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Posted by Joanie Straub
PERRY, Mo – A little luck nabbed a record size largemouth bass for 20-year-old Dylan Gilmore of Perry. Gilmore and his friend, Austin Lake, had set their trotline on April 27 using goldfish as bait, hoping to catch some catfish at Ka-Tonka Lake, located in Ka-Tonka Game Preserve and [...]

ShareKid’s Fishing Day set for Saturday May 19 at Maramec Spring Park
The Missouri Department of Conservation, the Maramec Spring Trout Fishermen’s Association and The James Foundation proudly present Kids Free Fishing Day at Maramec Spring Park. Kids fish free and there will be no parking fee on this day for cars with kids fifteen and [...]

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, [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will soon add 35 wild elk to the Show-Me state’s recently restored herd at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Peck Ranch is part of a 221,000-acre elk-restoration zone that covers parts of Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties
The elk are scheduled to arrive at the refuge area [...]

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By Bill Graham, MDC
WAH-KON-TAH PRAIRIE, Mo. — Greater prairie chickens, missing for some years among the grasses at Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie, strutted and boomed again this spring in an eons-old mating ritual. Biologists, digging deep in grassland ecology to save the species in Missouri, brought them back. Now, they watch to see if this iconic but [...]

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May 19, 2012 is National Get Kids to Parks Day with the National Park Trust. I think we all can full agree that I take advantage of our local, state, and national parks and what all they have to offer. Hey I am lover of anything those kiddos of mine busy.
There [...]

Share At its April meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved the advertisement and sale of estimated 847,228 board feet of timber on 505 acres of Compartment 8, Angeline Conservation Area in Shannon County; approved a recommendation to sell approximately two acres of the Long Ridge Conservation Area in Franklin County; and approved naming the new building [...]

ShareYou don’t have to be a kid to get really excited about bagging your first bird.
JEFFERSON CITY–With youth turkey season in the rear-view mirror and the regular, three-week season coming up fast, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters they can create lasting memories with the First Turkey Award.
The First Turkey Program provides [...]

Share(Jo found this short essay on the Dept. of Conservation website, and thought it needed a wider audience. Enjoy.)
Posted by Bill White, Missouri Dept of Conservation
When I was growing up Blackberry Winter was a rock band from Nebraska. Some of you may know Blackberry Winter as the band from West Plains, Missouri, who had several [...]

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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 [...]