April 25, 2024
See Conservationist magazine. The complete January issue of the Missouri Conservationist is available for viewing and/or download at mdc.mo.gov/conmag This month’s feature: Annual Review Serving Nature and You: Fiscal Year July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017. This month’s In Brief: • What Is It? • Buy Your 2018 Hunting and Fishing Permits • Give a Holiday
I wrote this as a newspaper column about 10 years ago, and several readers commented that they liked it then. So I will send it out again in hopes that new readers like it as well, with the knowledge that old readers like me don’t remember it… There won’t be any New Year’s Eve party
At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for 2018-2019 turkey-hunting and deer-hunting season dates. 2018 spring and fall turkey hunting dates • Spring Youth Portion: April 7 and 8 • Regular Spring Turkey Season: April 16 through May 6 • Fall Firearms Turkey
Life was great when Christmas came, back in Houston, Missouri, when I was a boy in the late 50’s and early 60’s. That was when I first heard those old Christmas carols they still play today, like “White Christmas” and “Silver Bells” and “Winter Wonderland”. I got a new bicycle for Christmas in 1960. I
It was a cold day on Stockton Lake Saturday, Dec 9, but 24 ABA anglers braved the cold and wind. Eleven limits were weighed in. There was a difference of 2.09 lbs between 1st and 4th. The top four money winners included Jay Carter,1st with 13.64 lbs; Glenn Harrison, 2nd with 12.57 lbs; Bill Stines,
Schell City, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is continuing to plan for the renovation of the wetland management pools and water control structures at the Schell-Osage Conservation Area. This project will improve the wetlands for waterfowl habitat, improve the fishery at Schell Lake, and reduce long-term flood damages. The initial start date
I know something about winter fishing that needs to be kept a secret, so please keep this close to your vest. I met this fellow by the name of Don Lewallen, who has owned a nice little resort on Norfork Lake for several years. Don and his wife lived most of their life in Joplin,
A few months ago, a mountain lion was killed on a Missouri highway, one of several killed in the state in the past few years. Shortly afterward a media specialist for the state conservation department said that those cougars were very shy and of no real threat to people, perhaps because there are so few
by Carl Zimmer Dr. Zabel and his colleagues are developing plans to burn plots of National Park Service land in Arkansas and Colorado. If the experiments turn out as the researchers hope, they will spare some elk and deer a gruesome death. Across a growing swath of North America, these animals are dying from a
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people that strong winds, low humidity and dry conditions this time of year means extra caution is needed to avoid unexpected wildfires. According to MDC’s Forestry Division, the main cause of wildfires is improper burning of debris such as leaves or brush piles. “It’s been drier and warmer
