Kansas City, Mo. – A newly hatched falcon chick appeared Thursday afternoon, May 23, in the nest resting on an outdoor ledge 30-floors high at the Commerce Tower skyscraper. The falcons can be viewed at http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/wildlife-cameras/kansas-city-falcon-web-camera.
The newborn likely weighs only a few ounces and measures only a few inches tall. But [...]

I though I’d seen it all, but no…
1) How do you even think to do this?
2) How do you get someone to film this?
3) Why do you think you have to watch this, even though it’s something you very very likely will never do?
I’ve seen people [...]

By Jo Schaper
Last Friday I went out to lunch, and saw a half dozen signs that said Big Book Sale!
Well, they weren’t big books, just some surplus the Scenic Regional Library was getting rid of.
I found a modest number to add to our gently used vintage selection. Now, these are all ‘ex-library,’ [...]

We’ll let Plus 1 do the honors. Announcing the MDC elk arrival video:

Enjoy. (Video courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.)

When they loaded elk in Kentucky, there were 39. When they got off the truck in Carter County, there were 40.

Story by Joe Jerek, photos courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.
CARTER COUNTY, MO. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) added 20 adult cow elk, 16 yearling cow elk, three yearling bull elk and one [...]

(MDC news release)
(VIdeo/Link to live peregrine chick cam)
Four St. Louis FalconCam chicks flourishing, banded for WBS research
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Through a partnership of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Ameren Missouri and the World Bird Sanctuary (WBS), people around the world have been getting a bird’s-eye view of peregrine falcons raising four [...]

Lens & Pen Press’s newest title is their third book to receive IPPY recognition
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Damming the Osage: The Conflicted Story of Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir, by Leland and Crystal Payton, has won a silver medal in Best Regional Non-Fiction Mid-West (which includes eight states) in the 2013 Independent Publishers Book [...]

By Jo Schaper
As I put together the Float Trip Guide my eyes kept drifting across the room to our paddling books.
While many of our people are old hands at the river, float technique and finding where to get information they may need, I noted five titles that might prove useful in our gently used and [...]

The River Hills Traveler Float Trip Guide 2013 is now online. A big 20 all-color pages, we cover more rivers than ever before, including Emery’s childhood hangout, the Elk in southwest Missouri, and the Buffalo River in Northwest Arkansas. This
Did we miss your favorite stream? Tell us and we’ll try to go there next [...]

Squirrels and smallmouth bass make Missouri a great place to hunt and fish.
JEFFERSON CITY–Whether your taste in outdoor activities runs toward fishing or hunting, May 25 is a day to mark on your calendar.
Missouri’s hunting season for gray and fox squirrels opens May 25 and runs through Feb. 15, 2014. Legal methods include rifles, shotguns, [...]