Sitting in my home office in Jefferson City, I look out the window at a lawn carpeted with violets and spring beauty—it is now pay back time for the long, cold Missouri winter of 2009–2010. And is it my imagination, or did I just hear the “ticky, tucky tuck” call of a summer tanager? Is […]

At their first meeting of the year on Febrary 26, the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation’s board of directors approved nearly $30,000 in funding allocations to wildlife conservation and outdoor recreation projects. Foundation Chair Julius Wall, far left, and President Chris Nattinger, right, also welcomed incoming director Mr. Jim Wilson to the board, center, as well […]

Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation Provides More than $1 Million in 2009 for Conservation Projects (December 28, 2009). Go to story>> Dave Murphy Named an OL 25 2010 — On November 19, Outdoor Lifemagazine honored Foundation board member Dave Murphy as one of 25 men and women who have changed the face of hunting and fishing. […]

Cerulean Warbler and Important Floodplain Habitat Protected in the Ozarks Through Conservation Collaboration The Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation recently provided $55,500 to help The Nature Conservancy purchase land in the Current River watershed that provides habitat for the cerulean warbler. (Photo Credit: www.billhubick.com). Dec. 1, 2008 Nature Conservancy press release. Go to story>> Missouri Conservation […]

Bridge to the Future Support of $107,000, from the Stream Stewardship Trust Fund administered by the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, helps fund a fish and community-friendly bridge over Little Tavern Creek. From the Missouri Conservationist, November 2007. Go to story>>