Excerpt from Water Resources Management Plan: Buffalo National River, Arkansas, February 2004 The Buffalo River flows through the heartland of the Ozarks in northwestern Arkansas and is considered one of the region's finest natural rivers (figure l). The Buffalo is one of only a few entirely free flowing rivers in the country. According to the Nationwide Rivers Inventory, only 42 high quality free-flowing rivers (no major dams) greater than 200 km remain in the 48 contiguous states (benke, The National River encompasses 150 square miles acres) and includes 135 miles of the 151-mile long Buffalo from the Boston Mountains to the White River. The first 16 miles of the headwaters are within the Ozark National Forest and were recently designated as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. Overall, 11% of the square mile watershed lies within National Park Service (nps) administration and 28% is in other federal or state ownership (figures 2 and The remaining and majority of the watershed is in private ownership (nps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.