ShareVan Buren, MO – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is seeking to construct an improved gate to protect Bat Cave on property it owns in Shannon County, Missouri. Bat Cave is located on the Upper Current River, as an inholding in Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and is a significant hibernaculum for federally endangered Indiana bats. Missouri [...]

ShareIt’s always nice when you open up a publication and see people you know. It’s even nicer when they are being recognized for contributions to the maintenance of the natural world.
Last night I opened up my copy of the fall Missouri Resources, (formerly the Resource Review) a quarterly free publication of the Missouri [...]

ShareWatercress Park, operated by Mark Twain National Forest, along the Current River near Van Buren, reopened August 5th. Reopening was schedule for earlier this summer, but work was delayed for a while due to the floods this spring, where the Current reached up to 25 feet deep.

ShareBeing outside when lightning strikes can be deadly, as we were reminded again this weekend with the untimely death of a young woman canoeing on the Gasconade River, according to this story STL Today But what can you do? They were trying to do the correct thing: get off the river or lake during [...]

ShareWhitewater on the Upper Colorado: Missouri floating was never like this.
by Jo Schaper
As the story about John Wesley Powell in the July Traveler hints at, I’ve always secretly wanted to paddle the Colorado River. When the opportunity came up a week ago to run Colorado whitewater through part of Glenwood Canyon, above and through Glenwood [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
Unless you are one of the people who truly enjoy walking raft to raft across a river without getting your feet, three-day holidays are always problematic when it comes to float trips.
Jo, her husband Eugene, and two brothers, Bill and Dan Schaper, are amongst those people who would prefer a little peace and [...]

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Share(The Clearwater Dam Corps sends some water safety tips to heed relevant to conditions after the recent flooding.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 30 – Sunshine, a trip to the lake or river and fireworks displays. The Independence Day holiday is a great time for water fun, but Army Corps of Engineers officials advise everyone [...]

ShareJo just got this from her brother Bill. Can you say “Paddling Fever” ?
Have a good weekend folks!

ShareTraveler’s annual June Float Trip Edition will be out before Memorial Day, just in time to kick off the summer outdoor recreation season.
Can floaters and power boaters get along? Jo Schaper interviews the Missouri Water Patrol, St. Louis Canoe and Kayak members and boat dealer Joe Troutt for some surprising answers to this question.
Looking for [...]