ShareROLLA, MO. – Mark Twain National Forest is asking for comments by March 1, 2012 on a proposal to change the management for two areas on Mark Twain National Forest’s Houston/Rolla/Cedar Creek Ranger District.
The first proposal is to change the management emphasis for the 389 acres known as “Epple tract” from general forest to semi-primitive, [...]

ShareDONIPHAN, MO – Big Springs Resource Conservation and Development Council recently received a Missouri Department of Natural Resources grant to help clean up dumped tires on Mark Twain National Forest.
The grant from Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Solid Waste Management Program will focus on cleaning up Mark Twain National Forest around Ripley, Shannon and [...]

ShareROLLA, Missouri – Hunters who put up temporary deer stands on Mark Twain National Forest need to remove them by Monday, January 30, 2012. Such stands must be removed no later than two weeks after the close of archery deer season, which ended on January 15, 2012. Stands found after that date are subject [...]

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ROLLA, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest will offer three days of free day use and two free nights of camping at year-round recreation areas the second weekend in January in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend.
Free camping is being offered in unreserved campsites both Saturday and Sunday nights, [...]

ShareMark Twain National Forest Firefighters Continue to Patrol 5,000 Acre Wild Fire Near Salem, Missouri
SALEM, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest firefighters continue to patrol and check the 5,000 acre Minninghaw wild fire near Salem, Missouri.
Mark Twain National Forest Fire Management Officer Jody Eberly said rain expected over the next two days should result [...]

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ROLLA, Missouri — Since January 1, 2011, Mark Twain National Forest has suppressed 110 fires which have burned more than 19,000 acres of National Forest and other land ownership.
“The Minninghaw wild fire on the Salem Ranger District, at almost 5,000 acres, is possibly the largest documented fire in Mark Twain history,” Mark Twain Fire Management [...]

ShareSALEM, Mo. — Arsonists are suspected of setting several November 1, 2011 Mark Twain National Forest Salem District fires.
According to Thom Haines, Mark Twain National Forest Salem District ranger, a total of more than 5,000 acres were burned November 1, 2011.
“If anyone knows who set these fires, please let us know,” Haines said. Contact Mark [...]

ShareAVA, Missouri – Mark Twain National Forest will leave Noblett Lake temporarily dry until spring 2012
After coordinating with Missouri Departments of Natural Resources and Conservation, Mark Twain National Forest has decided to leave the dam gate open, leaving the lake bed dry except for the perennial stream portion, until spring 2012.
This will allow cold [...]

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One of the most remote areas of Missouri is Douglas County. Just to the west of Willow Springs, one tier up from the more touristy Ozark County along the North Fork just before it runs into the White River, Douglas County is hilly, forested, and remote.
This area isn’t a tourist destination. [...]

ShareROLLA, Missouri — Mark Twain National Forest is looking for recreation site concessionaires for 2012.
According to David Whittekiend, Mark Twain National Forest supervisor, Missouri’s USDA National Forest is looking for private concessionaires to operate nine campgrounds and their associated recreation areas, and one rental cabin for the 2012 recreation season.
The ten proposed areas are: