The Ozark Trail

Mega morning: starting the day with the OTA and 180 of your best friends

The Western chorus frog, or spring peeper, now performing nightly in the Ozarks

A spring hike on the Courtois with new leaves and dogwood in bloom

Good camoflage: Whoopin' it Up in Winona weekend

Watch out now: does it bite?

I came. I sawed. I conquered.

White ones are the real deal, say purists: flowering dogwood, Missouri's state tree

Be safe. Have fun. Build trail. In that order

Look for wild columbine along the trail

Velociraptors on the Current River section?

This could be you at our next Mega Event

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MEGA Success!!!
A big thank you goes out to all of the 180 volunteers who came out this weekend for a record breaking Mega!!!! Thanks to ...

Volunteers: make your opinion count!
The OTA is developing a new volunteer recognition program and we need your help. Please take five minutes to complete ou ...

Cooking up a new kind of trail outing
A recipe for new adventure began to brew as a few OTA volunteers gathered in the Ozarks. The ingredients for this recipe ...

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