JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – Hunters checked 40,447 turkeys during Missouri’s regular spring turkey season, up by 2,120 from 38,327 last spring, or about 5.5 percent. The harvest of 4,319 turkeys during this year’s spring youth weekend, March 31 and April 1, brought the 2012 spring turkey harvest to 44,766, up about six percent from 2011. Youth hunters harvested 3,893 turkeys during the 2011 spring youth weekend for a 2011 spring total of 42,220 birds taken.
I have organized a number of Extension meetings on the topic of beekeeping over the past several years. I am always amazed at the amount of interest people have in these tiny, beneficial insects. It seems that there is always someone calling us wanting information on how to raise bees.
Building on the success of the inaugural Missouri Snapshots Photo Contest in 2011, Rural Missouri and Missouri State Parks have teamed up again this year to sponsor the amateur photo contest. Photographers across Missouri will have a chance to showcase their talents and win one of five State Park Getaway Packages each valued at $500.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will soon add 35 wild elk to the Show-Me state’s recently restored herd at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Peck Ranch is part of a 221,000-acre elk-restoration zone that covers parts of Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties.
What’s better than a weekend stay-cation? One that includes time travel! To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the of the American Civil War, the historic community of Kingston will host soldiers, officers, musicians, horses, tents, artillery, Abraham Lincoln and much more. Experience the camaraderie and patriotic fervor of wartime Missouri Friday through Sunday, June 1-3, in old Kingston.
Wings Over Whiteman 2012 is scheduled to take place May.19 and 20. This free, family oriented event is expected to draw spectators from all over the region.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites women to get hands-on training in various outdoor skills at its "Discover Nature Women Summer Workshop" June 1-3 at the Windermere Conference Center along the Lake of the Ozarks in Roach.
