The ANHC closed on a 40.6-acre addition to Devil’s Eyebrow Natural Area (NA), bringing the total acreage of the natural area to 3,642.66 acres. Devil’s Eyebrow NA supports a high diversity of animal and plant life, as well as public access for hunting, birding, and other recreational opportunities. Funding for this purchase was provided by a Walton Family Foundation grant. 

Devil’s Eyebrow NA includes high-quality glades, woodlands, bluffs, rich hardwood forests, and riparian forests. Much of the area is underlain by alternating layers of chert and limestone that include caves and many springs. More than 700 vascular plant species have been documented at the natural area, 36 of which are of state conservation concern.

Devil’s Eyebrow NA is part of a conservation corridor, including The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Rob and Melani Walton Preserve, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s (AGFC) Beaver Lake Wildlife Management Area, Mark Twain National Forest (in Missouri), and Beaver Lake, the main source of drinking water for Northwest Arkansas. It supports the recovery of the federally listed endangered northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), which uses this conservation corridor for essential surface foraging habitat, summer roost habitat, and movement routes. 

Photos:
Top — Cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) at Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area. Much of the area is underlain by alternating layers of chert and limestone that include caves and many springs. Photo by ANHC staff.

Bottom — Devil’s Eyebrow Natural Area includes high-quality glades, woodlands, bluffs, rich hardwood forests, and riparian forests. Photo by Brent Baker. 

Main — Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area supports a high diversity of animal and plant life, as well as public access for hunting, birding, and other recreational opportunities. Photo by ANHC staff.