The Missouri Department of Conservation recently added 14 new agents. The conservation agent class of 2017 graduated during a special ceremony at the Department’s Runge Conservation Nature Center in Jefferson City on Wednesday, Oct. 4. During the graduation, the new agents were pinned with a badge by their families and also took the oath to […]
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Fall driving tour through Poosey Conservation Area set for October 15
The Missouri Department of Conservation will host the 31st Annual Fall Driving Tour through the Poosey Conservation Area northwest of Chillicothe. The free tour will begin at Pike’s Lake on the northeast side of the conservation area off Route W and County Road 502 October 15th. Gates will be opened at noon, and the last […]
Missouri Department of Conservation seeks public input on areas in Sullivan County
The Missouri Department of Conservation is in the multi-year process of updating Conservation Area Management Plans and is seeking public input on how conservation areas are important to Missourians. A draft management plan for the Department’s Locust Creek Conservation Area and Sears Community Lake is available for public review through Oct. 31. To preview this […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to hold vehicle auction
The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold a public auction of various used Department vehicles and equipment on Saturday, Oct. 21, starting at 10 a.m. at its Salem Maintenance Center, located at the junction of Highway 72 and Highway 32. The auction will include boats, outboard motors, trailers, farm equipment, vehicles, and more. View auction […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to host free deer management workshop
The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a free deer management workshop 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Keytesville Community Center, 301 W. Bridge St. This workshop will help landowners and land managers develop strategies for maintaining or boosting healthy deer populations on private land. A free lunch will be provided. […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to hold open house September 26
The northwest district of the Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an open house celebration next week in St. Joseph. MDC will host the event in honor of its 80th anniversary on Tuesday, September 26th. The event is from 5 o’clock until 8 o’clock and is designed for the public to get information and provide […]
Prairie Days event to be held September 15 near Eagleville
Missouri’s rich native grassland heritage will be celebrated at a free Prairie Days event Sept. 15 and 16 at Dunn Ranch Prairie and Pawnee Prairie Natural Area. The Missouri Department of Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, and other conservation partners are hosts for this special event in Harrison County. Visitors can enjoy the early autumn wildflowers, […]
MDC seeks public comment on McClure Conservation area in Mercer County
The Missouri Department of Conservation wants to know what Missourians think about its nearly 1,000 conservation areas around the state. MDC is in the multi-year process of updating management plans for the McClure Conservation Area in Mercer County with plans for the areas available for public comment through Aug. 31. To preview draft management plans […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to host open house in Kirksville
The Missouri Department of Conservation will host an open house in Kirksville to share information and gather public feedback. MDC Director Sara Parker Pauley will attend and share insights on the department’s history, conservation priorities, and challenges on the horizon at the open house at the Northeast Regional Office at 3500 South Baltimore the night […]
Schuyler County man lands record sunfish
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports Bowen Dockery of Greentop became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he caught a green sunfish on a private pond in Schuyler County. The new “alternative method” record fish caught by Dockery on July 5 weighed 1 pound, 3 ounces. Dockery’s recent catch broke the previous state […]
Emerald Ash Borer now found in North Missouri
Foresters with the Missouri Department of Conservation have confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Andrew County in northwest Missouri. This exotic, tree-killing pest has now been detected in 38 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis. EAB is a small, metallic green beetle native to Asia that only attacks ash trees. […]
Missouri Department of Conservation offering adult online Hunter Education Course
Missouri Department of Conservation now offers an all-online hunter-education course for Missouri residents 16 years or older to provide a more flexible and convenient option to become hunter-education certified. The all-online course includes videos and animation to teach hunter safety, firearm safety, ethics, regulations, and wildlife management. “The way adults are learning is ever changing. […]
Man rescued from floodwaters in Gentry County
Authorities Thursday morning successfully executed a swift water rescue of a man swept away in floodwaters on a rural road in Gentry County. State troopers, Department of Conservation officers, Gentry County Sheriff’s Department deputies, and area first responders went to 285th Street, west of Route B, in northwest Gentry County. The man was sighted in […]
Missouri Department of Conservation expands restrictions on feeding and placing minerals for deer
The Missouri Department of Conservation has expanded restrictions on feeding deer and placing minerals for deer from 29 to 41 counties throughout the state, effective July 1. The goal of the expanded feeding ban is to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease. The 41 counties comprise MDC’s ,CWD Management Zone. MDC designates counties in […]
Spring turkey hunters harvest 43,339 birds
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 39,239 birds during Missouri’s 2017 regular spring turkey season April 17 through May 7. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 932 birds checked, Texas with 843, and Callaway with 697. Young turkey hunters harvested 4,100 birds during the 2017 spring youth season, […]
Dewey Elementary students at Chillicothe take field trip to Indian Creek Lake
First-grade students from Dewey Elementary school got to go on an educational trip to Indian Creek Lake. While at Indian Creek the students got to participate in seven different learning stations including water invertebrates, Predator/Prey book, and game, Nature Scavenger Hunt on a trail, learning about parts of a plant with the Litton Crusaders, checking […]
White-Tail Deer Management Workshop to be held in Princeton
The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a White-Tailed Deer Management Workship at the Country Wood banquet facility at 707 Grant Street in Princeton the morning of March 18 from 9 o’clock to 11:30. The workshop will allow landowners and property managers to learn about how to boost white-tailed deer on their land. Resource Forester […]
Missouri Department of Conservation offers new Permit Card for hunters, anglers, and trappers
Beginning April 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation will offer Missouri hunters, anglers, and trappers its new Permit Card as an additional way of carrying and showing proof of most related permits. The new plastic cards are another option to paper and electronic permits. As new permits are purchased and old ones expire, the updated […]
Dunn Ranch to offer visitors the chance to view endangered prairie chickens
The public will have a chance to watch endangered prairie chickens do their sunrise mating dance at Dunn Ranch west of Eagleville starting at the end of this month. The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Nature Conservancy will offer the chance to watch the male chickens do their courtship dance for the hens from […]
Missouri Department of Conservation agent assigned to Caldwell County
Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Sean Ernst was recently assigned to Caldwell County. Ernst says he is excited to help the people of Caldwell County with everything from wildlife nuisance issues to illegal harvest of fish and wildlife. He says he looks forward to getting involved in the community and visiting schools to teach about […]