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MDC News from 04/2019

MDC offers free guided Missouri River float trip June 15 at Kansas City

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Apr 30, 2019

Registration opens May 1 and includes mandatory orientation June 4.

Two people float down the Missouri River on a canoe during a guided float trip.

Conservation agent wins Pope and Young award

News from the region: 

Southwest
Francis Skalicky
Apr 30, 2019

MDC's Andy Barnes is national organization's Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.

Lawrence County conservation agent Andy Barnes

MDC hosts Landowner Field Day at Gist Ranch Conservation Area May 21

News from the region: 

Ozark
Candice Davis
Apr 30, 2019

Learn about woodland, glade and forest management benefits to wildlife.

A closeup shot of a pink Glade coneflower.

MDC offers Field to Fork wild cooking clinic in Columbia May 13

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Apr 29, 2019

Chef Walker Claridge and author Bernadette Dryden will lead a spring-seasonal cooking clinic at Broadway Brewery.

A plate of food, including green beans, corn, eggs, meat, and potatoes, prepared during an MDC Field to Fork event.

MDC, NWTF host Timber Stand Improvement workshop in Van Buren May 10

News from the region: 

Ozark
Candice Davis
Apr 29, 2019

Learn how to identify timber management goals and meet cost-share specifications.

A woodland area that's been restored with timber stand improvement and prescribed burning.

MDC invites community conservation planners to workshop in Maryland Heights May 2

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Apr 26, 2019

This free workshop will give St. Louis area city and county planners information on how conservation can benefit urban landscapes.

Several children plant native plants along a trail at a Missouri park.

MDC invites people to become citizen scientists at the Emmenegger Nature Park Bioblitz May 18

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Apr 25, 2019
Bioblitzers will become scientists for a day as they explore the diverse plants and animals around the park while providing helpful information to MDC naturalists.
Emmenegger Nature Park Bioblitz participants

As quail start to call, conservation managers encourage quail habitat development

News from the region: 

Southeast
Candice Davis
Apr 25, 2019
Creating good quail habitat is like solving a jigsaw puzzle; you must have all the pieces.
quail nest in grass

MDC finds more deer with CWD, but disease remains rare in state

News from the region: 

Statewide
Joe Jerek
Apr 25, 2019
Learn more about CWD in Missouri and MDC efforts to limit its spread at mdc.mo.gov/cwd.
MDC logo

MDC finds endangered prairie-chicken numbers low on spring mating grounds

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Apr 25, 2019

Lek counts hold steady in northwest Missouri but are perilously low in west central.

A male and female prairie chicken on a spring lek.

Cape Nature Center announces May programs

News from the region: 

Southeast
Candice Davis
Apr 23, 2019
Celebrate the creator of the National Wildlife Federation at A Visit with Ding Darling May 14.
View of Cape Nature Center Across Pond

Twin Pines Conservation Education Center announces May programs

News from the region: 

Ozark
Candice Davis
Apr 23, 2019
Discover nature through Pine Needlers and Cooking Wild Edibles.
Twin Pines Conservation Education Center mailbox with building behind

MDC's free outdoor skills sessions at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center in Blue Springs help families head outdoors this summer

News from the region: 

Kansas City
Bill Graham
Apr 23, 2019
Learn how to enjoy camping, fishing, and water sports
woman camping

Missouri River flooding keeps several MDC areas closed north of St. Joseph

News from the region: 

Northwest
Bill Graham
Apr 23, 2019
Areas are closed due to high water or access and public safety issues
Boat Ramp at Thurnau Conservation Area

MDC’s Runge Nature Center hosts conservation legend Ding Darling May 15

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Apr 23, 2019
Actor Tom Milligan gives a first-person performance of conservation pioneer Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling.
Tom Milligan portrays Ding Darling

Location Correction: MDC and urban fishing partners hosting multiple family fishing festivals April-June to celebrate 50th anniversary

News from the region: 

St. Louis
Dan Zarlenga
Apr 23, 2019
These free events will commemorate the golden anniversary of the St. Louis Urban Fishing Program.
woman fishing at urban lake

MDC invites public to learn about fly fishing May 11 near Branson

Francis Skalicky
Apr 23, 2019
People can learn the basics of this unique style of fishing at this free program.
fly fisherman teaches another fly fisherman

MDC invites public to learn about warblers May 2 and 4 in Springfield

News from the region: 

Southwest
Francis Skalicky
Apr 23, 2019
Free program at Springfield Nature Center will have indoor and outdoor segments.
prothonotary warbler

MDC urges public to "bee-friend" native pollinators

News from the region: 

Statewide
Jill Pritchard
Apr 22, 2019

Help support Missouri bees by planting native flowers and mowing less.

Bumblebee on New Englad Aster

MDC’s Runge Nature Center announces May programs

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Apr 22, 2019

Programs include hiking, fishing, stream clean-up and more.

Runge Nature Center staff lead a stream team clean-up at Wears Creek in Jefferson City.

Acoustic musical artist John Nilsen to perform at Runge Nature Center April 27

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Apr 22, 2019

Nilsen blends nature-inspired music with images by MDC photographer Noppadol Paothong.

Composer and musician John Nilsen plays the piano at a music concert

MDC reminds citizens to dispose of fish waste responsibly

News from the region: 

Central
Robert Hemmelgarn
Apr 22, 2019

Nuisance reports at Wigwam School Access prompt new solutions for paddlefish snaggers.

Paddlefish lying on a streambank

MDC: Volunteers needed to Bash Trash at Cape LaCroix Creek

News from the region: 

Southeast
Candice Davis
Apr 22, 2019

Volunteers have picked up over four tons of trash in the area since 2006.

A bag of trash collected at a southeast Missouri park

MDC invites kids to free fishing day May 4 at Bennett Spring

News from the region: 

Southwest
Francis Skalicky
Apr 19, 2019
Anglers ages 15 and under can fish for trout for free and enjoy a free lunch.
Boy sitting and fishing a pond.

MDC invites kids to free fishing day May 4 at Montauk

News from the region: 

Southwest
Francis Skalicky
Apr 19, 2019
Anglers ages 15 and under can fish for trout for free and get free prizes.
boy with fishing rod

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