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. …
Summer is an adventurous and scenic time to hike at one of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) remnant native prairies. Several wildflower types are in bloom and the warm season grasses such as big bluestem are sending up seed stalks. Grasses and wildflowers are tall in places. Whether an easy walk on a…
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! …
Cute critters by day, gardeners’ worst enemies by night. Most gardeners know the frustration of having a beautiful garden decimated by wildlife, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. “Our four-legged ‘friends’ can be more formidable garden foes than insects, diseases and weeds,” said Trinklein. “Because of their size and our inability to control…
POTOSI, Mo. — A new boat dock has been placed at the Council Bluff Lake Recreation Area, located in Iron County, of the Mark Twain National Forest. The site, referred to as Wild Boar Hollow, is a popular location for launching fishing boats onto Council Bluff Lake. Just a short drive or walk from the…
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…
The Missouri Conservation Commission met July 13 for a strategic planning workshop and closed executive session at Orscheln Business Center in Columbia. The Commission met July 14 for its regular open meeting at Boone County Electric Cooperative in Columbia. Commissioners attending the open meeting in person or online were: Mark L. McHenry, chair; Steven D….
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