Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

The quality of the environment in Arkansas is dependent upon decisions made by the many individuals who own and manage the land. Out of 33 million surface acres in the Arkansas, 29 million are under private ownership. Arkansas Game and…[more]

John Anderson enjoys hunting in woodlands. But he also wants a healthier white-tail deer herd and perhaps a return of bobwhite quail at his DeKalb County farm. So he gave his property the chainsaw treatment to boost bucks and birds.…[more]

Conservation has a place in Missouri’s news mix every year, but 2011 will go down in history for more than the fact that the Missouri Department of Conservation began its 75th anniversary celebration in November. Forests, fish and wildlife had…[more]

Following the damage left by a devastating tornado this spring, work to reforest a portion of the Harris Brake Wildlife Management Area has begun. Shortly after the tornado, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hired a contractor to remove the…[more]

As the 2011 deer season comes to a close, hunters and landowners can learn about managing white-tailed deer from a new series of publications currently being developed by University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).

The Saint Louis Zoo’s Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation today announced that Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity—a first for either of the two subspecies of hellbender. This decade-long collaboration has yielded…[more]

Conservation depends largely on the efforts of landowners. This is true both for current landowners and for those who will manage land in the future.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) works with landowners to employ the best…[more]

If you want to go forward with your wildlife habitat improvement on your land, look at the past, said biologist Wesley Wright of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Wright talked to landowners at a recent workshop in…[more]

While black bears in southeast Oklahoma have been studied extensively by biologists and are even pursued by hunters each fall, less is known about bears inhabiting the northeast portion of the state. But a research project by the Oklahoma Department…[more]

CALLING ALL GIRLS!

Ozark Natural Science Center announces a very special summer experience for girls ages 13-17.  Our first ever Girls Pursuing Science experience will be held June 27 through July 2, 2011.  The program will feature ONSC’s…[more]