Featuring articles, news and announcements from the Missouri Department of Conservation’s MDCNews Digest and web site. CARTER COUNTY, MO. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) added 20 adult cow elk, 16 yearling cow elk, three yearling bull elk and one newborn male calf to its elk restoration project in the Ozarks Tuesday morning. Transported via [...]
May 15, 2013
Who’s Eating Who?
Seems as though something is always eating something in Missouri’s forests and woodlands. By raising awareness and educating yourself on how to prevent and control these critters, insects and plants, we are one step closer to saving countless trees and even entire species. Learn more about invasives, nuisances and diseases here: MDC – Invasive Animals [...]
May 15, 2013
What’s the Word in the Woods?
Spring has finally sprung, and what better way to welcome it than to get outside and enjoy all of the beauty that Missouri has to offer! Missouri’s natural areas represent some of the best—and last—examples of the state’s original natural landscape, each offering a shining example of Missouri’s outstanding biological and geological features. Hiking through [...]
May 14, 2013
New Data Requests
Your help is needed to find more of the dwindling butternut species! If you have spotted any butternut species on your property or the area that you are observing, we ask that you take pictures of any nuts and leaves collected and send them in, accompanied by specific location information. New tree locations will be [...]










May 15, 2013
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