The Ozark Regional Land Trust has asked Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for assistance in obtaining a conservation easement on a landowner in the Mahans Creek Watershed. Mahans Creek is a priority watershed and Priority Focus Area for MDC. The property is a 460 acre cattle ranch with high quality forests at the headwaters of […]
Streambank Stabilization along Little Platte River
Streambank stabilization techniques to protect and restore riparian buffers, floodplain and associated uplands on private land along the Little Platte River, an MDC-targeted watershed in northwestern Missouri.
Operation Wild Lands in the LaBarque Creek Watershed
This project leverages existing partnership with Friends of LaBarque Creek Watershed Coalition and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to implement community-based management of LaBarque Creek Conservation Area (CA), specifically targeting LaBarque Creek CA, Young CA and Glassberg Family CA through the Operation Wild Lands (OWLs) program.
LaBarque Creek Watershed Protection
Stream Stewardship Trust Funds in the amount of $13,250 were used to purchase a 5.87-acre tract of land adjacent to the Young Conservation Area in Jefferson County. The tract includes a section of LaBarque Creek, a Missouri Department of Conservation-identified priority watershed threatened with development. EPA funds of $19,250 were also applied toward this purchase.
Conservation Easement in Warren County
Stream Stewardship Trust Fund dollars allowed MCHF to underwrite stewardship fees and other easement-related expenses of the Ozark Regional Land Trust, which is holding the permanent easement on 1,000 acres in Warren County donated by private invididuals. The landowners placed the easement on the property to ensure that their land, which contains 3.5 miles of […]
