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A couple weeks ago when I went to Shannon County for the Current River public meeting, we stayed over because Eugene had work to do on the way home at Montauk on Sunday.
He and Steve Bost, the naturalist there, went off on some A/V maintenance issue, leaving me to [...]

ShareA couple of items came to our attention from the Current Local (Van Buren weekly newspaper) this week.
There will be an Elk Zone Landower Field Day May 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Quo da Riva Club near Paint Rock on the Current River. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation, [...]

ShareJim Smith of Eminence’s CCTR and Wild Horse League, and the wild horses themselves have made the Wall Street Journal Online in an article about the problem of horse dumping in rural areas, and the controversy over establishing horse slaughterhouses in the U.S.
It’s a problem with no easy solution. Animal rights advocates believe horse [...]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The public is invited to bring their ideas to an informational meeting Saturday, April 28, in the gymnasium located in Current River State Park outside of Salem. The informational meeting will begin at 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.
Current River State Park is currently under development. [...]

Share MDC news update from Candice Davis.
ELLINGTON, Mo. – Landowners in the Missouri Ozarks have a variety of habitat types on their properties. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) employs a variety of methods to help landowners promote wildlife habitat, including workshops where landowners and biologists meet and discuss options such as cost shares [...]

ShareIf you’ve ever tried to get a cell signal or decent internet speed in Traveler Country, you know we live in that “blank” part of the coverage map. Low population and rugged terrain make it both technically difficult and not particularly profitable to bring such coverage to rural Missouri.
FARMINGTON, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon [...]

SharePUXICO–A particularly successful night of bowfishing left one southeast-Missouri man with a state record and another thinking about what might have been.
Ben Fraley and David Warren, both of Sikeston, were bowfishing together at Duck Creek Conservation Area (CA) in Bollinger County March 23 when Fraley hauled in a 10-pound bowfin, a primitive type of fish. [...]

ShareJoin a park naturalist on April 21 for a five-mile hike into the Mudlick Natural Area at Sam A. Baker State Park near Patterson. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the free hike will begin at 9 a.m. and last until around 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend
The hike will take you into the [...]

Share(Army Corps of Engineers news release.)
Wappapello Lake, April 4, 2012 – A local business, non-profit organization, and government agency were among those named award winners at the 2012 International Boating and Water Safety Summit (IBWSS) held in San Diego, California, for their water and boating safety efforts. These prestigious awards were announced on March [...]

Share(Nature Conservancy news release.)
Van Buren, Missouri – February 29, 2012 – A Missouri project that supports jobs, water resources, and wildlife has received a welcome shot in the arm.
The U.S. Forest Service announced that the Pine-Oak Woodlands Collaborative Landscape Restoration Project will be receiving a $617,000 investment from the federal Collaborative Forest [...]