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 [...]

ShareDONIPHAN, MO – Big Springs Resource Conservation and Development Council recently received a Missouri Department of Natural Resources grant to help clean up dumped tires on Mark Twain National Forest.
The grant from Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Solid Waste Management Program will focus on cleaning up Mark Twain National Forest around Ripley, Shannon and [...]

SharePrescribed burn January 7 helps beech, and sand forest species on Crowley’s Ridge
By Jo Schaper
(Photos courtesy Missouri State Parks – photographer Eugene Vale)
With cold temperatures and snow on the ground, what is needed to warm up is the memory of a nice warm fire.
About 60 acres of 161-acre Morris State Park underbrush was burned [...]

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ow, was this past weekend a bit of a tease or what? With way above average temperatures and two kiddos fighting a severe case of “cabin” fever, Ryan and I decided it was time to hit the hiking trails.

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Scanning the Net news headlines popped up this report that National Park Service officials recently toured Ste. Genevieve as part of an ongoing study whether or not Park Service wants to get involved in historic preservation of architecture in that town. The study was commissioned in 2005, and the report is due out [...]

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With the National Park Service in the final stages of preparing draft alternatives of the General Management Plan for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways for expected release sometime in late winter or early spring, Missouri environmental groups turned up the political heat with petition events and signature turn-ins to federal officials this [...]

ShareThis just posted by Frank Nelson on the MDC website:
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is developing a hunting plan and wants your input. This plan will be the template for all hunting activities on the refuge for the next 12-15 years. This will include discussion about waterfowl, deer, turkey, and other game. If [...]

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Photos and reporting from the scene by Bob Todd
On a cold, foggy day spitting snow, the last of 277 panels of the 4100 foot long cutoff wall was inserted into the 4225 foot earthen section of Clearwater Dam, completing Phase II of a remediation project designed to prevent seepage through the dam, and [...]

Share(This article is a taste of the print Traveler… or Jo’s part, anyway. In addition to my other duties, since 2006, I’ve come up with a monthly article on some aspect of the geology/hydrology or landscape related southeast or south central Missouri topics called Rock Talk. This month we were so crammed with stuff it [...]

ShareAs I sat down to make the list of our favorite “natural” retreats, there were so many in Missouri it is so hard to narrow them down, but I have!
Today our favorite natural retreat is Bollinger Mill State Historic Site in Burfordville, MO. Some will say I chose this place because It [...]