On April 16 staff at Runge Conservation Nature Center dedicated a bronze sculpture of a three-toed box turtle. The sculpture recognizes the commitment of the center’s volunteers who donate 7,500 hours annually to support conservation education in Jefferson City. Seven hundred people attended the event. “April is volunteer appreciation month, so what better time to […]

MCHF welcomed three new members to its board at its February board meeting at Lake of the Ozarks. David W. Erickson of Columbia, earned a Master’s degree in wildlife management from Pennsylvania State University in 1977. In 2009, he retired after 33 years with the Department of Conservation. His first job with the Department of […]

At its Board meeting at Lake of the Ozarks on February 25, the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation approved three projects benefiting conservation at an amount of $40,000. MCHF approved funding for the following: Missouri Elk Restoration The Foundation approved $35,000 for the Department of Conservation (MDC) for trapping, holding, relocating, testing and monitoring elk in […]

January 27, 2011—Just 30 minutes from St. Louis lies a terrain of sandstone canyons, gorgeous waterfalls, rich plant life, and a stream harboring more than 40 species of fish. This biological wonderland is the LaBarque Creek watershed in Jefferson County, where many conservation partners and landowners have come together to assure long-term protection and public […]

In October 2010, MCHF helped the Mo. Dept. of Conservation’s Runge Conservation Nature Center host three guests from a Honduran after-school environmental education program. During their week-long visit to Missouri, the two teenagers and the executive director of Guaruma conservation education center studied glades and woodlands at Spring Creek Gap Conservation Area, spent a day […]