Local residents Bob and Linda Overton were recently featured in “Rural Missouri” in a story about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Wires over Wildlife program.
Under the program, MDC staff work with landowners to determine the goals they have for their property and develop a plan to improve the land for native plants and animals where power lines pass through an electric utility’s easement. According to the article, the Overtons will be the first electric cooperative members in the state to participate in the program. A 1.5 acre easement will be planted in a pollinator mix, including 30 forbs and two warm-season native grasses. The article states that the primary focus of WOW is on establishing native plant habitat, but other landowners may have an eye toward establishing food plots for deer or woody cover control and edge feathering to benefit rabbits and quail.
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