FIRST THURSDAY | December

Reintroducing the Arkansas River: A rare ecosystem under threat

A Conversation about Wildlife, Water Management & Safety

The Arkansas River holds some of the last intact examples of a prairie braided system, a threatened body of water associated with the rarest and most endangered ecosystem in the world - the Tallgrass Prairie. Join us at Heirloom Rustic Ales for a conversation and Q/A with Tulsa River Guardians founder Jake Miller, Biologist Josh Johnston and investigative journalist Molly Bullock about why attention to the preservation of the river is critical to ecology, wildlife and human health and safety.

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Josh Johnston, biologist with an 18 year tenure with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife, spent nearly a decade as Fisheries Manager for the northeast region of the state. Wildly knowledgeable in the complete ecology of the river, Johnston also has an intimate pulse on permitting processes required for operations affecting the…