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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Embrace warmer weather and enjoy the emerging flowers with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). Staff at MDC’s Cape Girardeau Nature Center are hosting several free programs in April, including:   Spring Wildflower Walk April 1 from 1-4:30 p.m. at Apple Creek CA: Designed for participants ages 16 and older, this leisurely walk

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jump-start your spring garden by starting four easy, inexpensive tender bulbs indoors before the weather warms.   University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein suggests tuberous begonia, caladium, achimenes and calla lily. All are available in bulb or tuber form from retail outlets that feature plants. Most greenhouses and big box stores

University of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new publication from University of Missouri Extension looks at black bears, their ecology and how research by the Missouri Department of Conservation helps us better understand their behavior and growing numbers.     Black bear sow in southwestern Missouri. Photo by Noppadol Paothong, Missouri Department of Conservation.