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Nature

Four St. Louis FalconCam Chicks Flourishing, Banded for WBS Research

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Through a partnership of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Ameren Missouri and the World Bird Sanctuary (WBS), people around the world have been getting a bird’s-eye view of peregrine falcons raising four chicks in a nest box at…[read further]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Backyard

Trees May Need Special Attention After Wet Spring

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If you are tired of wet feet, you have lots of company. Many trees are suffering, too. The Missouri Department of Conservation has advice for helping trees cope with wet weather.

Flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers…[read further]

By Jim Low, Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Nature

U.S. Amphibian Populations Declining at Precipitous Rates

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The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate.

According to the study released yesterday in the scientific…[read further]

U.S. Geological Survey

Environment

April and May Set Weather Records

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Lots of rain, low temperatures and even snow set weather records in April and May in Missouri.

“You can’t get much more of a difference, last spring versus this spring,” said Pat Guinan, climatologist for the University of…[read further]

By University of Mo. Extension

Conservation

Tree Trouble

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Missouri’s black walnut trees could be in trouble if thousand cankers disease (TCD) moves in from bordering Tennessee.

TCD is a serious threat to one of the state’s most valuable hardwood species, says Hank Stelzer, University of Missouri…[read further]

By College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Backyard

Wet Spring Puts Plants at Risk Should Hot, Dry Weather Arrive

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The excessive spring rains could put plants at risk when Missouri weather turns dry and hot.

“The big problem that plants have right now is there is no reason for them to send down a deep root system…[read further]

By University of Mo. Extension

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