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MDC to hold prescribed burn workshop in Warrenton March 6

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Feb 26, 2020

Landowners can learn how using prescribed fire can improve their land at a free workshop.

A prescribed burn

Support Missouri student archers at MoNASP state tournament March 19-21 in Branson

Joe Jerek
Feb 26, 2020
More than 4,000 student archers will compete at the Branson Convention Center.
MONASP ST 2020

Powder Valley Nature Center announces winners of its nature photo contest

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Feb 25, 2020

The winning photographs were selected in eight categories from 100 entries.

A photo of a Carolina wren sitting on a log.

MDC Urban Woodsman event held on Feb. 22 in Kansas City

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 25, 2020

Visitors tasted homemade maple syrup, learned woodcraft and outdoor lore

Walnut and sugar maple syrup jars

MDC to host free youth turkey hunting clinic March 28 at Warrensburg

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 25, 2020

Participants will learn about shooting, fishing, and other outdoor skills

Two male turkeys in a wooded area.

Prairie-chicken viewing offered this spring at Dunn Ranch Prairie

News from the region: 

Northwest
Bill Graham
Feb 24, 2020
Space is limited for viewing event offered by The Nature Conservancy and MDC
three prairie chickens in cornfield

MDC offers free paddlefish snagging clinic April 11 at Warsaw

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 24, 2020
Learn about paddlefish conservation and snagging techniques
man and boy on boat with two paddlefish

MDC says registration is open for landowners seeking free and discounted permits

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 24, 2020
Register online or contact MDC offices for applications for landowner deer and turkey hunting permits
two tom turkeys in woods

MDC reminds snaggers that paddlefish season begins March 15

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 24, 2020
Paddlefish snagging waters include Lake of the Ozarks, Truman Lake, and Table Rock Lake.
three snaggers on boat with one paddlefish

MDC and CFM thank deer hunters, processors, and sponsors for sharing the harvest

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 24, 2020
This season’s donations of 348,535 pounds take overall total to more than 4.3 million pounds.
Venison donations in back of car

Time to buy 2020 MDC annual hunting and fishing permits

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 21, 2020
Buy permits from vendors, online, or through MDC’s free MO Hunting and MO Fishing apps.
MDC logo

MDC partners with Missouri Western on a prairie restoration in St. Joseph

News from the region: 

Northwest
Bill Graham
Feb 21, 2020
Project will provide a native grassland habitat for research, enjoyment, and education
grassland restoration

MDC encourages public to Be Bear Aware this spring

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 18, 2020
MDC reminds people that a “fed bear is a dead bear.”
two black bears in the green woods

MDC offers prescribed fire workshops in northeast Missouri

News from the region: 

Northeast
Robert Hemmelgarn
Feb 18, 2020

Register to attend a free workshop on fire as an important land management method.

Two technicians manage a prescribed burn.

MDC encourages anglers to get hooked on Missouri trout fishing

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 14, 2020
March 1 marks opening of catch-and-keep trout fishing at the state’s four trout parks.
rainbow trout in hands

MDC invites families to Youth Pollinator Event Feb. 29 at Columbia golf course

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Feb 13, 2020

Register for a free, fun, family-friendly learning opportunity about pollinators and creating native wildlife habitat.

A monarch lands on common thistle.

MDC invites public to Feb. 29 Vulture Venture near Branson

News from the region: 

Southwest
Francis Skalicky
Feb 13, 2020

Free program highlights benefits of these misunderstood birds.

A turkey vulture stands in a grass field.

Find places for outdoor fun with MDC’s “MO Outdoors” app

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Feb 13, 2020
Download the free MO Outdoors app through Google Play or the App Store.
MO Outdoors app main screen

MDC offers timber harvest workshop March 7 in Gasconade County

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Feb 13, 2020

Free clinic will help landowners understand process and benefits of forest management.

A wooded area.

MDC says Audubon Conservation Ranching program helps imperiled grassland birds

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 11, 2020
Consumers can buy beef grown in pastures certified as friendly to grassland birds
cattle in field

MDC offers Urban Woodsman event Feb. 22 in Kansas City

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Feb 10, 2020
Free event for all ages features maple syrup, ax handling tips, and outdoor lore
cut firewood

MDC photographer Noppadol Paothong to add encore presentation Feb 20 at Powder Valley Nature Center

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Feb 07, 2020

Due to popular demand, MDC’s photographer has scheduled a second presentation to share his award-winning images of Missouri’s wildlife and landscapes.

Noppadol Paothong stops to smile for the camera out in nature.

MDC congratulates Maryville angler for state-record yellow perch

News from the region: 

Statewide
Jill Pritchard
Feb 07, 2020

Tyler Halley of Maryville caught a 1-pound, 14-ounce fish on a private pond in Nodaway County.

Tyler Halley shows off his state-record yellow perch.

MDC offering waterfowl workshops in St. Louis region this March to give input on upcoming seasons

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Feb 06, 2020
MDC workshops in Elsberry and St. Charles will solicit hunter input about duck season dates and zone boundary locations for the 2021-2025 seasons.
waterfowl hunter in blind

Feral Hogs in Missouri: Illegal release and transport has driven up damage over decades

News from the region: 

Statewide
Candice Davis
Feb 06, 2020
The feral hog business has a long history of causing problems for Missourians.
feral hogs with ear tags

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Conservation Headquarters
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Joe Jerek
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Conservation Headquarters
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Jill Pritchard
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Jill.Pritchard@mdc.mo.gov
Conservation Headquarters
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Francis Skalicky
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Francis.Skalicky@mdc.mo.gov
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Dan Zarlenga
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