Share(Kansas City, Kan., March 25, 2011) – The Doe Run Resources Corporation and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) Division of State Parks have agreed mitigate lead contamination at St. Joe State Park and Missouri Mines State Historic Site, including off-road vehicle (ORV) riding areas, the old Federal milling plant, now preserved as [...]

Share Gov. Jay Nixon today selected Sara Parker Pauley as the new director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. In her new position, Ms. Pauley, 45, will lead the Governor’s efforts to accelerate the development of renewable sources of energy, create the next-generation “green” jobs, and promote energy independence in the state
Pauley also will [...]

Shareby Jo Schaper
In a talk to the Association of Missouri Interpreters on Sept. 14, Missouri State Parks director Bill Bryan said that attendance at Missouri state park naturalist programs were on track to be the best year ever for visitor contacts.
Attendance at park programs had already exceeded 2009 levels, despite staff cutbacks last November, [...]

Share Join the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as the State Parks Youth Corps at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site Aug 14 showcase their work and hold a watermelon seed-spitting contest. The event, titled “New Faces of Preservation,” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 14 in Burfordville.

ShareToday the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources announced that the wild cave closures now in effect will be extended to September 1, and that wild tours of the Devil’s Icebox at Rockbridge Memorial State Park have been cancelled for this fall. Devil’s Icebox is home to federally endangered gray and Indiana bats. At the [...]

Share The E-Coli is getting deep at Wakonda State Park. I found an article you wrote last year about the lakes. I’ve heard of it all my life and it used to be “The Place” where people went camping for a week or so. Now all I hear of it is the [...]

ShareAccording to an official flyer from the information desk at Meramec State Park, effective April 1 camping fees will increase in Missouri State Parks.
The new nightly rates for non-reserved sites will be $13 Basic, $21 Electric, $23 for Electric-Water, and $26 for Electric-Water-Sewer on-season. Off season the rates will be $12, $19, $19, and [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 8, 2010 — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and its Arkansas counterparts have released their first report on bi-state water issues to Govs. Jay Nixon of Missouri and Mike Beebe of Arkansas.
The report focuses on water quality and water quantity involving shared water resources of the two states. It was [...]

Share new Web page has been established to assist people who want to make a donation to help maintain Missouri’s 85 state parks and historic sites.
“With this new system, they can donate easily to the entire state park system no matter where in the world they are,” [...]

Sharet. Joe State Park at Park Hills will soon have new lead warning signs and text printed on park maps and riding permits.
According to David Kelly, spokesman for DNR-State Parks, the signs will be installed near the park entrance and other signage through the park will be updated. Although longtime nearby residents and park [...]