The MCHF Board welcomes new member Jim Carson of Springfield. Jim and his wife Ginny have lived on the family farm in Lawrence Country for many years where Jim has, with the help of the MDC and various incentive programs such as EQIP and WHIP, transformed the 400+ acres into a farm where wildlife and […]

January 30, 2012—In late December, the purchase of a 300-acre tract in the La Barque Creek Watershed was made possible using the balance of funds from a $2 million donation from Mrs. Pat Jones. This purchase will add about 1.6 miles of stream channel to the existing high aquatic, landform and terrestrial biodiversity of the […]

“I have never in my whole life seen the birds that I saw, like a blue jay and yellow warbler” “Our field trip was the best thing I’ve ever been to.” “I like how you put the bird in a tube to see how much it weighs.” “People who band birds are cool.” These are […]

Many of Missouri’s birds overwinter in tropical habitats in Central America and eastern Mexico. Long before Cancun and the Riviera Maya became tourist destinations, migrant birds from Missouri were using this part of the Yucatan peninsula for migration stopovers and winter habitat. On their return trip to the U.S, many birds must first stop and […]