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The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (“NWALT”) issued its 2025 IMPACT REPORT (“Report”).
NWALT is a nonprofit organization that describes its mission as to:
… preserve and enhance the quality of life for all people in Northwest Arkansas through the permanent protection of land.
The service area includes the greater Northwest Arkansas Region, with a core focus on Benton, Washington, Madison and Carroll counties.
NWALT is an Accredited Land Trust.
The Report provides a summary of certain activities such as:
- Acres Permanently Protected – 9,581.
- Known State Species of Conservation Need Protected – 34.
- Miles of Stream Protected – 100.
- Counties Currently Served – 7.
- Protected Properties Open to the Public – 12.
A number of additional topics are addressed in the Report such as:
- Importance of streams and rivers.
- Impact of conservation.
- Role of riparian buffers.
- Growth of Northwest Arkansas.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act 319 Grant and Beaver Lake Watershed.
- Bird conservation through land protection.
- Importance of permanent land protection.
- Community engagement and citizen science -1347 checklists submitted.
- Wilson Springs Preserve.
- Lake Frances Preserve.
- Flint Creek Headwaters Preserve.
- Betty Hinshaw Bird Sanctuary.
- Middle Fork Headwaters Protection Area.
- Beaver Lake Protection Area.
- Water and forest habitat near Elkins protected.
- Strengthening urban forest protection (including importance of urban forest).
- White River Headwaters Preserve protected.
A copy of the Report can be found here.
