Missouri Conservationist: Feb 1996

Volume 57 Issue 2
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Dean Wilson builds his hunting bows from wooden staves.
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"Two weeks after Mom died, Dad announced he would fish the pond."
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Artist Thomas Hart Benton found peace and inspiration on Ozark rivers.
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Scientists are concerned about a reported decline in the numbers of amphibians.
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When Moberly roofer Larry Gibson downed the No. 2 all-time, typical rack white-tailed deer in 1971, it got the nation's attention.
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A purple martin colony may catch and eat several hundred beetles, horseflies, grass-hoppers, bees and wasps every day.
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Missouri mussels rely on remarkable tricks to help their offspring hitch a ride on fishes.

This Issue's Staff

Editor - Kathy Love
Assistant Editor - Tom Cwynar
Managing Editor - Jim Auckley
Art Director - Dickson Stauffer
Artist - Dave Besenger
Artist - Mark Raithel
Composition - Kevin Binkley
Photographer - Jim Rathert
Photographer - Paul Childress
Staff Writer - Joan McKee
Staff Writer - Charlotte Overby
Composition - Libby Bode Block
Circulation - Bertha Bainer