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Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 10:00 am - Thursday, March 28, 2024 12:00 pm
Location: Runge Conservation Nature Center
Join us for some unstructured free play at Runge. Build a shelter, study creepy crawlies, climb trees, and get dirty. Free play in nature allows children to test their physical limits, engage their senses, practice emotional regulation, and is an important part of healthy psychological and physical development. No registration required. All ages.
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:00 pm - Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:00 pm
Location: Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
Registration required by visiting www.deeproots.org/get-involved (adults) Experience how a native garden changes over time and learn the seasonal maintenance required for success. Feel empowered, enjoy camaraderie and learn seasonal skills alongside native gardening experts and enthusiasts! All experience levels are welcome. The Deep Roots Demonstration Garden features Midwest native plants suitable for the home garden. Enjoy a naturalist-led garden tour following the end of the session. Contact cydney@deeprootskc.org for more information. If accommodations are needed, please e-mail the instructor at least one week prior to the program.
Registration period: December 1 - March 28
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:30 pm - Thursday, March 28, 2024 9:00 pm
Location: Cooper County Public Health Center
MDC is hosting a pond management workshop for landowners that want to learn more about pond construction, fish stocking, and fish and aquatic plant management.
Registration period: February 6 - March 28
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:30 pm - Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:45 pm
Location: Springfield Conservation Nature Center
Coyotes, foxes, and ... wolves? Let’s learn about these wild dog cousins and what they are doing to survive in our state. Conservation Kids is designed for kids ages 7-12 and their adult caregivers. Other aged siblings are welcome to attend as families will do activities together.
Registration period: January 13 - March 27
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:30 pm - Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:30 pm
Location: Online only
Any time is a great time to fish. And now that the weather has turned warm and Spring fishing season is in full force, it is time to brush up on those fish-cleaning skills. This program will focus on the equipment needed and common methods for cleaning both scale and skin fish. This is a single program that will cover the three-part Fish Cleaning series.
Registration period: February 15 - March 29
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 10:00 am - Friday, March 29, 2024 11:30 am
Location: Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
We will be discussing AMERICAN WOLF by Nate Blakeslee. It is a story of the wolves' struggle to survive in the Yellowstone National Park.
Registration period: February 13 - March 26
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 10:00 am - Friday, March 29, 2024 3:00 pm
Location: NRCS - Union

Upon registration, participants will be given address to private property where field day will be held. The online course is a mandatory prerequisite. Please e-mail Cody Bailey when you register at Cody.Bailey@mdc.mo.gov so we can get you the necessary information. Please bring your certificate of completion to the demonstration burn. Weather permitting, we will be conducting a prescribed burn so please dress accordingly with leather boots, leather gloves, cotton pants, cotton long sleeve shirt, and safety glasses. Participants will learn about burn equipment, burn line installation, safe weather parameters, ignition operations, and other techniques to safely conduct a prescribed burn. There is a $25 fee for the online portion that goes directly to the host site, not MDC.

Registration period: February 13 - March 28
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 10:30 am - Friday, March 29, 2024 11:00 am
Location: Online only

Join us virtually to learn all about armadillos! We'll read a storybook together, and find out where these unique looking critters live, what they eat, and more!

An invitation link will be sent out the week of the program to registrants' emails.
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 2:00 pm - Friday, March 29, 2024 2:30 pm
Location: Runge Conservation Nature Center

The animals are hungry! Watch as a Runge naturalist feeds the snakes, aquarium fish, and snapping turtles. No registration required. All ages

Registration period: February 1 - March 28
Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 2:00 pm - Friday, March 29, 2024 3:00 pm
Location: St. Louis Regional Office/Busch Memorial CA
For nature, survival is the game! We will explore the unique tools and behaviors of predators and prey that enable them to survive. After, become a scientist and put your investigation skills to the test during a skull study lab. The target audience for this program is 3rd-6th grade children, but all are welcome to attend. Please register each child attending separately. All children must be accompanied by an adult.