The Conservation Commission met Feb. 7 at the Lake City Outdoor Education Center and Shooting Range, 28505 East Truman Road, Buckner, and on Feb. 8 at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Ave., Kansas City.
Commissioners present were:
Don C. Bedell, Sikeston, Chair
James T. Blair, IV, St. Louis, Vice Chair
Becky L. Plattner, Grand [...]

At their December meeting the Missouri Conservation Commission listened to these conservation officials on these topics:
Ø Fisheries Division Chief Chris Vitello regarding division goals
Ø Deputy Director Tom Draper and Wildlife Programs Supervisor Dennis Figg regarding Missouri’s Comprehensive Conservation Strategy
Ø Outreach and Education Division Chief Mike Huffman and Design and Development Division [...]

At their October meeting near Springfield, the Missouri Conservation Commission took the following actions. All commissioners were present for the meeting.
They received presentations from:
Ø State Representative Sue Entlicher, Bolivar, regarding the 75th anniversary of the Conservation Department
Ø Permits Supervisor Greg Jones regarding nonresident landowner hunting and fishing privileges
Ø Outreach and [...]

At their meeting May 24 and 25 in St. Joseph Missouri the Missouri Conservation Commission took the following actions:
- Approved responses to resolutions adopted by the Conservation Federation of Missouri at its annual meeting.
- Received presentations from:
Ø Wildlife Division Chief DeeCee Darrow
Ø Outreach and Education Division [...]

“Mom, are there alligators here?” Yes, those are the rambling words of my darling 4 year old as we walked along the boardwalk at Big Oak Tree State Park.
Really I felt like a total fail as an Adventurist…I mean come on we have visited nearly all the Missouri State Parks in Southeast [...]

(MDC news release by Jim Low)
The Conservation Commission met March 7 and 8 at St. Louis. Commissioners present were:
Don R. Johnson, Festus, Chair
Don C. Bedell, Sikeston, Vice Chair
Becky L. Plattner, Grand Pass, Secretary
James T. Blair, IV, St. Louis, Member

REGULATIONS
The Commission approved the following regulation changes, effective March 1, 2013, unless otherwise noted:
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our bills in the Missouri legislature this session have taken aim at the constitutionally-mandated makeup of the Missouri Conservation Commission. The bills would change the number of commissioners to 6 or 7 or 8, create geographical representation and make the number, qualifications and terms of the Commission a matter a legislative rather than constitutional matter. [...]

Traveler isn’t up there with the Washington Post or even the Jefferson City News-Tribune in keeping up with the antics of legislative bodies and persons who aim to legislate the proper use, regulation, misuse or even permissive freedoms pertaining to natural resources. But even we couldn’t helput notice there are four…count them, four…bills in the [...]

At their last meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission banned the use of felt-soled waders in Missouri trout streams to help minimize the spread of didymo, an invasive, noxious cold water algae, believed to be spread from infected streams by bits of live alga trapped in the felt. Mark VanPatten of MDC gives these hints how [...]

At their August meeting, the Misssouri Conservation Commission approved the suspension of hunting and/or fishing privileges of 25 Missouri residents for Wildlife Code violations. Those whose privileges were suspended are:
Alan W. Allphin, Boonville, all sport privilege, 1 year
Daren K. Bewley, New Madrid, all sport privilege, 1.5 years
John D. Bishop, Lockwood, all sport privilege, 6 [...]