By Allison Kite State regulators are poised to deny a request from a southwest Missouri meat-packer to discharge treated wastewater directly into a river already impaired by E. coli. Missouri Prime Beef Packers requested permission from the state to treat wastewater from its meatpacking operation near Pleasant Hope using a proprietary microbe technology and discharge…
Roughly a year after a zoo-reared Ozark hellbender successfully fathered a clutch of eggs in the wild, an eastern hellbender has followed suit. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently confirmed the first eastern hellbender raised in human care at the St. Louis Zoo has reproduced in the wild on the Gasconade River. The news…
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) offers more than 1,000 conservation and natural areas around the state for people to get outdoors and discover nature through a variety of activities such as hiking, biking, birding and wildlife watching, horseback riding, photography and videography, hunting, fishing, and more. Some activities on MDC areas require a special…
During winter months, the metro St. Louis area is a great place to fish for rainbow trout, thanks to the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Winter Trout Program. Winter trout season for MDC’s St. Louis urban fishing program started in November. That’s good news for trout chasers who now only need to drive minutes to…
Rainbow trout are fun to catch and anglers in the St. Joseph area now have two places to fish for them. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently stocked trout in Krug Park Lagoon and Everyday Pond. The trout are stocked for catch-and-release fishing until Feb. 1. After that, anglers with proper permits can keep…
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows young hunters ages 6-15 harvested 3,574 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2023 firearms deer hunting season, Nov. 24-26. Of the 3,574 deer harvested, 1,697 were antlered bucks, 361 were button bucks and 1,516 were does. Top counties for the late youth portion…
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Missouri hunters harvested 12 black bears during the state’s third bear-hunting season, Oct. 16–25. More than 5,370 hunters applied during May for 400 permits for the season with the maximum total harvest being 40 bears. Of the 400 hunters selected through a random drawing of all applicants,…
Missouri ranks 10th in the country for potential vehicle collisions with animals JEFFERSON CITY – Fall has arrived, and that means more wild animals, especially deer, are on the move as cooler temperatures begin to settle in and nights become longer. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) reminds motorists to be prepared for the sudden appearance of…
