The size of Tucker Prairie has been slightly reduced since the construction of I-70; the area is 145 acres.
Credit Sally French / KBIA
A fire burns over Tucker Prairie April 2, 2013. Various tracts are designated to be burned over a period of years in order to enrich the soil, speed up the decay process and prevent woody shrubs from taking over.
Credit Brendan Gibbons / KBIA
A fire burns over Tucker Prairie April 2, 2013. The fire was one of a series of prescribed fires that day.
Credit Sally French / KBIA
Fire supplies sit in a truck on an access road at Tucker Prairie. The supplies were brought to aid in a prescribed fire April 2, 2013
Northeast Missouri is popular this time of year for its deer hunting, but many local businesses worried the drought would have a negative effect on the deer population this year.
Missouri hunters disagree over The Department of Conservation’s actions to combat Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, a neurological disease that affects deer.
Many free-range hunters support the actions, yet some breeders and preserve operators say they are being unnecessarily targeted for the spread of CWD. Former President of the MO Big Game Association and preserve operator Sam James said the Department of Conservation is blaming CWD on them because they do not like gaming preserves.
