget Cuts
announced. The public will experience reduced hours and services
provided by Ozark National Scenic Riverways due to the budget
cuts that became effective March 1, 2013. Please check back
often for further details or changes. List of closed facilities,
click "MORE." More » Water resources are of the utmost
importance to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The Current
and Jacks Fork Rivers are prime recreational waters attracting
some 1.5 million visitors each year. Most of these come to
canoe, float in inner tubes, swim or fish. The springs are world
class representatives of classic karst systems. They are home to
several distinctive plants and animals and are fragile
environments. Local communities also depend on karst water
sources for their drinking water. Therefore water quality, both
surface and subterranean is an impotant issue in the Ozark
Riverways area. Water quality is monitored both by the federal
government and the state of Missouri. Whil