The Best of Missouri

Missouri's most stunning natural beauty

The Current River and its tributaries make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri's largest national park.

With towering bluffs, abundant springs, diverse wildlife and stunning scenery, it's no wonder that this was the first national park area in America established to protect a wild river system.

But the Current River is now threatened by a growing number of roads, deteriorating water quality, and torn-up trails. Intense motor vehicle use and commercial horse rides are taking a serious toll.

Right now, the national Park Service is drawing up a new management plan that will guide the park for decades to come. We're calling on the Park Service to implement the strongest protections possible for Missouri's river gems.

It could be a new start for the Ozarks

The Current River is fed by a world-class spring system and provides habitat for hundreds of species of wildlife found few other places on Earth, like the endangered Ozark Hellbender, America's largest salamander.

The park is also a premier recreation spot for Missourians — last year more than 1.3 million people visited the park to swim, tube, boat and fish on the waterways, and to hike and camp in the surrounding woods.

It's time for reform. A strong new management by the National Park Service can restore the Current River and chart a new course for decades to come.

With your activism and our advocacy, we can protect the Current River

We can't let the Current River — the jewel of the Ozarks — continue on this dangerous course of degradation.

That’s why we recently delivered over 5,000 petition signatures to the National Park Service urging reform, and raised the issue in major media outlets across the state.

This is our chance to raise our voices for the Current, and convince the National Parks Service to craft a far-reaching, effective plan to restore the river to health.

Click here to join our campaign, and send the Parks Service a message today.