Quail Forever Fills Vacancy

Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever and their partners have expanded the Missouri Farm Bill Biologist Partnership by hiring Joshua Marshall to work out of Milan. Marshall will advise and assist landowners with implementing farm bill programs and conservation practices on...

Antler Measuring Event

The Missouri Department of Conservation will once again hold an antler measuring event at the North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, Aug. 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the MDC building in the Rock Barn courtyard. Scorers from...

Final First Friday At Swan Lake Nearing

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Sumner will be hosting the final “First Friday’s at the Refuge” event on Aug. 3. The event begins at 5 p.m. and runs until around 8 o’clock. First Fridays at the Refuge is an annual event that occurs on the first Fridays of...

CWD Tests Mandatory In Grundy, Mercer

Hunters in Grundy and Mercer counties who harvest a deer on the opening weekend of fall firearms season will be required to bring the animal to a Missouri Department of Conservation check station for Chronic Wasting Disease testing. All deer harvested on Nov. 10-11...

Grundy, Mercer Now In Deer Feeding Ban

The Missouri Department of Conservation has expanded its restrictions on feeding deer and placing minerals out for deer to seven new counties in response to finding cases of chronic wasting disease in or near them. The seven new counties include Grundy and Mercer. The...

Litter Free Missouri

By Jeff Berti Can you imagine, a litter-free Missouri? Each year, our state spends millions of dollars cleaning up trash. Those are your tax dollars that could be better spent! Missouri State Statute 577.070 states that: “A person commits the crime of littering if...