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By Kenneth L. Kieser Halloween creates images of frightening creatures and spooky scenes. Homes are decorated with orange lights, carved pumpkins and plastic skeletons. This has to be a dentist’s […]
Spring Morels Originally published in the Conservation Federation magazine, March 2021 vol 82 no 2. Take a moment to think of a rewarding outdoor activity anyone can get involved in. […]
By Rick Thom Persimmon fruits are delicious, healthy, and versatile. They taste somewhat like a date mixed with an apricot with hints of honey. But only somewhat. You’ll have to […]
Originally published in the CFM magazine. Yes, you heard me correctly, SportsWOMEN! I’d like to tell you about Artemis. Artemis is an initiative of the National Wildlife Federation to engage […]
Guest Post “Join or Die.” That was the motto on the revolutionary war flag featuring a cartoon attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The famous image featured a woodcut showing a snake […]
The Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) is a program supported by the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) that allows students from high school and college to be involved and take action […]
While it felt like I caught the same 7-inch, male bluegill about 30 times, it was still a heck of a morning at Watkins Mill State Park in early June. […]
by Gilbert Randolph Larger morels can be sliced, while smaller ones can be cooked whole. Sycamore groves in a floodplain, the austere trunks of cottonwoods, the short, scraggly ash, all […]
by Gilbert Randolph The river was low, silty banks glistening in the sun and I’d spent a few hours already trying to catch a paddlefish. I was casting into a […]