Logan Springs Preserve offers chance to commune with nature

Preserve’s trails reveal wonders from ground up

July 18, 2023 at 7:55 a.m.

by Flip Putthoff

Brigette Coleman-Williams (left) with The Nature Conservancy and Pat Bodishbaugh of Fayetteville visit an oxbow lake last month at Logan Springs Preserve east of Siloam Springs. The oxbow is one of the few natural lakes in Northwest Arkansas. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
Brigette Coleman-Williams (left) with The Nature Conservancy and Pat Bodishbaugh of Fayetteville visit an oxbow lake last month at Logan Springs Preserve east of Siloam Springs. The oxbow is one of the few natural lakes in Northwest Arkansas. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)

SILOAM SPRINGS -- Some visit Logan Springs Preserve for the flowers. Others migrate to the 210-acre nature oasis for things with wings.

Of the six visitors exploring the preserve together on an early June morning, half were most interested in wildlife that flies.