ShareNorthwest Missouri event slated for Saturday, May 12
Wild birds make remarkable journeys, sometimes between continents, or they endure the weather extremes as year-round residents. That they do so in various colors and sizes, and with ingenious adaptive survival skills, is remarkable.
The annual Wings over Weston festival will celebrate birds [...]

Share The second annual Sustainable Backyard Tour is set for Sunday, June 24 from 11 to 4 p.m. in private backyards throughout the St. Louis area.
“This self-guided tour will open the gates to private yards and gardens so that attendees can ask and learn, pick up new ideas, and share inspiration,” says Terry Winkelmann, owner of [...]

SharePlease pity Jo’s husband Eugene.
There are three nature and Earth Day related festivals going on this weekend: Friday on the State Capitol grounds in Jefferson City, the Bat Festival at Onondaga Cave State Park, and St. Louis Earth Day at Forest Park in St. Louis
He’s working all three of them on behalf of bats, [...]

ShareIf you’re curious about bats, you’re in luck this April, starting tonight.
All events were scheduled before Monday’s news about white nose syndrome in bats being found here, but just as a sick person is more than their disease, these creatures are fascinating in their own right.
All events are free and open to the [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – April 2, 2012: Spring is in the air and soon the smell of gunpowder will be there as well as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake and the Crowley’s Ridge Black Powder Club host the 34th Annual Black Powder Rendezvous on April 14 and 15, 2012, at [...]

ShareJo’s been working too hard, so I sent her to bed early with some really good cough syrup. I’m not supposed to be on the computer, but she forgot to shut it off.
I’ve got a secret to tell you.
If you go to Cape Girardeau THIS WEEKEND on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, to the [...]

ShareIf you are planning to go see Emery at the Cape Sports Show on Saturday, and want something else to do in town (or if thesome of your crowd have short attention spans and an hour or two in the Show-Me Center is all they can handle) call (573-290-5218) over to the Cape Girardeau Conservation [...]

ShareIn this month’s Traveler Calendar we told of “The Earth Moves Under our Feet” program being presented by Edith Starbuck at Onondaga Cave State Park. The state park is rather quiet this time of year, but since February is Missouri’s Earthquake Awareness Month, they’ve tried to do something to educate the public ever since one [...]

ShareSome people just like to thumb their noses at the gods of Fate.
Why else would the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, a group of earthquake science and emergency preparedness agencies, schedule their regionwide earthquake drill for February 7, the exact date of the last, and perhaps the most severe of the four largest New [...]

ShareCelebrate the camaraderie of huntin’ camp at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center tomorrow night,
Friday (November 4) from 5-8 p.m.
Pass on the passion and respect Missourians have for hunting! From buying a call to determining how to dress your game for cooking and taxidermy mounting, we’d like to help from start to finish. [...]