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New Platforms Dedicated on May 4, 2013 The MCHF began fundraising to construct a fishing and viewing platform at Bennett Spring State Park in 2011. The platform was to be constructed below the dam at Bennett Spring. The goal of $45,000 was met and additional funding allowed an effort to construct an additional handicapped accessible […]

At its Board meeting on February 13, 2013 in Jefferson City, Missouri the MCHF Board approved funding for 10 projects for the Missouri Department of Conservation. This funding is made possible through private donations to MCHF and revenue from MCHF Conservation License Plate donations: Community Archery Grant Program for City and County Parks: $5000 Funding will […]

Carroll Wilkerson and Dr. Wayne Morton joined MCHF Board in February 2013.

Jim Burge loves football and duck hunting. In the fall, and when time allows, the University of MO (MU) senior defensive lineman (#91) can often be found at one of his favorite spots in the Columbia area, Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area. Since January, Burge has been interning at the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Columbia […]

Classmates of the Sugar Creek Gobblers 2012 Weekend Outdoor Workshop (WOW) event participated in a wide variety of hands-on learning activities held at the Big Horn Ranch March 23rd-25th. The overnight 3-day agenda included archery, flintlock rifles, trapping, fly rod casting, turkey calling, clay target shooting, and bone identification. The event concluded with a live […]

At a recent board meeting the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation decided to raise funds for a new viewing and fishing platform along the spring branch at Bennett Spring State Park. This was in response to a request from MDC director Bob Ziehmer to help make this project a reality. As soon as the board decided […]

Funds for this program were used to educate and inspire the next generation of prairie conservationists in the heart of Missouri’s prairie country. MCHF supported the purchase of supplies that can be used for many additional educational opportunities with Montrose School in Henry County. The Science and Agriculture teachers have asked MDC to organize a […]

Low water crossings on small Ozark streams can block the movement of fish and other stream animals. They also can block vehicles from passing when the streams are high. Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF), using its Stream Stewardship Trust Funds, has helped to fund a number of low water crossing replacements. The new, free span […]

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 […]