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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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]