The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled of Grundy County will provide transportation and supervision for fishing activities as an educational/vocational program. The fishing event will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus of Trenton June 3rd from 4:30 in the afternoon to 7:30 at night. The event will include […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold a free workshop to help migratory and upland bird hunters improve their hunting skills with non-toxic shot. A Wingshooting for the Hunter Workshop will be held at the Northeast Regional Office in Kirksville June 23rd from 9 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The […]
Memorial Day weekend brings an extra-special celebration for squirrel hunters and bass anglers in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds them that the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 26, marks the opening of both squirrel season statewide and catch-and-keep bass season in most streams south of the Missouri River. SQUIRRELS Hunters can pursue […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a free youth outdoor skills event featuring target marksmanship with archery and firearms gear. Five skill stations will be provided at the event at the Habitat Flats Lodge of Sumner, Saturday, May 19 from 10 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The stations will […]
The University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Department of Conservation will offer a workshop to help landowners learn how to improve the quality of their woodland and how to market it. The workshop will be held at the MU Forage Systems Research Center east of Linneus the night of May 30th from 6:30 to […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, […]
Multiple activities are planned for youth during the Sixth Annual Cops and Kids Fishing Event next month. The free event titled “Cops ‘N’ Bobbers” will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus Pond June 2nd from 9 o’clock to Noon and Lieutenant Police Chief Rex Ross discusses the activities that are […]
The Trenton Police Department will hold the Sixth Annual Cops and Kids Fishing Event next month. The event titled “Cops ‘n’ Bobbers” will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus June 2nd from 9 o’clock to Noon. The event is free for youth, and participants will be eligible for prizes. The […]
Spring brings the births of wild animals such as birds, rabbits, and squirrels. With that come good intentions of kind-hearted people who want to adopt baby animals they find because they think they have been orphaned or abandoned. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to leave these young wild animals where they find […]
Scott Roy of Trenton, Missouri, was named an Honorary State FFA Degree recipient at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention. Roy is a private land conservationist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, and he has served Mercer, Grundy and Livingston counties for the past 13 years. Roy has provided assistance to FFA chapters in the counties […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been found in Perry (1) and Ste. Genevieve (6) counties. Four of these samples were harvested by hunters during the 2017 fall firearms season. Three of these positives were taken during postseason efforts in Ste. Genevieve county by MDC staff and […]
According to preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), young turkey hunters harvested 1,723 turkeys during the 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 51 turkeys harvested, Miller with 43, and Maries with 43. Young hunters checked a little over 4,000 turkeys during last year’s youth weekend. MDC’s Turkey […]
The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe is the location tonight, April 9, of a program on five classes of vertebrate animals in Missouri which include fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The library is partnering with Adam Brandsgaard of the Missouri Department of Conservation to present the program. The library says participants also can see […]
Missouri Department of Conservation agent Mark McNeely of DeKalb County is to present a program called Conservation Happening at the Grand River Audubon Society meeting Wednesday night near Chillicothe. The meeting is in the Mildren Litton building At the Litton Agri-Science Center northwest of Chillicothe. Social time begins 6:30 and the program is to begin […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports 33 new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been found following the testing of 24,486 free-ranging Missouri deer through its 2017-2018 sampling and testing efforts. The new cases were from the following counties: Adair (3), Cedar (1), Franklin (4), Jefferson (1), Linn (7), Macon (3), Perry (1), Polk (3), […]
Missouri’s 16th annual No MOre Trash! Bash will focus on “spring cleaning” the outdoors by asking residents to pick up litter throughout the state during April 15 – May 15. The litter prevention campaign is sponsored by the Missouri departments of Conservation and Transportation. “Littering harms the environment and pollutes our waterways,” said Stacy Armstrong, […]
At its April 5 meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations from the Missouri Department of Conservation for the upcoming 2018 migratory-game-bird-hunting seasons and 2018-2019 waterfowl-hunting seasons. 2018 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING Mourning Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, and White-Winged Doves Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 Limits: 15 daily and 45 in possession combined total […]
Youth ages 6 to 15 will have opportunities for archery shooting, fishing, skeet shooting, shotgun patterning, and a turkey calling demonstration at the Locust Creek Conservation Area near Milan. The Missouri Department of Conservation will partner with the National Wild Turkey Federation to offer the Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics, and Sportsmanship seminar at the conservation […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri will host the Missouri Tree Farm Conference in Kirksville next month. The conference April 13th and 14th is open to Missouri landowners and others interested in learning more about the benefits of managing woodland areas on their properties and will focus on […]
Missouri turkey hunters can expect a more challenging spring season overall according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. The spring turkey hunting season starts with a youth-only weekend April 7-8. The regular spring season runs April 16 through May 6. Although the good hatches of 2011, 2012, and 2014 helped to bolster turkey numbers in […]
