by admin | Feb 16, 2001 | News
If the Conservation Commission follows through with plans to re-introduce wild elk to southern Missouri, it would have to compensate for any damage they might create. Representative Ken Legan of Halfway has succeeded in attaching an amendment on a conservation bill...
by admin | Dec 15, 2000 | News
Proponents of a plan to reintroduce elk into parts of the state are being given two years to fine-tune their proposal. The Missouri Conservation Commission feels many Missourians are concerned about the idea. Commission member Anita Gorman says there will be further...
by admin | Dec 11, 2000 | News
An osprey chick has been spotted in Missouri, the first such sighting in a hundred years. While ospreys will migrate in and out of Missouri, none have made their home in the state, until now. State Conservation Department ornithologist Jim Wilson is excited about the...
by admin | Dec 6, 2000 | News
More than 250 Missouri Christmas farms are churning out a lot of Christmas trees this year. Bruce Palmer with the state department of conservation says we’re kind of a one-tree state for Christmas–almost all Scotch Pines, with just a few White Pines....
by admin | Dec 2, 2000 | News
Time for the deer to duck and run again. Hunters are stalking them again with the opening this weekend of the muzzle-loader deer season. The conservation department’s Ron Glover says the muzzle-loader season is less likely to produce hunting accidents than the...
