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NOVEMBER 2010VOL. 71, NO. 6

Charles Schwartz art show,dinner, board meeting and

reception at Bass Pro—All part of CFM’s

75th anniversary weekend! See story inside.

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Wildlife November 2010

Vol. 71, No. 6

MISSOURI

Missouri Wildlife is the official publica-tion of the Conservation Federation ofMissouri, Affiliate of the NationalWildlife Federation. ISSN 1082-8591

728 W. MainJefferson City, MO 65101-1559

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Email • dmurphy@confedmo.orgOnline • http://www.confedmo.org

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MISSOURI WILDLIFE, 728 W. Main,Jefferson City, MO 65101-1559

Mike SchallonDuane Addleman

Richard AshSara Parker Pauley

Randy Washburn

Dave Murphy

Matt Gaunt

Amy Buechler

Micaela Haymaker

Laurie Coleman

Lynne J. Lampe

President

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Executive Director/Editor

Director ofDevelopment

Teaming WithWildlife Coordinator

Office Manager

MembershipAssociate/ Managing EditorDesign & Production

OFFICERS

STAFF

COVER: HOWLING COYOTE—TheSong-dog Speaks. ©2010 GlennD. Chambers.

Inside This Issue:FEATURED ARTICLESSpecial Thanks To CFM Committee Members ....................................3Outdoor Action Committee Reports On Progress..............................10Gov. Nixon, First Lady Highlight Children In Nature Challenge ......11Foundation Honors Carl Morrow With New Scholarship Program ....12The Future Of Conservation ....................................................14CFM Draws On 75-Year History To Plan For Future........................16CFM Sporting Clays Classic Nearly Doubles In 4th Year ................18Deer Hunters Have Easy Way To Feed The Hungry ......................21Producing Energy From Woody Biomass: MoFRAC Conference ......29Children In Nature..................................................................32

NEWS, UPDATES AND COLUMNS

View From The Stone House ..............................................................................2

President’s Message ............................................................................................3

Teaming With Wildlife

Celebrate! 10 Years Of State Wildlife Grant Funding ......................................4CFM Hosts Congressional Field Tours..............................................................5

Development News

CFM Offers Opportunities To Give And Receive..............................................7

Agency News

Conservation Commission Approves Elk Restoration Plan ............................22Missouri’s Urban Deer Harvest Down ..........................................................23Protecting Missouri’s Soil And Water ............................................................24

Calendar ................................................................................................................20

News & Issues ......................................................................................................28

Member Information

Conservationists For Life ................................................................................19Business Alliance Members ............................................................................21New Members ................................................................................................27Honorariums And Memorials ........................................................................29List Of Affiliates ..............................................................................................30

PHOTOS

Fall Conference Gallery ....................................................................................15

Once upon a time itwas my job toorganize localchapters of an

organization and conductfund-raising banquets. Thepassion of the members of thatoutfit reached its zenith eachspring. On any given weekduring the year, I receivedabout 150 phone calls directlyrelated to the business of theorganization. On the firstweek after New Year’s, as folks’attentions turned from theholidays to their real passion,the number of calls skyrocket-ed to 900-1000.

This remarkable trend con-tinued for each of the 10 yearsof my service, so I eventuallyunderstood there to be a realmessage here: time is of theessence, we all recognize whenit is time and decisive peopleact immediately.

This pattern is followed bymany things out-of-doors.Right now my pal and I rundigital deer cams to getglimpses of the herd on myfarm. Two weeks ago, the num-ber of images we captured perweek increased five-fold. All ofa sudden, the invisible, noctur-nal specters otherwise knownas adult bucks began to leavesigns of their presence: scrapes,rubs, and with regularity mid-dle of the night snapshots.Even a casual observer like mecannot help but notice thechange.

I believe this is our momentof opportunity to get familiesoutdoors. Activity at the Gov-ernor and First Lady’s HarvestFest skyrocketed this year

when the theme changed from“trick or treat” to “get outside.”CFM was there, reaching thou-sands of citizens with whomwe had no previous contact.What a great opportunity forus, what a marvelous day itwas! The Children in NatureChallenge is up and running,opening doors of adventureand opportunity to every childin our state. Help at least onechild along their way as theyget started. Write me a noteand tell me the story! I bet itwill be great for both of you.

I believe this is our momentof opportunity to reconnectadults out of touch with theout of doors. Nearly 1/3 of thenew recruits to hunting in Mis-souri are adults! The newhunter apprentice authoriza-tion available from the Mis-souri Department of Conser-vation opens the same doors toadults that have been open toyouth for several years: it isOK to buy a permit and huntin the presence of a licensed,hunter ed certified adult men-tor. This is the time to call andarrange an adventure for thatdear friend you have alwaysmeant to take along. Do it

now. Write to me and sharethe story later.

I believe this is our momentof opportunity to vote forthose politicians who are aspassionate about the outdoorsas we are. We will welcomeabout 60 new members to theMissouri General Assembly inJanuary, 2011. For severalyears now the leaders andmembers of the Missouri Leg-islative Sportsmen’s Caucushave worked with us to nurtureour Missouri Outdoor legacy.As a member of CFM, helpstaff and our leaders developproductive working relation-ships with each of your repre-sentatives and senators. Con-servation and natural resourcesissues must transcend partisanpolitics. It is up to us to helpkeep things on the right path,the one where the ultimatewelfare of natural resourcesgets preference over the desiresof individuals.

I believe this is our momentof opportunity to restore wildelk to a portion of the Missourilandscape. CFM has long hadresolutions in support of sucha restoration. There is no bio-logical reason to delay restora-tion of this important nativespecies. The political andsocial issues which killedrestoration efforts a decade agohave been addressed andresolved. The release willoccur in an area of good habi-tat with minimal paved roadsand agriculture. The releasearea is mostly public propertyand over 90% of the privatelandowners in the release areafavor restoration. The Mis-

souri Department of Agricul-ture has designed and standsready to implement the mostrigorous disease protectionprotocol in these United States.More thorough than any live-stock or wildlife disease proto-col anywhere. Certainly thereis tremendous enthusiasm forrestoration among the mem-bers of our new affiliate, theRocky Mountain Elk Founda-tion. This fine organizationhas diligently pursued restora-tion of elk since its inception.Their many youth programs,their generous support ofmany worthwhile outdooractivities, their consistentbenevolence to habitat workbenefiting wildlife all acrossAmerica greatly enhance thealready good image of theAmerican hunter. Yes, this isthe time.

As we celebrate the first 75years of our organization’s his-tory and as we plan and pre-pare for the next 75, it isimp that we take time tosavor this moment. As you cansee with a simple review of theevents calendar, there is alwaysa lot going on in outdoor Mis-souri. Make time to experienceall you can. Take along an oldfriend, next time you go…andreach out to someone new.With each of us doing our part,we will indeed have cause forcelebration this ThanksgivingDay! Thanks to each of you forcaring enough to be a memberof the Conservation Federa-tion of Missouri!

—Dave MurphyExecutive Director, CFM

VIEW FROM THE STONE HOUSE

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Now Is The Moment

ortant

Hello CFM Members! Iwanted to begin with apartial quote from the

Book of Ecclesiastes:“To every thing there is a

season, and a time to every pur-pose under the heaven…”

My favorite season happensto be fall,which has officiallyarrived in Missouri. It is a veryspecial time of year for me formany reasons. The intensesummer heat is gone alongwith the high humidity levels.Fall also ushers in Missouriarchery deer season which Ihave participated in for morethan 40 years! Whether youfind yourself in the woods orengaging in other outdooractivities, I think you will agreethe crisp clear days of fall aregifts from nature.

Fall is also a magical timefor Bull Elk as they court andgather female elk. Since I’veretired from teaching I havemade it my business to be inthe Rocky Mountains in lateSeptember to watch Bull Elk inaction and listen to theirbugling. The sounds thesemagnificent animals make dur-

ing their breeding season issomething every outdoor per-son should have the opportuni-ty to hear.

We may some day enjoy lis-tening to Elk right here in Mis-souri. The Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation isconsidering the reintroductionof elk to the “Show Me” state.Notice I said the reintroduc-tion. I suspect Lewis and Clarkdined on elk as well as deer asthey traveled across our stateon their way to the Pacific. Iam excited about the possibilityof a small population of elk inour southeastern Ozark region.With our support elk in Mis-souri could once again becomea reality.

My hope is that you won’thave to travel to the RockyMountains to get a glimpse ofelk and listen to that incrediblebugle! If elk are reintroducedto Missouri I am certain ourDepartment of Conservationwill do a great job of managingthese animals.

—Mike SchallonPresident, CFM

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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The Magic Of Autumn

CFM is an organizationthat is run by its members,through committee. ThisAugust and September wewere able to pull off three verysuccessful events and I want toextend by thanks to thosecommittee members.

Sporting Clays ClassicGlenn Chambers and Tom

Russell, Co-chairs, ZackHornbuckle, Aaron Jefferies,

Sara Parker Pauley, MattReams, Chad Shoemaker,Norm Stucky, Dan Witter

75th AnniversaryBrent & Tiffany Bayer,

Glenn & Jeannie Chambers,Dave & Gunilla Murphy, Sara& Scott Pauley, Mike & MossieSchallon, David & RebeccaSmith, Dan & Brenda Witter

My special thanks toWayne Loveless and Forrest

Keeling Nursery for donatinga red oak seedling for eachguest, and to Frank and JudyOberle of Pure Air Native Seedfor their donation of wild-flower seed packets!

Fall ConferenceBarbara van Benschoten,

chair, Marvin Behnke, RyanDiener, Diane Mulick, CharleyPonciroli, Sara Seidler, Sy Sei-dler

SpecialThanks To

CFM CommitteeMembers

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TEAMING WITH WILDLIFE

This year marks the10th Anniversary ofthe State WildlifeGrants Program – a

national funding source cre-ated to prevent species frombecoming endangered byprotecting and restoringnative habitats. Missouri hasreceived more than $12.4million over the past 10 years(averaging about $1.2 millionannually) to help ensure thatMissouri has healthy, sustain-able plant and animal com-munities for future genera-tions to use and enjoy. Part ofthis vision is to have fish, for-est and wildlife resources inappreciably better conditiontomorrow than they aretoday. That is why projectsand conservation actions aredeveloped through citizens,government agencies andnon-governmental organiza-tions working together toprotect, sustain, enhance,restore or create sustainableplant and animal communi-ties of local, state and nation-al significance.

CFM affiliates includingNational Wild Turkey Feder-ation, Missouri Prairie Foun-dation, Ducks Unlimited andthe Missouri Ruffed GrouseSociety have utilized this

funding to keep habitatshealthy throughout the state.One important state fundingsource made possible withState Wildlife Grant fundingis the Missouri Bird Conser-vation Initiative (MoBCI)Grant Program. MoBCI is acoalition of over 55 organiza-tions and agencies that sup-port bird conservation inMissouri. State WildlifeGrant funding has made theMoBCI Grants program pos-sible each year since 2003. Inthe past six years, StateWildlife Grant funding hasallowed more than $600,000to be available for MoBCIgrants which has beenmatched with over $1.2 mil-lion in partner funds! Thisinvestment has made thou-sands of acres of bird habitatwork possible on public andprivate lands throughoutMissouri.

The State Wildlife GrantsProgram also makes theDepartment of Conserva-tion’s Wildlife Diversity Fundpossible. This significantfunding source is made avail-able to Missouri Departmentof Conservation employeesand partners to accomplishnative habitat restoration andresearch and inventory needs

for species of con-servation concernon public and pri-vate land. Over thepast decade, tens ofthousands of acreshave been restoredwith conservationpractices such asclearing unwantedtrees and brushfrom native prairie,replanting nativespecies, and apply-ing prescribed fireto stimulate natural commu-nities. Practically every habi-tat type has benefited byprojects made possible byState Wildlife Grants, includ-ing wetlands, rivers, forests,woodlands, savannas, glades,prairies and caves.

The State Wildlife GrantsProgram is a major accom-plishment of the TeamingWith Wildlife Coalition – anetwork of over 6,000 organ-izations and businessesnationally (275 in Missouri)that support additional fund-ing for fish, forest andwildlife conservation.Because it is an annuallyappropriated funding source,the Teaming With WildlifeCoalition must speak up eachyear to ensure its inclusion in

the Department of Interior’sbudget. Your organization orbusiness can help supportState Wildlife Grant funding(and other potential fundingsources), by joining theTeaming With Wildlife Coali-tion. It’s free and easy to join.Simply fill out the brief format www.teaming.com/actionor contact Amy Buechler(800-575-2322,abuechler@confedmo.org).Learn more and downloadthe new report, “Partnershipsin Action: A Decade of StateWildlife Grants ConservingAll Wildlife in Missouri” atour website: www.confed-mo.org/teaming.

—Amy Buechler, TeamingWith Wildlife Coordinator

Celebrate! 10 Years of State Wildlife Grant Funding

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TEAMING WITH WILDLIFE

On a sunny day inlate June, the Mis-souri TeamingWith Wildlife

Coalition had an opportunityto host Shawna Searcy, Con-gressman Graves’ Liberty,MO Field Representative, ona field tour of the SmithvilleLake Grassland RevitalizationProject. Smithville Lake is a7,000 acre Corps of Engineersreservoir 25 miles north ofKansas City. Much of the landsurrounding the lake is leasedby the Clay County Depart-ment of Parks, Recreationand Historic Sites for trails,recreation and open space.

Since 2004, the ClayCounty Department of Parks,

Recreation and Historic Siteshas worked with partners onthe Smithville GrasslandRevitalization Project. This

project is designed to restorenearly 2,300 acres of savannasand warm season grasslandsaround Smithville Lake.

State Wildlife Grants madea large part of this work pos-sible through the Clay Coun-ty Department of Parks,Recreation and Historic Sitesapplying for and receivingMoBCI Grant funding. Wewere pleased to showcase thisproject to Shawna and haveher share this success story ofa project in the 6th Districtwith Congressman Graves.Congressman Graves hasbeen largely supportive ofState Wildlife Grant funding,but did not sign on to the“Dear Colleague” letter insupport of State WildlifeGrants this year. We hope tohave him back on the letternext spring!

In mid-September, Con-gressman Ike Skeltonand his wife, Patty,spent an afternoon with

citizens and conservationistsin the community of ColeCamp.

Congressman Skelton hasbeen one of Missouri’sstrongest supporters of theState Wildlife Grants pro-gram, signing a letter to sup-port funding each year of the

program’s existence.Our afternoon began on

Hi Lonesome ConservationArea, a 650 acre nativeprairie owned by the Mis-souri Department of Conser-vation. As part of the ColeCamp/Hi Lonesome Conser-vation Opportunity Area, HiLonesome ConservationArea has benefited fromfunding made possiblethrough State Wildlife

Grants. Projects over the past10 years include non-prairiewoody plant removal andpatch burn grazing (amethod of using cattle graz-ing and fire to mimic histori-cal processes on the prairie).

Across the road, MissouriPrairie Foundation (MPF)president, Stan Parrishshowcased land purchased byMPF board member, WayneMorton. This piece of private

property has been complete-ly transformed over the pastyear with the removal ofthousands of woody treesthat had encroached on thisnative prairie. Dr. Morton’sland purchase is an excellentexample of private landown-ers assisting with habitatwork in a priority Conserva-tion Opportunity Area.

Smithville Lake Grassland Field Tour With Congressman Graves’ Staff

Thanks to partner contributions and State Wildlife Grants, almost 200 acresof native grasslands have been established around Smithville Lake.

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Congressman Skelton Visits Cole Camp Area Prairies

See Cole Camp on page 6

As part of our celebration of 10 years of State WildlifeGrant funding, CFM and Missouri’s Teaming WithWildlife Coalition hosted a series of congressionalfield tours, inviting members of congress and their

staff to visit projects that have benefited from State WildlifeGrants. The following segment highlights three field tourevents. For complete field tour articles, visithttp://moteaming.org/congressionalfieldtours.aspx.

CFM Hosts Congressional Field Tours

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Max Alleger and SteveCooper, both with the Mis-souri Department of Conser-vation, led a driving tour ofthe Conservation Opportu-nity Area, highlighting treeremoval along an abandonedrail road corridor and mas-sive woody cover removal atnearby Mora Conservation

Area. State Wildlife Grantfunding assisted in theseprojects and others in thearea, including a private landprairie stream restoration,Audubon Missouri’s commu-nity conservation and grass-land bird recovery efforts andthe statewide greater prairie-chicken recovery efforts.

Cole Camp from page 5

Congressman Ike Skelton (in red shirt), a longtime supporter of StateWildlife Grants, visits recently restored prairie land.

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LaBarque Creek Watershed Tour With Congressman Carnahan’s Congressional Outreach Coordinator

Adozen conservationpartners gathered inthe LaBarque CreekWatershed in late

September to share conserva-tion successes with Congress-man Carnahan’s Congression-al Outreach Coordinator,Kathy Waltz. As part of the 10year anniversary celebrationof State Wildlife Grant fund-ing, this field tour highlightednot only this important feder-al funding source, but also theamazing partnerships and cit-izen involvement from folkswho live within the watershed.

A number of conservationpartners have been active inthe LaBarque Creek water-shed. The Friends of La Bar-que Creek Watershed is a citi-zen group dedicated tocommunity participation inactivities that preserve andimprove the natural state ofthis area. Others in attendancerepresented East-West Gate-

way Council of Governments,Ozark Regional Land Trust,Open Space Council, JeffersonCounty and the MissouriDepartment of Conservation.Each organization and agencyshared a piece of the story thathas aided increased land pro-tection in much of the 8,365acre watershed.

LaBarque Creek WatershedConservation OpportunityArea (COA) is one of the mostbiologically diverse areas ineastern Missouri, but its prox-imity to St. Louis makes itespecially vulnerable to devel-opment. Just outside of Eure-ka, Missouri—the LaBarqueCreek watershed is just 30minutes from the St. LouisArch. More than 44 species offish can be found withinLaBarque Creek, astonishingwhen other nearby streamsaverage just 12 fish species.The COA also features moistbox canyons, delicate sand-

stone cliffs, desert-like gladesand a variety of forest types—all providing home for adiversity of plants andwildlife.

State Wildlife Grants havebeen an important tool to helpramp up partnership efforts.Funds made possible through

State Wildlife Grants havebeen used to conduct anamphibian survey on publicand private land, remove inva-sive species and restore wood-land and forest habitat. Wethank Congressman Carnahanfor his support of the StateWildlife Grants program.

Congressional Outreach Coordinator Kathy Waltz (front row, center) viewsthe successful restoration of the LaBarque Creek Watershed.

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REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE

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Gift From Wood FamilyCharitable Fund JumpstartsBuilding Improvements

We’ve got a great old build-ing at 728 West Main. Known asthe old stone house, or the cot-tonstone house, or the oldhouse… well, I’ve used “old”three times now. It is old—andneeds a little work. Thanks to arecent gift of $10,000 fromNicole Wood and the WoodFamily Charitable Fund, wenow have funding to addresssome basic maintenance issues.The gift will allow us to takecare of problems with our base-ment, gutters, floors and sewerline. With a little more moneywe could make other, muchneeded, improvements. Manyof our windows are old anddrafty, paint and carpet is need-ed, and the upstairs bedroomscould use some work to makethem more functional as offices.Will you help us double thisgenerous gift? Randy Washburnhas already pledged $2,000 andwe’re looking for $8,000 more.I hope you’ll help if you can!

Nancy Addleman Conference Room

A portion of our plannedbuilding renovation is alreadyfunded. Last December, DuaneAddleman made a gift of $5,000in memory of his late wifeNancy. In recognition ofDuane’s gift, the renovated con-ference room will be known asthe Nancy Addleman Confer-ence Room. An anonymous giftof $1,000 brought our total to$6,000, providing just enoughto fund the work as originallybid. However, we are still look-

ing for help with new confer-ence room furniture. Please callour office if you have a sourcefor donated furniture or wouldlike to make a gift to help withthe cost of new furniture. TheNancy Addleman ConferenceRoom will get heavy use fromCFM members, volunteers, staffand partner organizations, andwe look forward to completingthis much needed upgrade.

Edward K. Love SocietyThe Conservation Federa-

tion of Missouri has establishedthe Edward K.Love Society toacknowledge and thank gener-ous donors who have chosen tosupport CFM through aplanned gift.We hope that thesecommitments will inspire oth-ers to include the ConservationFederation of Missouri in theirestate plans.Planned gifts pro-vide significant funding formany organizations, includingthe National Wildlife Federa-tion, which reports that plannedgiving is one of NWF’s largestsources of revenue. Membershipin the Edward K.Love Society isan ideal way to leave a lastinglegacy for Missouri’s outdoors.We encourage all CFM mem-

bers and supporters to take thisimportant step, regardless of theamount of your gift.

Edward K.Love, born 1870,was one of our nation’s earlyadvocates for conservation.Among his many honors waschairing the meeting when Pres-ident Teddy Roosevelt made hislast great public speech at the St.Louis Coliseum in June of 1918.Love held the important post offinance chairman for the Feder-ation’s 1935-36 campaign,served as CFM’s President in1942-43, was on the originalBoard of the National WildlifeFederation and served a term asMissouri Conservation Com-missioner. Successful in therealty and insurance business,he established and funded theLove Wildlife ConservationFoundation. Since the founda-tion’s beginnings, it has been animportant source of funding forCFM, helping to cover costsassociated with publishing Mis-souri Wildlife. CFM has chosento name our planned givingsociety after Mr. Love in recog-nition of his lifelong dedicationto conservation, and out of deepappreciation for the lastingimpact of his generous philan-thropy.

Have you included the Con-servation Federation of Mis-souri in your will or trust? If youhave, please let us know so thatwe may recognize your commit-ment to conservation andinclude your name in theEdward K.Love Society! You donot need to provide details ofyour estate plan,and anyplanned gift, regardless of size,makes you eligible for inclusion.

Mini GrantsIn honor of CFM’s 75th

anniversary, we are makingmini-grants available to CFMaffiliated organizations. Fundswill be used for projects thataddress recommendationsfrom CFM’s Summit for theFuture of Missouri Outdoors.Guidelines for this program arepurposefully broad, allowingour affiliates to be creative intheir approach to connectingthe summit recommendationto their own organizationalobjectives. Projects will: 1)Connect families to nature andget the message out that a qual-ity, healthy outdoors is essentialfor human life; 2) Conserveplants, animals, and naturalcommunities so that they arediverse, healthy and resilient; 3)Increase funding for opera-tions, capital improvementsand special projects thataddress wildlife habitat andoutdoor recreation at the local,state and federal level.

Half the funding for thesegrants and this year’s round ofTeaming With Wildlife grantshas been provided by Bass ProShops. Significant funding hasalso been provided by TheOpen Space Council for the St.Louis Region and the NationalWildlife Federation. Theremainder of the funding hascome from members of CFM’sboard—thank you! We’d stilllike to raise an additional$5,000 to fund these worthyprojects. Requests for Proposalshave been mailed out to each ofour affiliates, and applicationsare due back to CFM by January 5, 2011.

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

CFM Offers Opportunities To Give And Receive

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Gift memberships are a great way to support conservation and CFM!

Your gift will include 6 issues of Missouri Wildlife, a logo decal and a membership card, as well as anote identifying you as the sender. Please check the membership level you would like to give as a gift:

� $25—Individual � $15—Student � $30—Family� $100—Sustaining � $1000—Lifetime

Gift of conservation fromName ________________________________________________Phone: ______________

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City: __________________________________________________ State: ____________

ZIP code: __________________________________________________________________

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Pay via check (payable to Conservation Federation of Missouri) or charge (MasterCar d, Visa or Discover)

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Please mail toConservation Federation of Missouri • 728 West Main • Jefferson City, MO 65101-1559

If you have questions, call us at 1-800-575-2322 or visit us at www .confedmo.orgCFM is an IRS-approved tax-exempt not-for-profit, so your donations are tax deductible.

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The Conservation Foundation of MissouriCharitable Trust and the Conservation Federationof Missouri are pleased to announce that applica-tions are now being accepted for the 2011 CharlesBell Conservation Scholarships.

In the 2011 Bell Scholarship Program, eightscholarships will be awarded: one graduate($600), one undergraduate ($500) and six for ele-mentary, high school or youth groups ($250each). In this latter category, CFM members whowork with Boy Scouts, 4-H, environmental clubsor youth chapters of their affiliate are eligible andencouraged to apply.

Graduate applicants must be enrolled in afield of study related to conservation, natural

science or earth resources at an accredited collegeor university. Undergraduate applicants musthave 60 credit hours or more and should haveenrolled in an area related to conservation.Preference in all cases will be given to applicantsenrolled in Missouri schools. The deadline forapplications is January 15, 2011.

These scholarships are named in memory ofCFM past president Charles P. Bell, whose familyprovided major funding for this program.

For an application form, write toConservation Federation of Missouri, BellScholarships, 728 West Main Street, JeffersonCity, MO 65101 or call (573) 634-2322 or (800)575-2322.

Applications Now Being Accepted For The Charles P. Bell Conservation Scholarship

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With memories ofthe Future ofMissouri Out-doors still lin-

gering afresh in the minds ofpast President Glenn Cham-bers and Executive DirectorDave Murphy, they reflectedon the most obvious question,“Now what?” The Summithad been a success as ideaswere exchanged and prioritiesestablished for the state’s out-door future. The most daunt-ing challenge now was how tobegin to implement those pri-orities. That’s when the ideaof the Outdoor Action Com-mittee (OAK) came to life.The OAK, reasoned Glenn andDave, would ensure the priori-ties identified at the Summitwould be moved forward toaction—no easy task! Thenext step was to select a com-mittee—with members repre-senting different regions ofthe state, as well as naturalresource backgrounds, includ-ing representatives from theMissouri Department of Con-servation and Department ofNatural Resources.

Once the committee was inplace, the arduous task of lay-ing the groundwork began.OAK members have met threetimes in 2010 in an effort todevelop an action plan.TheCommittee took the 10 Priori-ties identified at the Summitand synthesized them into 3goal areas: Education, Conser-vation/ Natural ResourceManagement, and Funding.Subcommittees have beenformed for each of the threeareas to further develop the

action planning detail foreach. The OAK Action Planwill be presented to the CFMExecutive Committee and FullCommittee in February at theCFM Annual Convention.Until then, much workremains to get a plan in placeand priority actions identi-fied—so that the REAL workof implementation can begin.

OAK’s vision, mission, valuesand goals are detailed below.

Draft VisionMissouri is the leading

state in Outdoor participa-tion, Outdoor education, Out-door access, and naturalresource protection.

Draft ValuesMissouri Outdoors

requires fish, forests, wildlife,soil, water, air, nature, naturalcommunities and out-of-doors recreation beinghealthy, productive and sus-tainable.

Outdoor experiences areessential to mental, physical,and spiritual health

The privilege to engage inlegal and ethical Outdooractivities.

Engaged stewardship isvital to Missouri’s Outdoors.

Outdoor goals will beachieved by citizen action,investment and partnerships.

Youth are our passion andessential to Missouri’s Out-door future.

The North American Modelof Wildlife Conservation.

Draft Mission To be the catalyst for coor-

dinated efforts among agen-cies, organizations and citi-zens to fulfill the vision forMissouri’s Outdoors.

Draft Goals• Education

To ensure that Missouriimplements a coordinated andcomprehensive Outdoor Edu-cation effort, that incorpo-rates the values and benefits ofan outdoor lifestyle and ethicfor Missourians of every age.

• Conservation/NaturalResource Management

To ensure the conservationof sustainable Missouri land-

scapes and for enhanced Out-door participation and access.

• FundingTo ensure sufficient public

and private funding for Out-door participation, Outdooraccess, and natural resourceprotection.

If you have questions aboutOAK, you may contact theCommittee Chair, Sara Pauley,at saraparkerpauley@mac.comor Vice-Chair, Susan Traut-man, at strautman@grgstl.org.

—Sara PauleyCommittee Chair

Outdoor Action Committee Reports On Progress

2011 MDC Natural Events Calendar

MDC’s ever-popular calendar keeps you in touch with the year’s seasonal changes. Thanks to the splendid talents

of contributing nature photographers, you’ll be able to enjoywild Missouri indoors when you can’t get outdoors.

You’ll find monthly reminders of the state’s natural treasures.Daily notes keep you posted on what’s blooming or nesting

and myriad other natural phenomena.

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OAK UPDATE

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Governor Jay Nixonand First Lady Geor-ganne Nixon invitedMissouri families to

the Governor’s Mansion on Sat-urday, Oct. 16, for the annualHarvest Fest. This year, the eventfocused on getting children andfamilies outdoors and encour-aged Missourians to take theChildren in Nature Challenge.

Harvest Fest, held in con-junction with the JeffersonCity’s Downtown Association’sannual fall festival, was spon-sored by the Conservation Fed-eration of Missouri, the Mis-souri Department of NaturalResources and the MissouriDepartment of Conservation. Arecord-breaking attendance ofover 4,300 were on hand for theactivities held from 11 a.m.to 4p.m.

“The Governor and I aredelighted to welcome Missourifamilies to the Governor’s Man-sion for this annual traditionand to celebrate the fun andadventure of spending time out-doors,”Mrs. Nixon said.“Weknow that children benefit bothphysically and mentally byreconnecting with nature. TheChildren in Nature Challenge isdesigned to help families takeadvantage of opportunities tohave fun outdoors, and that’sexactly what we’ll be highlight-ing at Harvest Fest this year.”

Established earlier this yearby Gov. Nixon, the Children inNature Challenge is a coordinat-ed effort of numerous state

departments, including NaturalResources, Conservation,Health and Senior Services,Mental Health, Elementary andSecondary Education,Higher

Education, and EconomicDevelopment, to recognize fam-ilies and communities who cre-ate opportunities for their chil-dren to get outside. Families

and communities can learnmore about the Challenge andsign up by visiting childreninna-ture.mo.gov.

Gov. Nixon, First Lady Highlight Children In NatureChallenge During 2010 Harvest Fest

Animals, Music And Halloween Crafts On The Governor’s MansionGrounds Encourage Children To Get Outside And Enjoy Nature

The ConservationFoundation ofMissouri CharitableTrust has added five

new graduate scholarships of$1,000 each to their conserva-tion scholarship program.Named in honor of longtimeFederation conservationistand the first Chairman of theConservation FoundationCarl Morrow, the scholarshipswill provide financial assis-tance to Missouri graduatestudents in five naturalresource management areas:fisheries, forestry, wildlife,parks and recreation, and soiland water conservation.

The scholarships are a jointventure with the professionalresource societies, the Mis-souri chapters of the WildlifeSociety, American FisheriesSociety, the Society of Ameri-can Foresters, the MissouriParks and Recreation Associa-tion and the Show-me Chap-ter Soil and Water Conserva-tion Society. The societiesprovide committees to reviewapplications and select therecipients. The arrangementhas been used for several yearswith great success for theFoundation’s Ed Stegner Nat-

ural Resource program thatgrants scholarships to under-graduates in these same areas.

Carl Morrow, a lifelong res-ident of Jefferson City, was theVice President of MissouriPower and Light. He served inmany volunteer positions withthe Federation and the Foundation. Through hisefforts the Foundationbecame a firmly establishedand financially viable publictrust.

Applicants must be Mis-souri residents who are orplan to be enrolled as a gradu-ate student at a Missouri col-lege or university. Moredetailed information andapplications are available bywriting Carl Morrow Gradu-ate Scholarships, Conserva-tion Foundation of MissouriCharitable Trust, 212 S. RockCreek, Jefferson City, MO65101. Applications and sup-porting material must be sub-mitted by December 31.

The Foundation has alsoannounced the addition oftwo more undergraduatescholarships.

The Minority NaturalResource Scholarship is a$1,000 grant that seeks to

encourage minority studentsto choose natural resourcemanagement as a career. TheFoundation’s goal is to ultimately increase culturaldiversity within Missouri’sstate and federal naturalresource agencies. Preferencemay be given to individualswith a demonstrated financialneed. Contact the Founda-tion at the above address formore information and appli-cations.

Another scholarship is spe-cific to students living in Mar-ion or Ralls counties. Thiswas established with a dona-tion from longtime Federationaffiliate, the Mississippi Valley

Gun Club. The stipendencourages high school sen-iors or college students fromthat area to choose a career infish, forest or wildlife conser-vation. Its establishment paystribute to the dedicated con-servationists who organizedand were members of the Mis-sissippi Valley Gun Club.

If you would like to donateto any of the Foundation’sconservation scholarship pro-grams or talk to a trusteeabout establishing one in yourname or that of a loved one,call (573) 496-3986, email tocdfound@socket.net, or writeto the Foundation in JeffersonCity.

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The Conservation Federation of Missouriis pleased to announce that nominations arebeing accepted for the prestigious MissouriConservation Achievement Awards. Eachyear the CFM recognizes individuals andorganizations in Missouri for their out-standing achievements in conservation. Wewish to acknowledge personal efforts andaward each recipient for actions that havelead to a significant conservation successduring the calendar year. CFM Conserva-tion Awards are presented in the followingcategories:

• Conservationist of the Year• Conservation Communicator of the Year• Forest Conservationist of the Year• Air Conservationist of the Year• Professional Conservationist of the Year• Conservation Educator of the Year• Water Conservationist of the Year• Youth Conservationist of the Year• Hunter Education Instructor of the Year• Wildlife Conservationist of the Year• Soil Conservationist of the Year• Conservation Organization of the Year

Any resident of Missouri may be nomi-nated for a Conservation Award. All clubs,including but not limited to CFM affiliates,are eligible for consideration. Anyone maysubmit an application.

To nominate someone for an award sim-ply write his or her name, address and occu-pation on a nomination form along with

your name, address and the specific catego-ry in which you are nominating the individ-ual or club. You must include a statement,no longer than three pages typewritten,detailing the nominee’s contributions toconservation during the calendar year.

The deadline is December 31, 2010. Sendthe application to:

CFM728 West Main StreetJefferson City, MO 65101

For detailed information on the CFMaward categories, please visit our website at www.confedmo.org. Winners will be thespecial guests of the CFM at the AnnualMeeting of Delegates, February 25, 2011, atthe Lodge of Four Seasons.

Send In Nominations Now For Conservation Achievement Awards

2009 Professional Conservationist of the Year, Denny Bopp, receiving his award from CFM ExecutiveDirector Dave Murphy.

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For the first time in thefour years that I haveparticipated in theConservation Leader-

ship Corps (CLC) youth pro-gram sponsored by the Con-servation Federation ofMissouri (CFM), I had thepleasure of attending theannual Fall Conference heldat Camp Clover Point,September 17–19.

Unlike the Annual Con-vention where CLC studentsput countless hours intobrainstorming and compos-ing resolutions to Missouristate laws, the Fall Confer-ence gives students and CFMmembers a chance to resttheir minds and enjoy exactlywhat they work so hard toprotect, the great outdoors.

This year’s conferencefocused on Missouri StateParks and Historic sites andtheir commendable achieve-ments so far in 2010.Perhapsthe biggest success of the yearwas the State Parks YouthCorps (SPYC) developed byGovernor Jay Nixon. Similarto the Civilian ConservationCorps (CCC) put in place byPresident Franklin D. Roo-sevelt during the GreatDepression, Nixon put youngMissourians ages 17–24 towork in state parks this sum-mer while helping them earnsome cash in times wherefinding a summer job isn’t soeasy due to the current eco-nomic recession.

To give us a taste of thework these young peoplehave been doing all summerand to show our appreciationto the state parks, everyonewho attended the conference

was able to do their part togive back. We were eachassigned our own project tocomplete Saturday morningbefore noon. In those fewshort hours, the conferenceparticipants along with helpfrom a handful of SPYC stu-dents painted and detailedseveral buildings, shoveledgravel to line paved trails andthe volleyball court, patchedholes in pavement withasphalt, completely resur-faced the gravel floor of oneof the outdoor amphitheatersand replaced worn outbenches.

While working on theprojects, I had a chance totalk with some of the SPYCstudents. Many of themappreciated having the job.They were mostly unsureabout their future, but atleast the state parks were giv-ing them a leg up for the timebeing and maybe leadingthem down the path to acareer in conservation.Nonetheless, the work theyhad done was definitely mak-ing a difference. After helpingthem for a half day’s work,

back aching and sweatdrenched, I was very appre-ciative of what the SPYC stu-dents had done.

A week prior to the FallConference, CFM celebratedits 75th anniversary on Sept.10 at the Tiger Hotel inColumbia, MO, where it allbegan. Governor Nixon final-ized the evening by speakingto the crowd about the“future of conservation.”

The governor has made apoint of visiting all the stateparks and has been able toview firsthand the results ofthe hard work SPYC studentshave put in this summer.This, among the many otherthings Governor Nixon men-tioned, is the “future of con-servation.”

As a CLC student, I alongwith other youth in the stateget the opportunity to bepart of the future of conser-vation that the governorholds in such high regard.Though other young adultsour age may be unaware ofMissouri’s conservationissues, CLC students aredevoted to making changes

in the politics of conserva-tion. We get to participatefirsthand in the process ittakes for changes to be made.Not only do we gain valuableexperience doing so, we alsoget to network with profes-sionals in the field and learnall the work they do to com-memorate the outdoors andshare their passion. I amproud to be a part of anorganization where I know Iam making a difference in mystate which can be reflectednationwide.

—Amanda NoelConservation Leadership Corps

About the author:Amanda originally hails

from Hannibal, MO, and iscurrently a senior at Colum-bia College in Columbia,MO, majoring in environ-mental studies and minoringin communication and biolo-gy. Amanda was nominatedto be part of CLC in 2007after participating in theMissouri Department ofConservation Honors Pro-gram in 2006, which is spon-sored by the MissouriDepartment of Conservationand the University of Mis-souri School of NaturalResources. Amanda currentlyhas an internship at BigMuddy National Fish andWildlife Refuge where sheassists the park ranger withvisitor services and outreach.After graduation, she planson traveling and landing asimilar job out of state beforegetting her master’s degree innatural resource recreationand tourism.

The Future Of Conservation

Students in the Conservation Leadership Corps and the State Parks YouthCorps hone their painting skills at the Fall Conference at Camp Clover Point.

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Camp Clover Point has provided CFM with an ideal place to meet each fall. This year CFMgave back a little.Our Conservation Leadership Corps and general membership joined forceswith the State Park Youth Corps to paint, pave, gravel and take on a variety of jobs. Most of theeducational programs for the weekend focused on our state parks and their history. The foodwas outstanding – as always, and the happy hour and auction were a huge success. If you’venever attended fall conference, or even if you have, we hope you’ll make time next fall to joinfellow CFM members at the Lake of the Ozarks State Park for a fun and informative weekend!

Fall Conference Gallery

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It is no coincidence that the condi-tion of our state’s wildlife and natu-ral resources has improved dramati-cally during the 75 years since the

Conservation “and Restoration” Federa-tion of Missouri was formed in Columbiaon September 10, 1935. Our founders’brilliant blueprint for conservation suc-cess, which was set into place through ini-tiative petition and the passage of Propo-sition 4 in 1936,provided the cornerstoneon which future generations have contin-ued to build. Over the years, CFM haschampioned the protection of our Ozarkstreams, passage of the Missouri CleanWater Act, dedicated funding for conser-vation, and dedicated funding for parksand soils. The list of accomplishmentscontinues today, and it is that long listthat was the reason for our recentanniversary celebration.

The weekend’s festivities started onFriday afternoon at Bass Pro Shops,where the State Historical Society of Mis-souri teamed up with CFM to host anexhibition of Charles Schwartz artwork.Schwartz was a long-time biologist, artistand photographer for the MissouriDepartment of Conservation, famous for

his depiction of wildlife in oil, watercolor,pen and ink, charcoal, scratchboard andbronze. Missouri wine from Les Bour-geois Vineyard, music, art and great com-pany made this a memorable start to agreat evening.

The Tiger Hotel was the site of theevening dinner, where 75 years before, onthat same day and in that same place, thefederation was formed. With the help ofBass Pro Shops, the hotel was transformedinto a wildlife museum. Guests were greet-ed in the lobby by a full mounted bull elk,and as they made their way up the stairs tothe ballroom, they passed by full mountsof a mountain lion,grizzly bear, tiger andmagnificent whitetail deer. Speakersincluded Bill Crawford, Bob Priddy andGovernor Nixon, each of whom spokebeautifully of the importance of our out-door resources, and the historic and futurerole of citizens in Missouri.

Crawford, 92, was in attendance at themeeting 75 years ago, and gave perspectiveon the conservation movement in the1930’s. However, Crawford brought morethan just words to connect the audiencewith that transformational moment intime. During the founding meeting,

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist J.N.“Ding”Darling, doodled on the paper table cloth,and thanks to then-editor of the ColumbiaDaily Tribune , H. J. Waters II, Darling’sdrawing of mallards landing in a marshand a bass striking at a dragon fly, sur-vived. Waters tore the drawing from thetable cloth and brought it home, where itstayed until he passed away and his widowgave it to Crawford. Crawford used theoccasion of the 75th anniversary to passthe sketch on to CFM. (We are gratefuland cherish this newly discovered piece ofour history. Thank you, Mr. Crawford!)

Mr. Priddy urged CFM members not tocelebrate too long, as there is more work tobe done. That work started up again Satur-day morning at 9:00 a.m.,with a full slateof committee meetings, lunch and CFM’sfall board meeting. Those who needed toglow in the moment just a little longergathered again on the deck at Bass ProShops on Saturday night to enjoy eachother’s company and another wonderfulreception, courtesy of David Smith and thegood folks at Bass Pro Shops in Columbia.It was truly a blessing to have such successto celebrate and so many dedicated conser-vationists to celebrate with.

CFM Draws On 75-Year History To Plan For Future

Thanks to Bill Crawford for giving

this historic Ding Darling sketch

to CFM, complete withcoffee ring stain from

our first meeting!

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Missouri wine fromLes Bourgeois

Vineyard, music, artand great company

made this a memorable start to

a great evening.

CFM’s first vice president, Duane Addleman, presented Nancy Blankenship with a plaque inducting her into “lifemembership” in the federation, then delighted Nancy and the crowd by asking for her hand in marriage. Theanswer was yes!

Above: The State Historical Societyof Missouri worked overtime toshowcase 500 pieces of CharlesSchwartz art.

Left: Geralyn Hoey, NWF regionalrepresentative to CFM, and NicoleWood, CFM member and NWF boardmember, present Ed Stegner with aspecial award from the NationalWildlife Federation.

Far left: Chip McGeehan and AaronJeffries attend the CharlesSchwarz exhibit at Bass Pro Shops.

Dru Buntin, Davis Minton and Crystal Lovett-Tibbs enjoy the festivities.

A Missouri Department of Conser-vation film crew documents theweekend’s events for a feature onMDC’s 75th anniversary in 2011.

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CFM Sporting Clays Classic Nearly Doubles In 4th Year

Saturday, August 14, wasa hot one! But thatdidn’t stop 103 shoot-ers from coming out to

River Hills Sporting Claysnear Boonville, to enjoy goodfood and friendly competitionat the 4th annual CFM Sport-ing Clays Classic. Prizes weredonated by Bass Pro Shops inColumbia, and with 44 spon-sors on board, we were able tomake more than $8,000 forCFM. Thanks to all of ourshooters and volunteers forcoming out and braving theAugust heat! Don’t miss thisevent next year!!

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Charles Abele, Saint LouisR. Philip Acuff, Saint JosephDuane Addleman, SpringfieldNancy Addleman†Tom Addleman, Kansas CityJames Agnew, ArnoldAllan Appell, CalhounRichard Ash, Saint CharlesCarolyn Auckley, BallwinMichael Baker, DeSotoDane Balsman, PerryvilleNancy Blankenship, JoplinJim Tom Blair, Saint LouisMarilynn Bradford, Cape GirardeauStephen Bradford, Cape GirardeauGlenn Chambers, ColumbiaRon Coleman, Saint AlbansMark Corio, ColumbiaBill Crawford, ColumbiaRyan Diener, MarthasvilleJohn Enderle, KelsoHoward Fisher, HigginsvilleMary Louise Fisher, HigginsvilleMr. & Mrs. Andrew Fleming, ColumbiaHoward & Sara Fleming, MoberlyMr. & Mrs. Matt Fleming, MoberlyMatt Gaunt, ColumbiaTimothy Gordon,

BelgradeJeff Kolb, Saint Charles

Richard & Sally Graham, HartsburgGray Manufacturing Company,

Saint JosephDebbie Gremmelsbacher,

Saint LouisGery Gremmelsbacher,

Saint LouisMark and Kathy Haas, JacksonHerman Hanley, Grain ValleyMickey Heitmeyer, AdvanceRandy Herzog, Saint Joseph

James Hill, MexicoAllan Hoover, Pleasant HillJohn Hoskins, FremontLarry & Joan Hummel, GlencoePatricia Hurster, Saint LouisAaron Jeffries, Jefferson CityDon Johnson, FestusMalcolm “Mac” Johnson, HartsburgRoger & Debbie Johnson, HumansvilleTom Karl, FarmingtonDuane & Cosette Kelly, IndependenceMarty King, University CityJudd Kirkham, Climax SpringsSara Knight, Charlotte, NCCarl Kurz, Leawood, KSAnn Kutscher, Jefferson CityLarry Lackamp, Bates CityKyle Lairmore, OwensvilleJay Law†Gerald Lee, Kansas CityJoel LeMaster, FultonNorman Leppo, Saint LouisJohn Lewis, ColumbiaLeroy Logan, ArnoldChristine Logan-Hollis, BlackwellIke Lovan, SteelvilleChip and Teresa McGeehan, MarshfieldRichard Mendenhall, ColumbiaCynthia Metcalfe, Saint LouisDavis Minton, DexterJohn Moore, Jr., SpringfieldJohnny Morris, SpringfieldDavid Murphy, ColumbiaDean Murphy, Jefferson CityFirst Lady Georganne Wheeler Nixon,

Jefferson CityGov. Jay Nixon, Jefferson CitySara Parker Pauley, HartsburgAbe Phillips, Saint LouisJan Phillips, Saint LouisJerry Presley, Centertown

Albert Price, ColumbiaNick Prough, HarrisonvilleDavid & Janice Reynolds, SpringfieldGerald Ross, Jefferson CityBruce & Jan Sassman, BlandMike Schallon, WentzvilleMossie Schallon, WentzvilleTimothy Schwent, JacksonGeorge Seek, MeadvilleE. “Sy” Seidler, Saint LouisSara Seidler, Saint LouisGary & Susanna Smith, NeoshoM.W. Sorenson, ColumbiaEd Stegner, Pilot GroveCharles & Winnie Stribling, MexicoMary Stuppy, JoplinMark Sullivan†Jim Talbert, Jefferson CityTim Thompson, Saint CharlesJeff (J. T.) Tillman, Lake OzarkGary Van De Velde, Jefferson CityBarbara VanBenschoten,

Kansas CityLee Vogel, Kansas CityAl Vogt, ColumbiaJulius Wall, ClintonRandy Washburn, Jefferson CityHenry J. Waters, III, ColumbiaRobert Werges, ArnoldMark Williams, LawsonStephen Wilson, HartsburgMichael Wilson, Saint LouisBrenda Witter, Holts SummitDaniel Witter, Holts SummitDick Wood, Saint LouisHoward Wood, Bonne TerreJoyce Wood, Bonne TerreDan Zerr, O’FallonJim Zieger, Blue SpringsRobert Ziehmer, California† Deceased

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AFFILIATE EVENTSCAPITAL CITY FLY FISHERSNOV 4: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veter-ans Hospital – ConferenceRoom C202, Columbia(3:00pm)NOV 9: Regular Club Meeting,First Baptist Church, JeffersonCity (6:00pm – 9:00pm)NOV 18: Teach a Vet to Tie, Vet-erans Hospital – ConferenceRoom C202, Columbia(3:00pm)DEC 2: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veter-ans Hospital – ConferenceRoom C202, Columbia(3:00pm)DEC 14: Regular Club Meeting,First Baptist Church, JeffersonCity (6:00pm – 9:00pm)DEC 16: Teach a Vet to Tie, Vet-erans Hospital – ConferenceRoom C202, Columbia(3:00pm)

GREENWAY NETWORKNOV 1: Annual Members Meet-ing, Culpepper’s Restaurant(6:30pm – 9:00pm)NOV 14: Maline Creek Monitor-ing, Ferguson (1:00pm –4:00pm); David or Mark (314)388-1423NOV 26: Indian Market Days,Cahokia Mounds State HistoricSite (12:00pm – 5:00pm)NOV 27: Indian Market Days,Cahokia Mounds State HistoricSite (9:00am – 5:00pm)NOV 28: Indian Market Days,Cahokia Mounds State HistoricSite (9:00am – 4:00pm) DEC 4: Gland Glaize WatershedMonitoring (1:00pm –4:00pm); Darlene (636) 225-3946 or Bob (314) 494-8432DEC 4: Winter Wonderland Walk& Volksmarch, Saint Louis(8:00am – 11:00am)DEC 4: Fox Creek Water QualityMonitoring (8:30am –12:00pm); Leslie Lihou (314)726-2140DEC 6: Monthly Board Meeting,Saint Charles Community Col-lege, College Center Building –

Room 202 (7:00pm – 9:00pm)DEC 19: Winter Solstice SunriseObservance, Cahokia MoundsState Historic Site (7:00am –8:00am)

MISSOURI DUCKS UNLIMITEDNOV 4: Blue Springs – GrandPrairie Dinner, Elks Lodge, BlueSprings (6:00pm); Paul Bybee(816) 665-3460 or Lorn Den-nis (816) 229-9048NOV 4: Sweet Springs Dinner,Sweet Springs (5:30pm); TonyaWinfrey (660) 238-2708 orBrian Vogelsmeier (660) 641-4939NOV 6: Clinton – Golden ValleyDinner, Benson Conservationand Expo Center, Clinton(6:00pm); Parker Mills (660)885-3368 or Matt Cox (660)924-5004NOV 6: Mound City – SquawCreek Dinner, The Klub, MoundCity (5:30pm); Bud Reilly(660) 442-5547 or SheriWright (660) 442-5837NOV 6: Boonslick Dinner,Knights of Columbus Hall,Boonville (5:30pm); MusialWolfe (660) 882-6387 or DavidWax (660) 882-0058NOV 13: Two Rivers Suzies Din-ner, Stegton Regency, SaintCharles (6:00pm); Jane Bell(314) 570-1040NOV 18: Mid-East MissouriWHP, Festus/Crystal City Con-servation Club Festus(6:30pm); Kerry Portell (636)208-5134DEC 11: Lake of the OzarksLadies Wine Tasting (1:00pm);Tony Reahr (573) 964-5712 orAngie Schuster (573) 348-5073

MISSOURI NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION

FUNDRAISING BANQUETSDEC 4: Ridge Runners Cash Raf-fle, Brashear; Mike Allen (660)323-5531

WHEELIN SPORTSMANS EVENTSNOV 6: Gasconade River Gob-

blers, Owensville; Kyle Lairmore(573) 437-8899

WOMEN IN THE OUTDOORSDEC 3-5: Ladies Doe Hunt,North West Missouri Outfitters,Denver; Karla Ledom (816)582-2241

MISSOURI PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATIONNOV 3-5: Leadership Develop-ment Institute, Adams PointeConference Center, BlueSpringsNOV 9-11: National PlaygroundSafety Institute, North KansasCity Community Center, NorthKansas CityNOV 19: Fall Tune Up Educa-tional Conference, MarylandHeights Community Center,Maryland Heights

MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATIONNOV 2: Life on the MissouriRiver, Jefferson Landing StateHistoric Site/Missouri StateMuseum, Missouri State Capitol(2:00pm – 3:00pm); (573)751-4127

MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATIONNOV 13: Work Day, Jerry SmithPark, Kansas City; (888) 843-6739DEC 9: Work Day, Prairie ForkExpansion Area (9:00am –12:00pm); (888) 843-6739DEC 11: Raptors Workshop,Prairie State Park (9:00am –12:00pm); Jeff Cantrell (417)629-3423 or (417) 476-3311

MISSOURI TROUT FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONNOV 4: Regular Club Meeting,Springfield Nature Center,Springfield (6:00pm)DEC 2: Annual Meeting andChristmas Banquet

MISSOURI WHITETAILS UNLIMITEDNOV 6: Davis Creek ChapterBanquet, Higginsville Commu-nity Center, Higginsville NOV 20: Milan Area ChapterBanquet, Milan CommunityCenter, MilanDEC 4: Jamestown DisabledFreedom Hunt Chapter Ban-quet, Jamestown CommunityCenter, JamestownDEC 11: Warren County DisabledFreedom Hunt Chapter Ban-quet, Saint Stephen United

Methodist Church, Troy

OPEN SPACE COUNCILNOV 6: Operation Wild Lands,Klamberg Woods – BluebirdPark, Ellisville (9:00am)NOV 6: Pesto Festo, Ferguson(6:30pm)

OZARK FLY FISHERSNOV 2: Membership Class, Pow-der Valley Nature Center(6:30pm – 7:30pm)NOV 12-14: Begin Winter ParkC-N-R Season, Bennett SpringState Park – Sand SpringsResortDEC 1: Membership Class, Pow-der Valley Nature Center(6:30pm – 9:00pm)

OZARK WILDERNESS WATERWAYS CLUBNOV 6-7: Day Hikes in theOzarksNOV 13: Potluck Dinner, SwopePark, Kansas City (6:30pm –7:30pm)NOV 13: Business Meeting,Swope Park, Kansas City(7:30pm – 9:00pm)DEC 4: Horse Drawn Parade,Lawrence, KS (10:00am –11:00am)DEC 11: Deck the Halls, SwopePark, Kansas City (9:00am –11:00am)DEC 11: Potluck Dinner, SwopePark, Kansas City (6:30pm –7:30pm)DEC 11: Business Meeting,Swope Park, Kansas City(7:30pm – 9:00pm)

SOUTHSIDE DIVISION CONSERVATION FEDERATIONNOV 11: White Elephant SaleNOV 15: Board Meeting, Ameri-can Legion Post, Saint Louis(7:30pm)DEC 9: Officer Nominations andChristmas Party

CFM EVENTSDEC 11: Board Meeting, RungeNature Center, Jefferson City

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Deer hunters havean easy and inex-pensive way tohelp feed hungry

Missourians this year, thanksto a new partnership betweenthe Conservation Federationof Missouri and the MissouriFood Bank Association(MFBA). During this year’sdeer season, hunters can havetheir deer processed anddonated to local food banksfor free or at a very low costthrough Share the Harvest(STH).

Since 1992, STH has coor-dinated the donation ofvenison to local food banksand pantries, but a signifi-cant portion of processingcosts were the responsibilityof the hunter. Thanks to thisnew agreement, more moneyhas been made available to

subsidize processing. Theresult is little or no cost tohunters and a doubling ofcapacity.

“I think most peoplewould be surprised to learnhow many organizations andindividuals have contributedto Share the Harvest’s successduring its 18 year history,”said Gary Van De Velde, chairof the Conservation Federa-tion of Missouri’s Share theHarvest committee. “Thisprogram is a testament to thepower of partnerships, andwe are thrilled by this incred-ible commitment from theMissouri Food Bank Associa-tion. Thanks to MFBA andthe Department of Economic

Development, we’ve set agoal of processing 10,000deer this year, more thandoubling the 4,200 processedlast year.”

“One of the greatest ongo-ing needs in the fight againsthunger is protein,” saidMFBA state director ScottBaker. “This new partnershipwill provide lean protein tothe hungry Missourians whoneed it the most. We are veryexcited about the possibilitiesof this new opportunity.”

Hunters will still beresponsible for getting deerto a participating STHprocessor. A link to a list ofparticipating processors canbe found at www.feedingmis-souri.org. A simple phonecall to an authorized proces-sor can verify prices.

Archery deer season is

currently underway and runsuntil November 12. Itresumes Nov. 24 throughJanuary 15. Youth firearmsdeer season is January 1–2.Firearms deer season isNovember 13-23. Muzzle-loader deer season isDecember 18–28.

Share the Harvest isadministered by the Conser-vation Federation of Missouriand the Missouri Departmentof Conservation.

The MFBA is a coalitionof the six Feeding Americafood banks in Missouri serving every county in thestate. Last year, Missouri’sfood banks distributed over84 million pounds of food tohungry Missourians througha network of over 1,500pantries, shelters, andkitchens.

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The elk restorationplan is consistentwith the Agency’srich history of suc-

cessful management andrestoration of fish, forest andwildlife for the people ofMissouri

The Missouri Conserva-tion Commission todayapproved an elk restorationplan that includes healthprotocols, herd managementguidelines and habitat man-agement recommendations.Releases of elk could begin assoon as early 2011.

The plan (available atwww.missouriconservation.org) calls for releasing wild elkin a 346-square-mile(221,509 acres) elk restora-tion zone in parts of Shan-non, Carter and Reynoldscounties. The ConservationDepartment selected thislimited restoration zonebecause of extensive publiclands, suitable habitat, lowroad density, minimal agri-cultural activity andlandowner support.

To ensure that Missouri’swildlife and livestock remainhealthy, the plan includeshealth testing guidelinesdeveloped by the MissouriDepartments of Conservationand Agriculture. “The devel-oped animal-health-testingprotocol has been proven inother states and meets orexceeds health-testing require-ments to move livestock orcaptive elk,” said State Veteri-narian Dr. Taylor Woods.

The plan includes proce-dures to address elk thatleave the restoration zoneonto private land where theyare not welcome and huntingto manage the herd in futureyears. All released elk will befitted with radio collars topermit tracking their move-ments.

The plan calls for contin-ued habitat management onpublic lands and cost shareincentives for privatelandowners wanting to

attract elk to their land in therestoration zone. Since 2000,there have been significanthabitat improvements onpublic land in the restorationzone that will benefit elk.

Organizations includingthe Rocky Mountain ElkFoundation and theAppalachian Wildlife Foun-dation have committed tocontributing financialresources and volunteer timeto help with elk restorationin Missouri.

Director Robert Ziehmersaid the Department hasactively engaged citizens andorganizations to gather inputon elk restoration. “A keycomponent of Missouri’splan is the defined restora-tion zone. Given habitatwithin this zone, the limitednumber of elk to be released,established health protocols,monitoring commitment,and solid citizen andlandowner support, imple-mentation will provide natu-ral-resource and recreationalbenefits,” said Ziehmer.

Elk restoration programsin Arkansas, Kentucky, Penn-sylvania and Tennessee havesuccessfully restored limitedelk populations with eco-nomic benefits throughwildlife viewing and hunt-ing.

Jim Smith, owner of CrossCountry Trail Ride in Emi-nence, said restoring elk tothe Missouri Ozarks willhelp his business by extend-ing the tourism season. “Thenatural beauty, abundantwildlife and crystal clearstreams draw people to the Ozarks.Restoring elk will be an extraattraction.”

Elk are native to theShow-Me State but weregone by the mid-1800s, dueto unregulated hunting andhabitat changes.

Jim LowNews Services Coordinator,

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Conservation Commission Approves Elk Restoration Plan

The Missouri Department of Conservation is bringing back this once-nativespecies to a restoration zone in southeast Missouri.

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Missouri’s Urban Deer Harvest Down

Hunters checked 587deer during Mis-souri’s four-dayurban deer season,

a decrease of 53 percent fromlast year. The Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation attrib-utes the decrease to unseason-ably warm weather.

According to the MidwestRegional Climate Center, thedaily high temperature for theperiod Oct. 8 through 11 at Jefferson City over the past 60years has been 72.5 degreesFahrenheit. The high tempera-ture for those four days thisyear—the urban deer season—averaged 83.7 degrees.

The following table showsharvest figures since the urbandeer season began, along withaverage high temperatures atSandborn Field in BooneCounty from the University ofMissouri’s Historical Agricul-tural Weather Database.

Year Harvest High temp (°F)2003 129 502004 2,077 70.52005 1,838 62.62006 1,348 762007 554 85.12008 678 77.52009 1,242 52.72010 587 83.7

Hunter participation in theurban hunt was very low thefirst year. This was mostlybecause the season lasted onlytwo days instead of four, waslimited to only the Kansas Cityand St. Louis areas, and wasrestricted to historic methods,which meant hunters couldnot use centerfire rifles. Leav-

ing out 2003, the three yearswith the highest temperaturesalso were those with the lowesturban deer harvests. Last year,which had the coolest weatherin the urban hunt’s eight-yearhistory, saw an 83 percentjump in harvest from the pre-vious year, when it was 25degrees warmer. Resource Sci-entist Lonnie Hansen said hedoes not believe the correlationis coincidental.

“The changes in the urbandeer harvest between 2006 and2007 and from 2008 through2010 are really striking,” saidHansen.“The number of deeravailable to hunters certainlydidn’t change that drasticallyfrom year to year. It seems clearto me that temperature is play-ing a huge role in determiningharvest during the early sea-son.”

Hansen said he also has

observed a correlation betweentemperature and deer harveston opening weekend of theNovember firearms deer sea-son. He attributes the phenom-enon partly to deer behaviorand partly to hunter behavior.

According to Hansen, deerare less active in warm weatherbecause they do not need to eatas much to maintain theirbody temperature. Movingaround in warm weather prob-ably is uncomfortable for deerin October, when they alreadyhave grown dense coats toinsulate them from wintercold. He said hunters knowdeer are less active and are lessinclined to hunt in warmweather because deer are hard-er to find.

“Many people just don’t feellike hunting deer in short-sleeve weather,” said Hansen.“It’s a practical matter, too. You

don’t want to shoot a deer ifyou can’t cool it right away.Meat can spoil very quicklywhen the temperature is in the70s or 80s.We probably wouldhave better participation in theurban season if the weatherwas cooler at that time of year.”

Top harvest counties duringthis year’s urban hunt wereBoone with 97 deer checked,St. Charles with 91 and Greenewith 86.

Hunters are limited to shoot-ing antlerless deer during theurban hunt. This year’s urbandeer harvest consisted of 79 per-cent does.The idea is to allowhunters to control deer popula-tions around human popula-tion centers, where deer-vehicleaccidents are most prevalent.

—Jim LowNews Services Coordinator,

MDC

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Like farmers aroundthe world, present andpast, we ALL dependon soil and water. If

you think about it — almosteverything surrounding youin your daily life is affected bythese two things.

The Department ofNatural Resources’ Soil andWater ConservationProgramhelps protectMissouri’ssoil andwater resources. In support ofthe state Soil and Water Dis-tricts Commission, the pro-gram provides both financialand technical assistance toagricultural landowners forimplementation of conserva-tion practices that protectthese vital natural resources.

Since its creation, the pro-gram has been a nationalleader in the effort to reduceerosion and prevent sedimentand nutrients from enteringrivers, streams and lakes. Theprogram recently significant-ly expanded the types of con-servation practices availableacross the state. Many ofthese additional conservationpractices are specificallydesigned to reduce impacts towater quality and make surethe program is appropriatelypositioned to address emerg-ing issues facing agriculturein the state of Missouri.

The state Soil and WaterConservation Program isfunded by the parks, soil andwater sales tax. The depart-ment administers the pro-

gram and provides fundinggrants to 114 local Soil andWater Conservation Districtsthat are located in each coun-ty of the state. The districtoffices provide local assis-tance to agriculturallandowners through volun-tary programs that are coor-dinated by a locally electedsoil and water conservationdistrict board. Each districtoperates in close partnershipwith the USDA’s NaturalResources Conservation Ser-vice, or NRCS, and themajority of district staff arelocated in United StatesDepartment of Agricultureservice centers. The state pro-gram relies on its partnershipwith NRCS to provide manyof the technical aspects ofboth conservation planningand cost share practice imple-mentation. In addition, theUniversity of Missouri Exten-sion Office provides a staffmember who serves on eachlocal district board of super-visors. The program alsoworks extensively with theprivate lands service divisionof the Missouri Departmentof Conservation. These part-nerships are crucial for thesuccess of the program andthe achievement of mutuallyshared goals and objectives.

In 2006, Missourians over-whelmingly voted for thefourth time to pass a one-tenth-of-one-percent salestax to support state parks andsoil and water conservationefforts. The ballot measurewas approved by more than70 percent of voters, indicat-

ing the value of the programto the citizens of Missouri. Bypromoting good farmingpractices that help keep soilon the fields and out ofstreams and lakes, each soiland water conservation dis-trict conserves the productiv-ity of our working lands. Theprogram’s success story ispartly told by the amount ofsoil saved. The 2007 NationalResource Inventory report forMissouri released in April2010 shows that among the11 states with more than 10million acres of cultivatedcropland in 2007, Missourihad the largest reductions incultivated cropland soil ero-sion rates over a 25-year peri-od. During this 25-year timeframe, the rate fell from 10.9tons/per acre/per year in 1982to 5.3 tons/per acre/per yearin 2007. Over the same peri-od, Missouri also achievedthe highest percentage rate ofreduction in the nation, witha 51 percent reduction fortons/per acre/per year and 62percent decline for total tonsper year.

Environmental benefitsand soil saved aren’t the onlymeasures of program success.Such conservation efforts alsopay off economically. Accord-ing to a 2008 report by theFood and Agricultural Policy

Research Institute at the Uni-versity of Missouri-Colum-bia, a regional economicassessment found that from1997-2007, public and privateinvestment in cost-sharedpractices initiated by the Mis-souri parks, soils and watersales tax funded conservationprograms totaled nearly $400million. This led to businesssales of more than $500 mil-lion, and helped create morethan 1,000 jobs each year,nearly $80 million in laborincome and more than $110million in property-typeincome. More than $14 mil-lion of indirect business taxeswere produced for local andstate governments. The Soiland Water Conservation Pro-gram’s contributions, addedafter adjusting for public andprivate investments, wasmore than $200 million for1997-2007.

Recently, the programwas able to success-fully leverage a sig-nificant amount of

additional federal fundinginto Missouri as part of theUSDA Mississippi River“Healthy Watersheds” BasinInitiative, or MRBI. The stateof Missouri was awardedmore than $28 million inadditional federal funding for

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Since its creation, the program has been a national leader in the effort to reduce

erosion and prevent sediment and nutrientsfrom entering rivers, streams and lakes.

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the next 4 years to assistlandowners to address nutri-ent impacts to the Gulf ofMexico address from the Mis-sissippi River Basin. Thisfunding will serve to support12 projects across the stateand will provide financialassistance to help producersimplement voluntarily con-servation practices that avoid,control and trap nutrientrunoff, improve wildlife habi-tat and maintain agriculturalproductivity. The watershedsin Missouri that were award-ed MRBI funding are theLower Grand, North ForkSalt, South Fork Salt, LittleRiver Ditches, Lower St. Fran-cois and Cache.

The program has ini-tiated the first stepsof a long-rangestrategic planning

process that builds upon theprogram’s conservation part-nerships. A workgroup ofcore stakeholders recentlymet with a primary focus onthe delivery of cost-sharepractices and the core func-tions of the program. Overtime, other workgroups willbe assembled to address vari-ous topics relating to the Soiland Water Conservation Pro-gram. These efforts will helpidentify contemporary modi-fications of the program thatwill further support decreas-ing the impacts of soil lossacross the state while improv-ing water quality. This pastyear, the development of acentralized computer projecttracking system was complet-ed and fully implemented.The Missouri Soil and WaterInformation ManagementSystem, or MoSWIMS, has

already proved to be atremendous tool in managingcost-share dollars across thestate. Further enhancementsof this tool are in progressand will pay significant divi-dends by providing real timestatewide tracking, conserva-tion project planning andmanagement, as well as con-tributing to long term strate-gic planning and improvedefficiency.

As a result of the consis-tent support from the citizensof Missouri, the Soil andWater Conservation Programhas been a resounding successstory. One can take a drivedown any rural road andobserve a myriad of conser-vation practices installed bylandowners who have partici-pated in the program. Ter-raced fields designed todecrease soil erosion, fieldborders reducing both soiland nutrient losses and exclu-sion fencing to keep cattle outof streams, rivers and forestsare all examples of the landand water stewardship ethicpromoted by the program.As we look to the future, wewill face only increasing pres-sure on our natural resources,along with ongoing expecta-tions for access to clean waterand a desire for plentiful foodsources. This will be a chal-lenge. However, the state ofMissouri has a powerful toolin its successful Soil andWater Conservation Programthat will help to address theseissues and ensure that weleave a productive future forthe next generation.

—Bryan HopkinsSoil and Water Conserva-

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Sheila Anderman, Kansas CityJohn Balkenbush, CentertownRoy & Arlene Ball,

Lees SummitBrittany Barton, Saint LouisBob Bell, SpringfieldTim Bixler, ColumbiaIsabel Blecha, Saint LouisGeorge Bohigan, Saint LouisSam & Etta Bonney,

WashingtonTim Branson, EurekaJason Braunecker, MaysvilleBream Bugs, ChesterfieldCraig Bridell, Saint LouisMaralee Britton,

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WentzvilleFitz Chandler, BallwinDustin Chasteen, BergerWally Clever, Saint LouisTim Cook, Saint LouisVance Cox, TrentonIla Crawford, Saint JosephMary De La Guerra,

WarrentonMorris Dearing, Kansas CityDon Denny, PuxicoKevin Dickbernd, O’FallonMary Donze, Saint Louis

Jim Drew, LibertyRodney Eftink, JacksonRalph Eichholz, OzarkMichael Engle, Saint LouisJeff Esserman, Mason, OHZachary Fallert, BloomsdaleJames Farrar, PerryvilleKenda Flores, SullivanRichard Follwell, DefianceVivian Fortunato, BallwinCharles Foudree, Lees SummitGarrett Fravell, Saint PetersKit & Roger Freudenberg,

Jefferson CitySteve Fry, Kansas CityGary Gardner, Kansas CityJim Gast, ColumbiaG. Goetsch, ChesterfieldGary Gognat, WinonaO’Ray Graber, Saint LouisJames Green, Kansas CityBernie Grice, ColumbiaArt Grillo, Saint PetersRic Groeneman, FentonJack Hambene, Saint LouisJason Hannaman, Kansas CityHeberle Packing Company,

HermannNeil & Marilyn Heimsoth,

Cole CampVictor Heisserer, BentonJake Hemmer, WinfieldPhillip Hendrix, DexterDarwin Hindman, ColumbiaSue Holst, Jefferson CityMichael Hood, ColumbiaJake Hoover, MansfieldBryan Hopkins, Jefferson CityRonald House, FestusRobert Howe, MorrisvilleJackie Hubbard,

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Jefferson CityClint Long, RaymoreMalinmor Hunt Club, EoliaBarry Marquart, Saint LouisHarvey May, WarsawJames McBride, HazelwoodLauren McDaniel,

Point LookoutCharles McFall, CraneMarcelene McFarland, PevelyJohn McGee, ColumbiaBill McKinley, UnionTom & Diane Mendenhall,

ColumbiaJim Meyer, Grain ValleySam Murphey, Jefferson CityWilliam O’Daniel, LynchburgEdward Olander, Saint LouisMarilyn Overkamp, HermannGene Painter, Pilot GroveMichael Paul, Lees SummitKeith Pennington, RogersvilleVernon Pfaff, PattonDoug Phillips, Long LaneMike Pinkston, Saint LouisRonald Piontek, FentonWayne Plybon, AuxvasseKevin Pollitt, PalmyraWilliam Popovic, Saint LouisCarl Quicksall, Manchester

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Sainte GenevieveDennis Trachsel, O’FallonTracy Underwood, GalenaShawn Veninga, O’FallonPeter Vongontard, Saint LouisFrancis Walker,

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BASS Federation NationHolds State Championship,

Announces CFM BenefitTournament

The Missouri BASS FederationNation held its annual State Champi-onship Tournament at the Lake of theOzarks on October 9–10, 2010. Therewere 29 clubs represented with a totalof 232 anglers. The event started witha pre-tournament meeting held Fridaynight at Tan-Tar-A Resort, with spon-sors providing more than $15,000worth of attendance draw prizes! MattGaunt from the Conservation Federa-tion of Missouri was the guest speaker.A 50/50 drawing was done and theMissouri BASS Federation Nationused half of the $800 they collected topurchase 22 new CFM membershipsfor members drawn in attendance.The other $400 went to one luckywinner.

Congratulations to Charles Bonnettfor being our State Champion this year

and the rest of the top 12 anglers. Alsocongratulations are in order for theElite Anglers Bass Club for being thefirst place team average weight perman.

The top 12 anglers plus one alter-nate will advance to the 2011 BASSFederation Nation Central DivisionalTournament. The Kansas BASS Federa-tion Nation will host the event and thelake and date has yet to be announced.From there the top angler from eachState advances to the BASS FederationNation National Championship held inNovember of 2011. At the NationalChampionship 9 anglers per divisioncompete in each of the 6 Divisions andeach Divisional winner goes on the fishthe Bassmaster Classic in 2012.This isthe path that qualifies the 6 BASS Fed-eration Nation anglers that compete inthe Bassmaster Classic each year. TheBassmaster Classic is referred to as theSuper Bowl of Bass Fishing.

The BASS Federation Nation is thegrass roots organization of BASS thatconsists of the average working-class

weekend anglers. Many clubs partici-pate in conservation and youth proj-ects. The Missouri BASS FederationNation is proud to be an affiliate member of the Conservation Federa-tion of Missouri. We will be hosting abenefit tournament on Pomme deTerre Lake on April 10, 2011, and all ofthe proceeds will go the ConservationFederation of Missouri.

Come and join us for a great tour-nament early next spring. Informationwill be available in January atwww.mobass.com. If you are interestedin joining our organization, informa-tion can also be found on our website.

Good Bassin!

—Jim ZiegerPresident

CLC Grant Writing Workshop Provides

Important Step In FundingProgram

Eight Conservation LeadershipCorps members gathered at the farm ofDave Murphy on October 16 and 17for a weekend grant writing workshopconducted by Andy McDaniels ofNWF and Matt Gaunt of CFM. Stu-dents were introduced to the funda-mentals of grant writing, includingidentification of funding sources, rela-tionship building, project definitionand the application process.

Attendees included, Mike Baker,Ryan Diener, Michaela Henneberg, Jim Jacobi, Seth Klein, Mandy Noel,Caitlyn Schoults and Jacob Swafford.Each of the attendees will be assignedprospective funding sources to contactwith a letter of inquiry and will followthe letter with a phone call to gatherinformation useful in the applicationprocess. The CLC is focused on findingthe funding necessary to grow the pro-gram and expand the list of CLC activi-ties. With their dedication and workethic success is sure to follow!

NEWS & ISSUESA COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM AROUND THE STATE

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HONORARIUMS AND MEMORIALSIn memory of Billy Fulton

Eddie, Dave, Lorraine, Sherri, Toby, and Carol

In memory of Donald ThompsonKathleen Wilson ~ Saint Charles, MO

In memory of Roscoe MorrisArnold & Helen Meysenburg ~

Lees Summit, MO

In memory of Charles JohnsonHoward Wood ~ Bonne Terre, MO

In memory of Marion WolkenMike & Mossie Schallon ~ Wentzville, MO

In memory of Barry ReaImogene Strain & Family ~ Florissant, MO

In memory of Yvonne BeelRebecca Tinker ~ Imperial, MO

In memory of Harvey MorganPaula Willmarth ~ Jefferson City, MO

Janet Breid ~ Columbia, MOPamela McCarthy ~ Blue Springs, MO

In memory of Kyle RobinsonShari Altman ~ Lake Saint Louis, MO

Christopher Tillman & Family ~ Saint Louis, MO

Kathy & Sandy McPherson ~ Ballwin, MOShelley & Dennis Ripplinger ~

Saint Louis, MOPaul & Marilynn Hiebert ~ Bridgeton, MO

Friends & Neighbors of Golden Gables Subdivision ~ Saint Louis, MO

About 150 citizensand agency profes-sionals gathered atRunge Nature Cen-

ter in Jefferson City on Octo-ber 22 to consider the chal-lenges and opportunitiesassociated with producingenergy from woody biomass.This has been a major topic ofconsideration withinMoFRAC, the Missouri ForestResources Advisory Council,composed of over 30 agencies

and organizations concernedwith forestry in Missouri.

The Missouri forest prod-ucts industry has traditionallyfocused on harvesting sawtimber rather than the smalland poor quality trees andforest residues that could be afeedstock for the numerousbioenergy projects being pro-posed in the state. The con-ference explored the chal-lenges facing this industry,resource managers, state

agencies, and energy plannersas they chart a path to ensuresustainable harvest practicesin this new sphere of activity.

Wood procurement agentsand energy planners andmanagers will be concernedwith acquiring and transport-ing adequate feedstock in atimely and cost effective fash-ion. Resource managers andstate agencies will want toensure that this is done in asupervised fashion that pro-

tects the resource for futuregenerations and minimizesnegative environmentalimpact.

Collaboration and mutualunderstanding will be essen-tial to success, and thirdparty verification will checkwhether agreed harvest prac-tices are followed. Projectsusing feedstock from sharedareas must be coordinated toensure their economic via-bility.

Producing Energy From Woody Biomass: MoFRAC Hosts Conference To Discuss Challenges

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Anglers of MissouriBig Game Hunters, Inc.Bridlespur Hunt ClubCapitol City Fly FishersCentral Missouri Chapter Safari ClubChesterfield Citizens Committee

for the EnvironmentColdwater Outing & Game PreserveFestus-Crystal City Conservation ClubGasconade County Youth Shooting SportsGreenway Network, Inc.Heaven’s AnglersJefferson County Coonhunters, Inc.Lambert Field Rod & Gun ClubMeramec Area Sportsman AssociationMid Missouri Trout UnlimitedMidwest Diving CouncilMississippi Valley Duck HuntersMissouri Association of Meat ProcessorsMissouri Atlatl AssociationMissouri Bass FederationMissouri Bird Conservation InitiativeMissouri Bow HuntersMissouri Chapter of the Wildlife SocietyMissouri Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society

Missouri Conservation Agents AssociationMissouri Consulting Foresters AssociationMissouri Department of AgricultureMissouri Ducks Unlimited State CouncilMissouri Forest Products AssociationMissouri Hunter Education Instructors AssociationMissouri Hunting Heritage FederationMissouri Hunting Spaniel ClubMissouri National Wild Turkey FederationMissouri Native Seed AssociationMissouri Parks & Recreation AssociationMissouri Parks AssociationMissouri Prairie FoundationMissouri Ruffed Grouse SocietyMissouri Smallmouth AllianceMissouri Society of American ForestersMissouri Sport Shooting AssociationMissouri State Campers AssociationMissouri State Council Quail UnlimitedMissouri Taxidermist AssociationMissouri Trappers AssociationMissouri Trout Fisherman’s AssociationMissouri Waterfowl AssociationMissouri Whitetails Unlimited

Monett Sportsman LeagueMU Student Chapter Wildlife SocietyNorth Side Division Conservation FederationOpen Space CouncilOzark Fly FishersOzark Wilderness Waterways ClubPerry County Sportsman ClubPomme de Terre Chapter Muskies, Inc.Quail and Upland Wildlife FederationQuail Forever & Pheasants ForeverRiver Relief, Inc.Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationSaint James Civic ClubSaint Louis Audubon Society

Conservation FederationSouthwest Missouri Fly FishersTipton Farmers & Sportsman ClubUnited Bow Hunters of MissouriWalnut Council & Other Fine HardwoodsWecomo Sportsman ClubWild Elk Institute of MissouriWildlife Society of Missouri State UniversityWindsor Lake Rod & Gun Club

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How do communities take the Children in Nature Challenge? #1: Create a “Children in Nature Challenge Community” action team. #2 Sign up online at mo.gov/childreninnature to let us know your community is interested.

#3 Prepare to meet the following criteria

Increase awareness of the need to connect children to nature and of the opportunities for people in your community to get involved.

Provide activities and events for children to connect with nature. Enhance and use natural play spaces and/or community green

space to connect children with nature. Connect your children with nature by having 20% of your area

schools use the Discover Nature Schools instructional units. Partner with local organizations and businesses to connect your

children with nature. #4 Maintain records of your activities and related numbers and be able to describe how your community efforts have connected at least a third of the children in your community to nature. Submit the re-sults by Oct. 1, 2011. Online entry forms will be available in spring 2011.

Why should Missouri communities take the Children in Nature Challenge?

Healthy, happy children are the most precious resources of any community. Today’s children, however, suffer from a discon-nection with nature and the outdoors. Reconnecting them with nature can improve a child’s sense of well-being and mental abilities; it can encourage physical activity that reduces obe-sity; and it can help build lifelong understanding and concern for the care of our natural resources.

The Children in Nature Challenge is a program to recognize communities and families who create opportunities for their children to get outside and discover nature firsthand.

For more information visit,

Childreninnature.mo.gov Or e-mail at childreninnature@mo.gov Find us on Facebook or follow @GetOutandPlayMO

How do families take the Children in Nature Challenge? Visit our web page at childreninnature.mo.gov and hop over to our “Take the Challenge” page and jump right in. Fill out the sign-up form and dedicate a portion of your time to getting you kids out-side and re-engaging with the wonders of nature our state has to offer.

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If there are any errors in your name andaddress, if you’ve moved from this address, or if you plan to move, please notify us at Missouri Wildlife, 728 W. Main, Jefferson City, MO 65101 or call (800) 575-2322. Visit our website: www.confedmo.org