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Posted by Emery, on May 18th, 2013
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Fourth Annual Prairie BioBlitz will be held on June 1-2 at Lattneand Denison Prairies in Vernon and Barton Counties. At these prairies, owned by the Missouri Prairie Foundation, you can take part in intensive nature study with experts on mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, bees, ants, butterflies, moths, and plants, and help [...]
Posted by Jo, on March 3rd, 2013
By Jo Schaper
Photos by Howard Helgenberg
My phone rang on Thursday morning February 28.
“Hi, Howard, ” I said.
“I’ve got a call to make in Sullivan, and then I’m headed for fishing,” he said.
” Are you in the office? I just passed the St. Clair exit. Can I stop by the office for a few [...]
Posted by Jo, on January 16th, 2013
Managed turkey hunt application deadline is Feb. 28
MDC’s spring 2013 managed turkey hunts include ones for youth and people with disabilities.
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. – Turkey hunters have until Feb. 28 to apply for managed hunts during Missouri’s 2013 spring turkey season. A list of all 19 managed turkey hunts and application instructions are available at [...]
Posted by Jo, on October 7th, 2012
By Jo Schaper
At the invitation of Gail Cross (see the article on her and her old-time farm in the October Traveler) Jo and Eugene visited her 16th Annual Mid-Missouri Horse, Mule, Ox Farming and Historical Craft Days at her WitnessTree Farm near Gerald, Mo.
It was a crisply cool October day, and while the [...]
Posted by Jo, on September 28th, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY – 2012 is not likely to be remembered for outstanding fall color, but recent rains could save Missouri’s “season of splendor” from fizzling altogether.
Foresters with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) report that many trees already have shed some or all of their leaves in response to this year’s historic drought. However, [...]
Posted by Jo, on September 6th, 2012
21st ANNUAL OLD GREENVILLE DAYS SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Wappapello Lake – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, in partnership with the Wayne County Historical Society and Crowley’s Ridge Black Powder Club, is proud to announce the following schedule of activities for the 21st Annual Old Greenville Days to be held [...]
Posted by Emery, on August 20th, 2012
A reenactment of an old-time Ozark tie raft float will take place on the Current River near Doniphan on Saturday, Sept. 1.
According to Ray Joe Hastings, who is helping to organize the event, the raft of 200 ties will be assembled at Float Camp, five miles above the Hwy. 160 bridge at Doniphan and will [...]
Posted by Jo, on August 6th, 2012
Jo saw some incendiary remarks name calling and threatening a young lady on the US Olympic shooting team. Instead of adding fuel to the flame, she wondered what Olympic sports would be considered as traditional outdoors sports by the average Midwesterner with an outdoors twist.
Here they are:
Posted by Jo, on July 3rd, 2012
An outdoor camping holiday with burn bans preventing most traditional food prepared on a campfire on site does not mean you have to endure a vacation long fast.
Just because you can’t have a fire doesn’t mean you have to starve.
Here are some good ideas that you might not have thought of, and if [...]
Posted by Jo, on June 25th, 2012
There is a reason they call them “fire” works.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to be extremely careful with fireworks this year with our very dry conditions and lack of rain. MDC also urges campers and others in the outdoors to follow the precautions below to protect lives, property and Missouri’s precious [...]
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