On October 28, 2010, at the 37th Annual Natural Areas Conference held in Missouri at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Rick Thom received the Natural Area Association’s highest honor, the George B. Fell Award. The NAA awards the George B. Fell Award to an individual who exhibits the highest qualities of the natural areas profession and who has […]

On Friday September 10, 2010, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Twin Pines Conservation Education Center, Winona, for the recently completed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant improvements to the archery range located on the grounds at Twin Pines. On hand for the ceremony were local NWTF Current River Caller Chapter committee members Troy […]

On September 10, 2010, local residents celebrated the Vann School Centennial at the Twin Pines Conservation Education Center with an ice cream social and music by the Bressler Brothers Quartet, pictured above. For the final song of the evening, the Bresslers moved out to the schoolhouse where Andy Bressler once taught 24 students. Officially named […]

At their August 26, 2010 meeting in Jefferson City, the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation board of directors approved $44,470 in funding to nine grant projects benefiting conservation or outdoor recreation. The grants are from the Foundation’s Missouri Department of Conservation Partnership Grant Program. These projects leverage an additional $129,171 in matching funds and/or in-kind labor […]

The Board of Trustees for the Missouri Forest Heritage Center, Inc. (MFHC) voted to dissolve the corporation and donate the remaining funds to the education center they envisioned more than two decades ago. On August 18, 2010, Jerry J. Presley, former director of the Missouri Department of Conservation and MFHC President, made a donation of […]