Congratulations Are In Order!!!

Once again one of our own has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run!!!

Bill Toland has won Arkansas Trail Volunteer of the Year!!! This award is earned through the Arkansas Trails Council. Bill was nominated by the other half of a Dynamic Duo, Bert Turner, his long time partner on the trail.

Bill was judged in several categories:
•    Volunteer efforts
•    Coalition building
•    Significant Trail accomplishments
•    Accomplishments in promotion and education related to trails

Bill has put in 1750 hours in the last 3 years building trails and leading groups that build trails. It has been said that his efforts are phenomenal. I totally agree with that statement.

This is a very brief list of Bills work:
•    Interpretive Hikes
•    Teaching survival skills to kids
•    Teaching river ecology
•    And many other educational programs
•    Helping with prescribed burns
•    General trail maintenance
•    Trail building
•    Working with the Arkansas Game and Fish
•    And many, many, many, many others

Here is a quote from Bert Turner that sums it all up.”The key thing to all of this is not the effort itself, but the results; many more Arkansans are willing and able to get out and enjoy the Natural state as a result of Bill’s tireless work.
Thank you Bill Toland! You have set the perfect example of what it means to be an Arkansas Master Naturalist .I am inspired to do more and I hope others are as well.

For more information about the Arkansas Trails Council click here.