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. [...]

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Spring has sprung, and in our house, we are ready to RUN. Okay well maybe not all of us, but this Momma is ready to run the energy out of my little ones.
You often hear the phrase “kid tested and mother approved?” , am going to pull that age old-phrase out of [...]

ShareMDC confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats from two caves in Lincoln County.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently received confirmation that a deadly disease in bats called “White-Nose Syndrome” (WNS) has been found in three bats from two caves in Lincoln County. The name describes a white fungus, Geomyces destructans, typically [...]

ShareMDC testing of free-ranging deer results in five total cases of CWD with all found in same area.
JEFFERSON CITY Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) received final test results today from 656 tissue samples taken from free-ranging deer harvested earlier this year. Results included three CWD-positives with two from adult does and one [...]

Share(Watch out for the jakes in the woods this weekend: Youth Turkey hunt March 31 – April 1)
Improved reproduction last year, plentiful acorns
and a mild winter all favor a rebound of turkey numbers.
JEFFERSON CITY–Mild winter and early spring weather shifts the balance a little more in favor of a population rebound for Missouri’s wild-turkey flock, [...]

ShareThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reintroduce the colorful American burying beetle to a natural area in southwest Missouri as part of a partnership with the St. Louis Zoo to recover this native endangered species. The reintroduction will occur at Wah’kon-tah Prairie, a 3,030-acre site in St. Clair and Cedar counties, Missouri, jointly owned [...]

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ShareSUMMERSVILLE—Hunters who customarily use the refuge area at Peck Ranch Conservation Area (CA) will need to make alternate plans again this year, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
MDC closed the refuge portion of Peck Ranch CA to public access, including spring turkey hunting, in 2011. The closure was designed to prevent possible disturbance [...]

ShareElk restoration enters second year
Lessons learned in 2011 make this year’s work more productive.
JEFFERSON CITY–Missouri’s elk herd is growing on two fronts, and conservation officials express optimism that the second year of restoration work will benefit from experience gained in 2011.
Efforts to bring elk back to Missouri after a 150-year absence began in October 2010, [...]

A day at Tower Rock Conservation Area…a day in nature, can turn into a day full of FUN!