In 2008, MCHF contributed provided $10,000—capstone funding for the $100,000 John McPheeters Challenge to The Nature Conservancy for prairie management and restoration in the 70,000-acre Grand River Grasslands Conservation Opportunity Area. Learn about conservation progress in the area today>>
MCHF Supports Lincoln County Youth Hunting Clinics and Hunts
MCHF provided $600 to help offset costs of two youth hunting clinics and hunts in Lincoln County. On September 4, 2010, approximately 30 youth hunters, mentors, Hunter Education instructors and Missouri Department of Conservation staff participated in the first of these events, held in cooperation with the Cuivre River Wildlife Management Association. The association is […]
For Generations to Come
A donated conservation easement from Yale and Alicia Muhm—and nearly $50,000 from the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation—keeps more than 1,000 acres of forest and more than three miles of headwater streams intact in Warren County. The August 2010 issue of the Missouri Conservationist features the 2009 contributuion of Yale and Alicia Muhm, donated a conservation […]
MCHF Supports Rural Schools Partnership with $10,000
“In 2010—the second year of the program—I have been able to work with many Missouri Department of Conservation staff members, informing them of CFO’s Rural School Partnership Program, so when they are working with schools, they can suggest this as an avenue to fund conservation efforts,” said Warren Rose, Outreach and Education Regional Supervisor for […]
Little Black Conservation Area Expansion
An unusual 400-acre parcel tucked away in Ripley County was brought into public ownership in 2009, thanks in part to $182,875 in funding from the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, made possible through the Stream Stewardship Trust Fund. The new area, which will be an addition to Little Black Conservation Area, supports high quality dry sandstone […]
