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Administrative regions used by the Conservation Department as of 2010. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. 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 ...
Missouri Department of Conservation. 2007-01-01. [permanent dead link ] "Google Earth File". Conservation Atlas Online. Missouri Department of Conservation. 2007-06-18. Archived from the original on 2010-08-12.
Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area is a nature preserve and wetland in Boone County, Missouri. [1] Located mainly in the Missouri River floodplain southwest of Columbia, Missouri and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation , the wetlands are a refugee for migrating birds and home to several breeding pairs of bald eagles . [ 2 ]
It is located south of Columbia, Missouri and the more well-known Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. The conservation area is named after the three streams which flow through it: Turkey Creek, Bass Creek, and Bonne Femme Creek. [1] Its nearly 1500 acres are mostly forested and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. [2]
Conservation Areas in Missouri are owned and operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Pages in category "Conservation Areas of Missouri" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Contour plowing or contour farming is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. These contour line furrows create a water break, reducing the formation of rills and gullies during heavy precipitation and allowing more time for the water to settle into the soil. [ 1 ]
The Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program, a program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), includes Watershed Operations (under the Flood Control Act of 1944, P.L. 78- watershed projects to distinguish them from larger downstream projects built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and by the Bureau of Reclamation.
August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area: St. Charles: East Central: 6,987 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation: Bennett Spring State Park: Bennett Springs: Laclede: Mid-Missouri: 3,216 acres, exhibits interpreting Missouri's springs and the park's natural environment Big Oak Tree State Park: East Prairie: Mississippi ...