~~UNITED STATES~~ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2010 THE BEARD COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma	1-12396	73-0970298
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

~~Harvey~~FORM ~~Parkway 301 N.W. 63rd Street, Suite 400 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116 (Address of principal executive offices) (405) 842~~8-~~2333 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)~~K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: (Date of earliest event reported) November 16, 2010

THE BEARD COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma	001-12396	73-0970298
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


Harvey Parkway 301 N.W. 63rd Street, Suite 400 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(405) 842-2333 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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~~Item~~Information ~~5.02~~to ~~Departure~~be ofIncluded ~~Directors~~in orthe ~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Report:

OnItem ~~October 5, 2010, W~~2.~~M. Beard resigned from his positions as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Beard Company (the “Company”).~~02 ~~The~~Results ~~Company has established an advisory committee to assist the Company in finding a successor Chief Executive Officer~~ of ~~the~~Operations ~~Company. Mr.~~and ~~Beard~~Financial ~~will remain on the Board of Directors of the Company~~Condition.

On ~~October~~November 516, 2010, the Company ~~appointed~~issued ~~Marc~~a A.press ~~Messner~~release asreporting ~~interim~~its ~~Chief~~financial ~~Operating~~results ~~Officer~~for of the ~~Company~~third ~~until~~quarter ~~such~~and ~~time~~nine asmonths ~~Mr.~~ended ~~Beard’s~~September ~~successor has been appointed. Mr. Messner~~30, ~~age 48, has served as the Company’s Vice President - Corporate Development since 1998~~2010. ~~From~~ ~~1993~~Comparative tobalance ~~1998,~~sheets ~~he served~~ as ~~President~~ of ~~Horizontal~~September ~~Drilling Technologies~~30, ~~Inc.,~~2010 aand ~~company~~December he31, ~~founded~~2009 inwere ~~1993~~included ~~that~~with ~~was acquired by~~ the ~~Company~~report, intogether ~~1996. Mr.~~with ~~Messner~~a ~~was~~schedule ~~also~~showing ~~the~~comparative ~~inventor~~results of ~~starpay.com,~~operations ~~llc’s~~for ~~proprietary~~the ~~internet~~quarter ~~payment~~and ~~technology. He~~nine ~~graduated~~months ~~from~~ended ~~Kansas~~September ~~University~~30, in2010 ~~1985~~with ~~and~~the ~~holds~~comparable a2009 Bperiods.S. ~~degree~~A incopy ~~geology. Mr.~~of ~~Messner has been actively involved in~~ the ~~management~~press ofrelease ~~the~~is ~~Dilworth~~attached ~~Field~~as ~~since~~Exhibit ~~July 2009~~99.1.

The Company issued a news release October 12, 2010 announcing Mr. Beard’s resignation as the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the appointment of Mr. Messner as interim Chief Operating Officer of the Company. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

The following ~~exhibits~~exhibit ~~are~~is filed with this Form 8-K and ~~are~~is identified by the ~~numbers~~number indicated.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	~~News~~Press ~~release~~Release dated ~~October~~November 1216, 2010 re third quarter and first nine months of 2010 financial results.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	THE BEARD COMPANY
	/s/Herb Mee, Jr.
	/s/ Herb Mee, Jr.
October 12, 2010	Herb Mee, Jr., President
	Herb Mee, Jr., President
November 16, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description	Method of Filing

99.1	Press Release dated November 16, 2010 re third quarter and first nine months of 2010 financial results.	Filed herewith electronically

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