Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Wildflowers, Birds Galore Mark the Coming Year’s Passage

First posted on 09-07-2007

Buyers of the 2008 Natural Events Calendar will find everything from bison to bellwort in the calendar’s 32 colorful pages, plus dozens of reasons to get outdoors and in touch with nature.

The calendar, produced by the Missouri Department of Conservation, is on sale now at conservation nature centers and regional offices statewide. You also can buy copies by calling toll-free (877) 521-8632 or through The Nature Shop, http://www.mdcnatureshop.com. The price is $5 per copy, plus shipping and handling and sales tax where applicable.

The 2008 calendar has more than 30 color photos of wild plants and animals and Missouri landscapes. All were taken by Conservation Department employees or volunteers.

Photographic highlights of the 2008 calendar include an ice-covered prairie backlit by the setting sun, intimate portraits of a king rail, a cedar waxwing, a fox squirrel and an eastern collared lizard, close-up photos of butterflies and a snowy Missouri River landscape.

As always, calendar owners will get glimpses of natural life in Missouri through daily entries about such diverse events as bobcats mating, morels popping and meteors showering.

Special features of the 2008 calendar include monthly tips for native plant gardeners, an invitation to join the Missouri Master Naturalists and a close look at barrens, balds and glades.

-Jim Low-

NOTE:  Freshare.net HIGHLY recommends this calendar to nature lovers, outdoor enthusiasts and photographers!  We’ve already purchased our copies!

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