Share(Asst. Ed. Note: This is a little far afield, but since Missouri’s wild public land caves are closed to visitation for the same reason, this story came to my attention. Details come from a KWQC News 6 report (serving Davenport/Moline/Bettendorf/Rock Island) and other sources.)
In 2009, after a report of the Geomyces destructans fungus being found [...]

ShareBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
PINEVILLE, Mo. – One of the first white men to explore the rugged Ozark hills of the far southwest corner of Missouri described it well.
“A tall, thick and rank growth of wild grass covers the whole country, in which the oaks are standing interspersed, like fruit trees in some well-cultivated orchard, [...]

ShareTraveler, and many of its readers, have a fondness for home-made Missouri music when it is good, (or at least the kind where playing for the love of it pays a large part in its making). Seeing as home-made music is an Ozark and rural Missouri tradition, it’s not unusual that news of jam sessions, [...]

Share The Civilian Conservation Corps dining lodge at the Camp Pin Oak Group Camp in Lake of the Ozarks State Park was completely destroyed by fire early Friday morning.
The fire was first spotted by residents across the lake and th Osage Beach Fire District was notified at 2:10 a.m. Park officials consider the dining [...]

ShareIt was the first time Virginia and I had been away from home by ourselves in four or five years. We ran my Traveler newsstand route July 1-2, which gave me a chance to introduce her to some of my favorite people and places in Traveler Country.
I usually make advertising calls along the route, but [...]

Share The E-Coli is getting deep at Wakonda State Park. I found an article you wrote last year about the lakes. I’ve heard of it all my life and it used to be “The Place” where people went camping for a week or so. Now all I hear of it is the [...]

ShareAccording to an official flyer from the information desk at Meramec State Park, effective April 1 camping fees will increase in Missouri State Parks.
The new nightly rates for non-reserved sites will be $13 Basic, $21 Electric, $23 for Electric-Water, and $26 for Electric-Water-Sewer on-season. Off season the rates will be $12, $19, $19, and [...]

ShareA broken pipe in a system for land-applying treated effluent from a wastewater treatment lagoon resulted in the release of more than 12,000 gallons of effluent into a creek at Cuivre River State Park east of Troy in Lincoln County Wednesday, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Shareant to put your own two cents worth in on Missouri State Parks? From now until March 11, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mostateparks and give them a constructive earful. In addition to the survey questions, there is a blank asking what DSP can do to make parks better and enhance revenue at the same time. You can write [...]

ShareFrom http://www.mostateparks.com/youthcorps.htm:
This summer, young Missourians will have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience to prepare for tomorrow’s careers, while enjoying the beauty and grandeur of Missouri’s state parks. The Missouri State Parks Youth Corps will challenge participants to “Think Outside” by accomplishing interesting projects that help preserve and enhance Missouri’s state park system.