Phyllis Speer of Mountain Home is one of nine individuals and organizations chosen as one of Ozarks Alive’s 2026 Rock Picking Awards winners. Out of more than 50 applicants, Speer was chosen as the 2026 Land and Food honoree.
Speer grew up fishing and hunting in the Arkansas wilderness. Today, she lives near Mountain Home and is a wild game hunter and cook, as well as an expert in open-air cast-iron cooking. She is well known for co-producing and appearing on AETN’s “Arkansas Outdoors” and its spin-off show “Cooking on the Wild Side.” She was inducted into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2007.
The 2026 award winners, chosen by a panel of judges, will be recognized at Ozarks Alive’s Rock Picking Party on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Springfield Library Center’s Hatch Auditorium in Springfield, Mo…