Over the last seven years, Peterson Outdoors has helped nearly 200 wounded warriors, as well as other children and adults with disabilities, and their families get out and enjoy hunting and fishing. This event is a special deer hunt for US servicemen and women who have been wounded in combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam. […]
Wildcat Glade Eradication of Invasive/Exotic Plant Species
The Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center was created at the Wildcat Park in the fall of 2007. Within the Park is a 15 acre Natural Area used for educational programs and trail walks. Over the years this area has been a collecting point for exotic and invasive plant species. Goals for this project […]
Shoal Creek Water Festival
The Shoal Creek Water Festival is an annual free event hosted by Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center to inspire a love and appreciation of the water resources of the area, as well as to emphasize the water quality and quantity issues we face. With the city of Joplin receiving over 90 percent of its […]
MO Girls Discover Nature Camp – Southwest 2015
This Camp was held at the YMCA Camp Wakonda August 3 – August 6, 2015. The Discover Nature Girls Camp is a free, two-day girls camp held by the Missouri Department of Conservation. This camp introduces girls ages 11-15 to different outdoor skills. This camp gives them a supportive, learning environment to actively participate in […]
Missouri Tropical Bird Account
The Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation supports efforts to protect Missouri birds in each of their habitats, not only in their Missouri breeding grounds, but also in their wintering grounds and stopover points. To that end, donations to this account will help fund habitat protection and related conservation activities at critical sites in Central America, where […]
