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Start Seeds Indoors to Jump-start Spring Gardening

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Seeds hold infinite potential for a seasoned gardener.

While it may be easier to transplant the tomatoes, peppers and cauliflower you bought from the local garden store, starting seeds indoors gives you the chance to jump-start your garden…[read further]

By MUNews

March 1 Is Take-a-trout-to-lunch Day in Missouri

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If Missouri is the state “Where the Rivers Run,” hatcheries at Missouri trout parks are the confluence of spiritual health and financial wealth.

More than 1.7 million visitors from Missouri and beyond flock to the Show-Me State’s four…[read further]

By Jim Low, Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Crystal Bridges Art Museum

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Featuring a story about an art museum may seem unusual for an outdoors website, but Crystal Bridges is anything but typical for an art museum. Designed to blend into the 120 acres of wooded grounds on which it is built,…[read further]

By Robert J. Korpella

Porous-soled Waders Banned in Missouri Trout Waters

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With catch-and-keep trout season opening March 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds trout anglers to help prevent the spread of a new threat to Missouri’s cold-water streams and rivers. Called “didymo” (Didymosphenia geminata) or “rock snot,” this invasive…[read further]

By Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Kayak Fishing in Arkansas

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The fish are always biting somewhere, even in places you can’t reach by boat. But you can reach many of these hard-to-reach waterways by kayak.

“Kayak fishing is ready to explode in Arkansas as recreational kayaking has done…[read further]

By Zoie Clift, Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism

AGFC Signs Historic Minimum Flow Document

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After working toward a solution for more than 13 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last week approved the final piece of an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure a steady flow of water below Bull…[read further]

By Arkansas Game and Fish

Who Will Find the 30,000th Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park??

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Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro is set to celebrate two big milestones this year.  March 15th marks 40 years since the site’s creation as an Arkansas state park… and sometime soon, the 30,000th diamond found since the park’s…[read further]

By Kat Robinson

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