July 2024

Mark Twain National Forest updates services at Chadwick

AVA, Mo. — Mark Twain National Forest offers a wide spectrum of recreation opportunities to Forest visitors, including motorized trail riding.    The Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs (ACW) Ranger District provides the public with access to fantastic off-highway vehicle (OHV) riding opportunities along the Chadwick Motorized Trail System.    Projects to improve this popular OHV trail system and

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MDC honors John Wylie as Missouri Master Conservationist

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Conservation Commission and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) awarded their Master Conservationist award posthumously to former MDC staff person John Wylie during the Commission’s open meeting in Jefferson City on July 12. Wylie is the 68th person to receive the award.   The Master Conservationist award was created in

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MDC seeks public feedback on updates to deer management plan

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is revising its white-tailed deer management plan and is seeking public feedback on the plan’s goals and objectives. Goals of the new plan include deer population management, hunting and recreation, deer health and disease, education, communication, and public engagement, and research.   According to MDC, white-tailed

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Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging initiative takes top honor at national conference

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging (Ma4) earned the top innovation award July 9, 2024 at a national conference hosted by US Aging, the national association representing more than 600 and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs).     Ma4 is statewide association for Missouri’s 10 area

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Missouri Conservation Commission Action – July 2024

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission met July 11 for a workshop and closed executive session at the MDC Central Regional Office & Conservation Research Center, 3500 E. Gans Road in Columbia. The Commission met July 12 for its regular open meeting at Conservation Department Headquarters, 2901 W. Truman Blvd. in Jefferson City.  

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Mo Attorney General files suit against IRS to obtain answers about end of small business program

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that he has filed suit against the Biden Administration’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for failing to turn over requested documents in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Attorney General Bailey’s inquiry seeks information on the IRS’s obstruction in implementing a crucial economic relief

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New program to help better understand veteran suicide signed into law

JEFFERSON CITY—Governor Mike Parson has  signed into law what many are referring to as the Veteran Omnibus Bills, Senate Bill 912, and HB1495. In these bills, the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) is charged with creating a new program to aid in the efforts to prevent Veteran suicide. The Veterans Mental Health Program will be the

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Nominations for ‘Missouri’s Most Engaged Neighbors’ now being accepted year-round online

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The statewide recognition of Missouri’s Most Engaged Neighbor as part of Missouri Good Neighbor Week (Sept. 28 to Oct. 4) is being expanded this year with nominations accepted all year online at http://missourigoodneighborweek.com.     “We heard from participants and nominators this year that the week came and went, and they did not

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