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.
Blue River Community Restoration Day
The Department, in partnership with several conservation groups, businesses and surrounding communities, is working to cohost a conservation event to recognize the Blue River watershed in south Kansas City. The event will include habitat restoration work, litter pick-up, a bike ride, outreach and education programs and entertainment. Funds will be used to cover the cost […]
Ozark Chinquapin Foundation Restoration Efforts
The goal of this project is to restore 100% pure Ozark Chinquapin chestnuts to the Ozarks hills. This goal is lofty but possible due to discovery of trees that show varying degrees of resistance to the blight. Those resistant trees have their pollen collected so it can be cross-pollinated with other trees that share blight […]
MO River Bird Observatory – HiLonesome Prairie Project
This project will help expand grassland birds monitoring on MDC conservation areas via breeding season productivity studies and post-management bird surveys. This innovative approach to grassland bird surveys is both statistically robust and conducive to elucidating habitat associations of species that tend to be patchily distributed. With this funding, these surveys will be expanded to […]
Stilwell Prairie Restoration Project
This restoration project will benefit grassland wildlife, including grassland birds, as well as other plant and animal species restricted to high quality, original prairie. In addition, restoration at Stilwell Prairie will benefit the federally threatened Mead’s milkweed which occurs on this prairie. Improved prairie habitat conditions will benefit large birding public who will have greater […]
