BRANSON – On Dec. 19 the doors opened on a new Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) educational facility at one of the Midwest’s major tourist destinations.
Members of the Missouri Conservation Commission, MDC staff, state legislators, and local officials participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open MDC’s Shepherd of the Hills Conservation Education Center in Branson to the public.
The new facility is located at 483 Hatchery Road and is adjacent to MDC’s Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery.
The Dec. 19 ribbon-cutting opened the $7 million facility four months ahead of its originally scheduled opening date.
