Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

For Scott Sandusky, the most exciting fish in the world is the Missouri state-record brown trout he landed Nov. 20. For the rest of us, the most exciting fish are the even bigger brown trout that might still be prowling…[more]

No one who knows where and how Missouri State Forester Lisa Allen grew up could be surprised at her career path. Just as predictable is her commitment to ensuring that Show-Me State forests remain healthy, continue contributing to Missouri’s economy…[more]

Natural resources students around the country have traditionally learned about nature through data collection and analysis. But Oklahoma State University’s Fred Guthery contends there are flaws in this method.

Guthery, who holds the Bollenbach Chair in Wildlife Ecology…[more]

The Missouri Conservation Commission today announced that Conservation Department Assistant Director Bob Ziehmer will be the agency’s eighth director.

Current Conservation Department Director John Hoskins announced at the August Conservation Commission meeting that he intends to retire in…[more]

In less than a year, Eagle Mountain Magnet School’s archery team went from nonexistent to world champion. But doing well in archery competitions is old hat for this rookie team.

The team was formed one month before the…[more]

Oklahomans who have a love of gardening and volunteering are encouraged to apply for the Ambassador Program or the Garden Volunteer Program at the Oklahoma State University Botanical Garden.

Laura Payne, volunteer coordinator at the OSUBG, said there…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Community Forestry Council (MCFC) are accepting nominations for the 2010 Missouri Arbor Award of Excellence. The annual award recognizes communities, institutions and individuals that act as good stewards for trees in…[more]

A few days ago, Ken Reeves was smiling broadly as he and two friends pulled into an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission elk hunt check station at Ponca.

The Harrison attorney had not taken an elk, but a…[more]

As part of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s recently announced efforts to cut costs by an estimated $7.5 million annually, the MDC will close or end its lease agreements for 13 office facilities throughout the state by July 2011. The…[more]

Candy Clark’s love affair with wildflowers began when she and her husband moved to the Ozarks in December of 2003, from Amarillo, Texas. 

“The area we moved into had not been heavily developed … and I had never…[more]