PFQF joins partnership of state, federal organizations in fight against invasive species on Current, Jacks Fork and Eleven Point rivers Quail Forever continues to find innovative ways to make strides in the name of conservation. It recently joined a diverse collaborative of local and national groups that will work to address short- and long-term effects…
Drive west from Nixa, Missouri, on Highway 14, and right before crossing the James River you will encounter one of the earliest settlements in Southwest Missouri: Delaware Town. Delaware Town was named for the Lenape or Delaware tribe, who were relocated to the west of the Mississippi River in 1817 as part of treaty negotiations…
By Len Stagoski It has been called one of the world’s crookedest rivers, and looking at a map of it will reveal why the Gasconade River of central Missouri earns that title. At 265 miles, it is the longest river flowing wholly within the state. The Gasconade forms in the Ozarks of Wright County, then…
Why? That is the question I get from most of my friends. After kayaking all the Current River (in Missouri) a few years ago in 3 days, and all of Eleven Point River (in Missouri) in one day last year, I decided the Jack’s Fork was next on my hit list. I did not…
Where in Missouri does the Big River start, and why does it seem to defy most rivers and flow north? That question about the direction of flow has always puzzled me. Don’t rivers flow toward the sea? I figured I would be able to track the beginning of the Big River easily enough, but then…
A song from the 70’s lamented, “They paved Paradise, put up a parkin’ lot.” I found myself humming that line when I stopped by one of my favorite teenage fishing spots a few years back. It was during high school alumni weekend in Thayer, a typical rail-and-river town located at the six o-clock position in…
By Clint Dalbom Hickory Creek flows nearly 2.5 miles through Morse Park in Neosho. Not only is it a beautiful attraction to the city, but it is classified as a White Ribbon trout stream. There are nine White Ribbon Trout streams in Missouri; two of these are in Newton County in southwest Missouri. The other…
Placing woody debris along an eroding streambank to begin strengthening the bank of Barney Creek. By Cody Norris The beautiful waterways that traverse Missouri are the lifeblood of Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF). The soils of the forest provide the arteries through which that water flows. Healthy forests depend on healthy soil and hydrology, and so…
