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By Jim Low
VAN BUREN, Mo – Missouri’s elk herd doubled in size today (May 19) with the arrival of the Show-Me State’s second batch of wild elk from Kentucky. A tractor-trailer truck carrying 22 mature cows, three one-year-old cows, three two-year-old bulls, six one-year-old bulls and one newborn bull arrived at the Missouri [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will soon add 35 wild elk to the Show-Me state’s recently restored herd at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Peck Ranch is part of a 221,000-acre elk-restoration zone that covers parts of Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties
The elk are scheduled to arrive at the refuge area [...]

Share MDC news update from Candice Davis.
ELLINGTON, Mo. – Landowners in the Missouri Ozarks have a variety of habitat types on their properties. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) employs a variety of methods to help landowners promote wildlife habitat, including workshops where landowners and biologists meet and discuss options such as cost shares [...]

ShareTo every story there is always another side. Sometimes many of them. Traveler can see both pros and cons of elk restoration, but one thing we are certain of: people who don’t learn from the experiences of others are condemned to repeat unnecessary mistakes.
We’ve linked to this KY3-TV (Springfield, MO) elk story

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JEFFERSON CITY – Conservation has a place in Missouri’s news mix every year, but 2011 will go down in history for more than the fact that the Missouri Department of Conservation began its 75th anniversary celebration in November. Forests, fish and wildlife had a particularly prominent place in 2011 news
WILDLIFE RESTORATION
2011 began on [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
In a report issued Dec. 28, State Auditor Thomas Schwiech reported discrepancies between actual and budgeted expenses relating to the Missouri Department of Conservation elk restoration project, and noted deficiencies in other aspects of department internal accounting performance. The department maintained an overall “Good” rating from the audit
According to the report, “The Missouri [...]

SharePeck Ranch is open sunrise to sunset seven days a week except during managed deer hunts, firearms deer season and when the roads are closed due to flooding, snow, or other weather related events.
Since fall is when elk rut occurs, people who have never ventured onto Peck Ranch may want to go this fall.
The Missouri [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
On Labor Day, Eugene and I spent an overnight in Eminence. At the suggestion of our host Jim Anderson we drove to Winona, to check out the elk on Peck Ranch.
Just three-quarters of a mile north of U.S. 60 on Hwy. P, at 11 a.m. in the late morning, we rounded [...]

Share(The next few articles are about Jo’s recent outdoor adventures in the Rockies and how they relate to her life back home in the northern Ozarks. She thought she’d share. Enjoy.)
It’s hard to ignore elk in Colorado. The bighorn sheep may be the official state animal, but elk have got to come in a [...]