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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.

JOPLIN, Mo. – Most everyone has a hobby or two. Some specialize in painting miniature figurines while others tie flies. Some are like Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) staffer, Meagan Duffee-Yates, who dedicates some—or a lot—of her free time to falconry.     Duffee-Yates, who is an MDC Private Land Conservationist along with being an avid spring turkey

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope R&D and Production (IRP), within the Office of Science, and the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) today announced the commencement of routine production of gadolinium-153 (Gd-153). This partnership positions IRP and MURR as the sole domestic supplier of Gd-153 in the United States and

ST. LOUIS – A familiar avian presence has returned to Franklin County as a pair of Peregrine falcons has officially claimed the nest box, where at least one egg has already been laid – now streaming live on Ameren Missouri’s Falcon Cam. After last year’s successful fledging, the stage is now set for another season of