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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 [...]

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Current River State Park has been in a contentious limbo since a 780-acre portion of the old Alton Club/Jerry J. Presley Center was transferred from the Missouri Department of Conservation to the Department of Natural Resources-Division of State Parks in March 2008.
At an open house/picnic on April [...]

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Missouri State Parks
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Linda Endersby had a ready answer when asked for the strangest item in the collection of the Missouri State Museum. “Ella Ewing’s shoes,” she said. “They’re size 24s.”
Endersby is the director of the museum, which is in the State Capitol building in Jefferson City, and she knows [...]

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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. [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Horseback riders now have a new Katy Trail State Park experience with the opening on March 31 of the Tebbetts-to-Portland section in Callaway County for equestrian use. A ceremony to commemorate the opening was held on Saturday, March 31 at the Mokane trailhead, which serves as the official horse trailer parking [...]

ShareWe haven’t had a good poll in while. The recommendations for Missouri State Parks to “Camp Smart” and conserve energy are good ideas, but I can’t say that any of them apply to me, because, even past the half-century mark, I’ve never camped in anything more high tech that beneath the camper shell (and [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri State Parks encourages its vistors to help implement a green initiative, Camp Smart, throughout its park system that will help conserve energy, protect the environment and save money. Reducing energy use will also help Missouri State Parks keep camping fees low.
“We are about fun in the outdoors, but we [...]

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By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
LEASBURG, Mo. – Rob Mies is coming to Missouri’s first ever Bat Festival on Saturday, April 21, at Onondaga Cave State Park. And he’s bringing a few of his furry friends.
Mies is the director and founder of the Organization for Bat Conservation, the largest grassroots bat conservation [...]