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Blue Mountain (Submitted by TNC)
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas announced this week an effort to conserve the 458-acre Blue Mountain, the westernmost peak in the Maumelle Pinnacles chain.
The commission is seeking grants from the Department of Arkansas Heritage’s Natural and Cultural Resources Council to provide $4 million for the project, according to Jen Barnhouse, director of philanthropy for TNC.
At the same time, TNC is raising another $2 million and has already raised 75% of that goal.
Half will go toward purchasing the property from PotlatchDeltic Corp., a publicly traded timberland real estate investment trust. It will use the other half for long-term management and the development of trails for hikers and mountain bikers; a welcome area where visitors could picnic; parking; and interpretive signage.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, located near Brinkley, is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, April 7
th after renovations to preserve this National Historic Landmark. While smaller than most Arkansas state parks, the site is of major significance. The park protects the initial point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey of 1815, which is a vital, fixed coordinate for land surveying across the western United States.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park
The initial point was later rediscovered by land surveyors in 1921 and then in 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a granite monument commemorating its significance. The nearly 40-acre plot that surrounds the granite monument was acquired by Arkansas State Parks in 1961.