Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

The tilapia tradition continues. Sheila Easterly of Little Rock caught a 3-pound, 8-ounce tilapia Oct. 26 on Camp Robinson in Pulaski County. Her fish topped the previous mark of 3 pounds, 7 ounces caught by Dennis Show of North Little…[more]

Not long ago, Grassy Lake was a recurring headache for people who lived downstream from Lake Conway.

A new bridge, then a new road was the prescription that stopped the pain. Creating this panacea was a team of…[more]

In winter, Missouri is an excellent state to view bald eagles. During the winter, the state’s small resident eagle population is swelled by migrating birds from the north to often increase numbers to more than 2,000 eagles.

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Batesville joins more than 60 communities around the state this holiday season as a participant in the Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights. Sixty-six towns take part in the celebration, which begins Thanksgiving week and lasts through Christmas. Other cities host…[more]

The 33rd annual Eagle Days at the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Dec. 3-4 will feature the nation’s symbol plus thousands of waterfowl.

“About 200,000 snow geese migrated into the refuge in recent days,” said Refuge Manager Ron…[more]

Prescribed fire can help promote native plants on private land including those useful as food and habitat for wildlife. Prescribed fire can also help control unwanted woody plants or trees in grasslands on provate land.

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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a “Red Flag Warning” for much of Missouri. According to the NWS, “This means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is celebrating its 75th anniversary through October 2012. Throughout the next year, the MDC-produced magazine, Missouri Conservationist, will highlight the Show-Me-State’s unique, citizen-led conservation story, successful conservation partnerships and programs and future challenges. To…[more]

There’s nothing a turkey would rather do than gobble its feed.  That’s a big deal to producers as food represents the majority of the cost of raising a bird.  Recent feed cost hikes have threatened producers’ slender bottom lines.

Aldo Leopold spent the first four decades of the 20th century teaching and promoting conservation. “A Sand County Almanac,” Leopold’s book that talked about the importance of developing a “land ethic,” is still considered a classic of the American conservation…[more]