ShareThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake is pleased to announce their upcoming special events for 2012. Families can enjoy volunteer opportunities, living history events, connecting with the great outdoors, or just soaking up seasonal fun. Check out the annual favorites below (subject to possible change ):

April 14-15 34th Annual Old Greenville Black [...]

ShareThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake announces the opening and closing dates of their recreation facilities for 2012. They are as follows (subject to change):
Chaonia Landing (sites 1-9) Open All Year

ShareThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake announces the opening and closing schedule of the Asher Creek and Lost Creek Waterfowl Refuges during the upcoming duck season in the middle zone. These refuges were established to provide resting places for migrating waterfowl in the Mississippi flyway. Starting Saturday, November 5, 2011, [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake wishes to remind visitors that a Mobility Impaired Deer Hunt will be conducted on October 22 and 23, 2011. Participating hunters will be using modern firearms at various locations on Wappapello Lake Project lands.

ShareThe Missouri Dept. of Transportation will hold a public meeting at the Bill Emerson Army Corps Visitor’s Center September 29 from 4-6 p.m. seeking comment on five options for the restoration/rerouting of T Highway below Wappapello Dam.
The highway, fiberoptic and water lines were destroyed in the overtopping of the spillway May 1. Water continued to [...]

ShareFrom Cindy Crabb and the Wappapello Outdoor Theater:
Friday night the regional favorite, Buzzard Run, will be performing. Bernard and Brenda Allen along with Ed Hagen, Xan Grave, Dave Kimbrough, and Daniel Nobles playing fiddle, will provide a great evening of musical entertainment. They are known for their traditional-style bluegrass music.
SEMO Country will [...]

ShareRick Mansfield, who writes periodically for Traveler, including the Irb Ellerman story in the September issue, also sends out occasional news reports from his home town of Ellington. This is a big fish story we received at Traveler on August 29. Rick didn’t say, but we’re guessing it was in the St. Francis or on [...]

ShareSpecial to the Traveler
Text and photos by Luann Holst
It seems like such an easy question, but like life, the answer is a little more complicated. The answer depends on the answer to this question, “HOW are they going to fix T Highway?”
I spoke to Barry Horst, District Design Engineer for MODOT, [...]

ShareGeocaching is the hottest new trend that has become a favorite pastime for a lot of folks. What is geocaching? It’s like treasure hunting using a GPS unit to locate a geocache site. Each site varies in size and contents and in its degree of difficulty in finding. But beware! [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, Missouri Department of Conservation, and the University of Missouri, in cooperation with National Wild Turkey Federation, are sponsoring a Mobility Impaired Modern Gun Deer Hunt to be held on October 22 and 23, 2011. Applications are being accepted through September 2, [...]