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Zed Davenport talks with former co-worker Dean McKnight about growing up near the Buffalo River and his time as an employee of the National Park Service at Buffalo National River.

Lauren Ray talks to Alyssa Smith about her experience as a student and HBCUI intern at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site; a backpacking trip in the Ponca Wilderness of Buffalo National River; and giving back to her...

Ginger Milan interviews her friend, Sybil Craig, about her interactions with the Buffalo National River and her time as the President of the Buffalo National River Partners.

Caven Clark interviews his former co-worker and friend Linda Bishop about her time as a volunteer and interpretive ranger at Buffalo National River.

Lauren Ray interviews Jerry Goller about his favorite memories of paddling Buffalo National River in north central Arkansas.

Lauren Ray speaks with Gordon Kumpuris, a whitewater boater from Little Rock, about a harrowing run on the East Fork of the Little Buffalo River in March of 2014.

Jennifer Richardson Jones interviews her mother, Helen Younger Martin, about growing up in Gilbert, Arkansas, about a mile from the Buffalo River.

Here is an interview we recently did with Charles England about him growing up on the Buffalo River in Arkansas.

Retired Searcy County (Arkansas) Judge Duford Taylor discusses his memories of the early days of Buffalo National River

Linsey Hughes interviews Kevin Middleton about his earliest and fondest memories of the Buffalo River and surrounding area

Lauren Ray interviews Rick Milburn of Harrison, AR, about his favorite memories of paddling the Buffalo River and passing on this passion to his family

Park Ranger Lauren Ray interviews Dr. Charles Preston, whose love for the Buffalo River and its biodiversity began in the 1970s.

Lauren Ray interviews Stewart Noland about his paddling trips on the Buffalo River and its tributaries, including the first known descent of Upper Richland Creek.

Doretha D. Shipman talks with her grandson, Louie Stoops, about growing up and farming on the banks of the Buffalo River. Today Louie Stoops works for the NPS at Buffalo River.

Waymon (Paul) Villines talks with Carol Villines about growing up in the Boxley Valley and how things have changed since the National Park Service came to Buffalo River.

Cate Davis Handley talks with Stewart Noland about his part in the first known descent of the Hailstone section of the Buffalo River on June 15th and 16th, 1974

Lauren Ray interviews Karen Clark Fancher of Compton, AR, about her family roots in the Buffalo River area of Newton County.

Friends and past co-workers Charles Rogers and Dale MacMillan talk about their experiences as rangers at Buffalo National River in the early days of the park.

Lauren Ray interviews Chris Wallace, who first visited Buffalo National River in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas 50 years ago.

Jan Larson, Pam Emerson, and Candra Brasel share a few of their childhood memories of the Buffalo River.

In this interview, Jennifer Richardson Jones interviews Michael Debuys about living next to Grinders Ferry at Buffalo National River.