The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks recently received new chairs for visitors with mobility challenges. Using the chairs, visitors can now navigate both land and water. Produced by the Action Trackchair company, track chairs are electric all-terrain wheelchairs that offer guests with mobility challenges the opportunity to partake in outdoor activities. …
I am visiting my daughter and her family in Pennsylvania right now. My grandsons are celebrating their birthdays and I always like to be with them, if at all possible, during that week. They are 10 and 12 and are just so tall. I just don’t get how they could go from those sweet, cuddly little two-year-olds to preteens so quickly! …
If you are outdoors as much as I am, you need to know about the Alpha-Gal Syndrome. This is a pathological condition now being spread by our dear friend, the lone star tick — that tick with the white star on its back. The lone star tick is already responsible for spreading several other nasty…
I was exploring the backroads south of St. Clair a few years ago and stumbled upon Little Indian Creek Conservation Area in Sullivan, Mo. This gem is far from little. Coming in at 4,204 acres, this area packs quite a punch! There are shooting ranges and trails, along with camping options and the creek itself….
On May 19, 2023, a fisherman caught a snakehead fish in the Duck Creek Conservation Area, located in Wayne County, Missouri. Three years earlier, another snakehead fish had been caught in Missouri; this time in Dunklin County. Both snakehead fish were found in the St. Francis River watershed. Shortly after the second snakehead…
I will guess the first thing that came to your mind when you read this title were Tigers at MIZZOU. Believe it or not, there are other big cats in the Show-Me-State. Let’s give them a look. This story begins a few years back in southeast Missouri. My very best friends, Roger and Jeannie…
They were called the “Bottle Cap Buddies” by some, the “bottle-cappers” by others. They called each other Walt and Jess. They had grown up together. Gone to war together as part of the AEF. The American Expeditionary Force that would help free Europe from the grip of tyranny. They had considered joining the…
“Catch and release” has become an important phrase in the fishing world. In addition to being a good way to sustain the fishing resource for future anglers, this self-explanatory angling procedure is necessary for those who fish in areas (or fish for species) that have minimum length limits, minimum length limits and other restrictions. However,…
