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Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The department has divided the counties of the state into eight administrative regions for the purpose of managing these lands and providing ...
This area has 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of mostly forested bluffs above the Missouri River and 780 acres (3.2 km 2) of Missouri River floodplain. This area also has stream frontage along the Missouri and Nodaway Rivers. 1,624 acres 657 ha: Holt
The biggest confluence of streams is at Chillicothe, where the Thompson River and Shoal, Medicine, and Locust creeks merge with the river. The Grand River Basin has more than 1,000 third order or higher streams. Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is on the Yellow Creek tributary at Sumner, Missouri. No dams have been built on the river.
This 1,348-acre (5.46 km 2) area includes an ancient oxbow lake (Cooley Lake), which was once the main channel of the Missouri River, and also wetlands, croplands, and a forested bluff. The area also has access to the Missouri River. Facilities/features: Disabled acce : 1,337 acres 541 ha: Clay
1,843-acre state forest and wildlife conservation area, Conservation Education Center Runge Conservation Nature Center: Jefferson City: Cole: Mid-Missouri: website, 107 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri habitat exhibits and displays, barn and farm exhibits, aquarium, cave exhibit Sam A. Baker State Park ...
Map of Missouri conservation areas with the St. Louis region highlighted. The St. Louis administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation encompasses Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, and Washington counties. The regional conservation office is in St. Charles.
Lamine River Conservation Area: This 5,977-acre (24.19 km 2) area has a unique combination of river, floodplain, rolling uplands, and steep river bluffs. The Lamine River is a signature feature of the area meandering through bottomlands of forest, cropfields, oldfields, and small wetlands. Upl : 5,985 acres 2,422 ha: Cooper, Morgan
state Contains an unusually large and varied number of speleothems. Pickle Springs: 1975: Ste. Genevieve: state Contains one of the finest Pleistocene relict habitats in Missouri. Taberville Prairie Conservation Area: 1975: St. Clair: state One of the largest remaining virgin tall grass prairies. Tucker Prairie: 1975: Callaway: private