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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 to other entities for management.
St. Louis County is also the location of two large state parks, Babler State Park with 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2) and Castlewood State Park with 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2). The largest state park in the region is Meramec State Park, located near Sullivan, Missouri, with 10.8 square miles (28 km 2) of parkland.
This is a list of state parks and state historic sites in Missouri. In the U.S. state of Missouri both state parks and state historic sites are administered by the Division of State Parks of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As of 2017 the division manages a total of 92 parks and historic sites plus the Roger Pryor Pioneer ...
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.
The district has five subdistricts: the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Science Center, Missouri History Museum, and Missouri Botanical Garden. Of these, all but the Botanical Gardens are located in or near Forest Park. The district collects property taxes from residents of the City of St. Louis (St. Louis City) and St. Louis ...
In 1964, he sold the land to a realty investment company and donated the proceeds to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. In 1970, the County bought the estate from the investment company and began to convert it into a park.
St. Louis County bought site in 1958 and 1960. The sale was funded by a bond issue and the sale of land to the Missouri Department of Transportation for development of Interstate 270 . Between 1963 and 1981 the park included a "Lion's Pit" which was built by the local branch of the Lion's Club.
Castlewood State Park is a public recreation area and Missouri state park occupying 1,818 acres (736 ha) which straddles the Meramec River in St. Louis County, Missouri.The most visited section of the state park lies on the north side of the Meramec; the park acreage on the south side of the river is accessed from Lone Elk County Park and includes the World Bird Sanctuary.