Van Buren and Eminence, MO – With the warmer temperatures, Ozark Scenic Riverways has expanded operations for the visiting public. “The public is invited to visit and enjoy the park’s resources this spring,” said Superintendent Bill Black.
Beginning Saturday, May 4, 2013, the historic Alley Mill near Eminence will be open from 9:00 a.m. – [...]

Eminence, MO – Beginning Monday, April 29th, the Alley Spring and Round Spring Campgrounds will be undergoing a paving repair project. For visitor safety, the venture requires restricting some access to the campground areas, so contractors can do their work throughout the week.
The repair job will patch existing paved roadway surfaces and [...]

By Jo Schaper
The Traveler team is just about finished celebrating Earth Day for this year. We appreciate all our new friends, but it’s been an intense three days: Saturday, when most normal folks are headed for a hike, or to mow the grass, or to have a beer, Emery and Jo spent the greater part [...]

Commentary by Jo Schaper
Recently, the Conservation Federation of Missouri and others have become concerned about House Bill 345 and Senate Bill 241, both of which are called the Uniform Wireless Communications Infrastructure Deployment Act.
These bills, (the House version is buried within many other provisions) are virtually identical, and deal with provisions intended to regulate [...]

By Jo Schaper
Photos by Howard Helgenberg
My phone rang on Thursday morning February 28.
“Hi, Howard, ” I said.
“I’ve got a call to make in Sullivan, and then I’m headed for fishing,” he said.
” Are you in the office? I just passed the St. Clair exit. Can I stop by the office for a few [...]

By Candice Davis
Posted by Candice Davis (more on the results of the MDC angler survey at http://www.riverhillstraveler.com/2010SMBRBSurvey.pdf and the February 2013 Traveler.
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The smallmouth bass is one of Missouri’s most popular game fish, and biologists continue to learn more about the species to help manage its habitat and regulate harvest.
Biologists from the [...]

Van Buren, MO – Ozark National Scenic Riverways recently recognized employee, Kevin Young for his job performance on renovating the Round Spring Visitor Contact Station. The park also awarded Brock Davis for his 20 years of federal service
In related news, Patty Dorris, Ozark National Scenic Riverways employee, retires after 26 years of federal service. [...]

By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
Four birders on an outing last December to Ha Ha Tonka State Park focused their binoculars on a green tag attached to the wing of one of 28 roosting turkey vultures. The tag said E43.
They reported their finding to the Bird Banding Laboratory operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. The center [...]

We closed down our school calendar poll tonight, with a total of 25 people responding. Of the 25, one person wanted school start and ending times to remain as they are; twenty said they’d like to move the calendar back to the Memorial Day- to right after Labor Day traditional summer, and four encouraged people [...]

Van Buren, MO – During the fall and winter of 1862, the Union Army, consisting of 8,000 men under the command of John Davidson, left their post at Patterson, Missouri, to slowly make their way toward Northern Arkansas. Their movement was part of the Federal winter campaign to discourage Confederate raiding and bushwhacking in [...]