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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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WINONA—Sometimes words simply fail. Missouri Conservation Commission Chairman Becky Plattner was struck speechless this morning as she stood in the blue dawn light atop a remote ridge in Carter County. She was listening to sharp snorts and muted barks coming from a stock trailer holding 34 elk. Overwhelmed by emotion after opening [...]

ShareThis just in via phone from Jim Low, news writer with the Missouri Department of Conservation. The 34 elk, whose inconclusive health tests prevented their shipment from Kentucky to Missouri on Saturday, have been retested and cleared for transport.
“We have communicated from the beginning that we would bring elk to Missouri only if they were [...]

Share8:51 p.m. April 29 – Traveler has learned via a mid-evening phone call from Mike Huffman, Missouri Department of Conservation division chief for outreach and education, that all elk events scheduled for April 30 have been postponed.
By Jo Schaper
In a story earlier this evening, Huffman announced that transport of the elk to Missouri had [...]

SharePeople in Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first Kentucky elk, originally scheduled for tonight into tomorrow April 30 will have to wait a little longer.
by Jo Schaper
The elk event scheduled for tomorrow in Eminence has been postponed at least until May 3, and possibly longer. The status on events [...]

Share Elk are big creatures, and they make some unique sounds.Regardless whether you are pro or anti-elk, it’s probably in all outdoors people’s best interest to find out what they sound like, especially if you frequent the backcountry of Shannon and Carter counties.
Turn your sound on, before clicking the embedded video. Then, tell us what [...]