MCHF Partnership Grant. In partnership with several conservation groups, the Department of Conservation maintains a bird monitoring station at Grand Pass Conservation Area. Funds will be used to cover costs of two summer interns form Missouri Valley College, Biology Department. The interns will work with Department staff and volunteers to conduct bird monitoring at Grand […]
Native Prairie Appreciation Field Trips
MCHF Partnership Grant. This program is aimed at exposing high school students in the Montrose School District to Missouri’s remnant prairie communities in southwest Missouri. The majority of the high school students come from families with an agricultural tie. Missouri Department of Conservation staff will work with the students to conduct scientific projects and field […]
University of MO-Southwest Center Habitat Improvement Work
Funding will be used by the Department of Conservation and University of Missouri to complete several habitat projects at the University of Missouri, Southwest Research Center near Mount Vernon. The completed habitat projects will be highlighted in future landowner tours and workshops held at the Southwest Center.
Operation Wildlife Lands-LaBarque Creek Conservation Area Public Land Management
Operation Wild Lands is a program that engages citizen volunteers of all ages to restore and maintain public lands throughout the Saint Louis Region. Funding will help the program host several habitat works days on public lands in the LaBarque Creek Conservation Opportunity Area.
Warm Season Grass Drill
Funding will help the Shelby County Soil and Water District purchase a new native water-season grass drill. The no-till drill will be used by private landowners to plant wildlife-friendly grass and wildflower mixes in northeast Missouri.
