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Jet Setter M
y guess is that just about everyone reading this article has spent some time in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, either hiking, fishing, or floating. Maybe it was trout fishing on opening day at Montauk State Park, a visit to Echo Bluff State Park or a summertime float on the Current or Jacks Fork River. You know first hand the ruggedness and beauty of the Ozarks and the splendor of these amazing rivers.Â
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CONSERVATION FEDERATION
Conservation and preservation never seem to be without controversy. The US Army Corp of Engineers had developed plans to build a series of dams on the Current and Jacks Fork River's to provide hydroelectric power to rural Missouri, similar to the White River chain creating Beaver, Table Rock, and Bull Shoals Lakes. The new lake was to be named Blair Creek Dam and Reservoir.
