missouri department of conservation

The Missouri Department of Conservation conducts mandatory sampling for chronic wasting disease during deer season.

Missourians now have fewer places to hunt and fish.

Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to cross Missouri's roads to do it.

The compromised data may include names, addresses, birth dates, phone numbers and emails, as well as health benefits enrollment details and potentially Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or state IDs.

Tree seedlings grown and cultivated at the state tree nursery are sent across Missouri for Arbor Day.

Hear from the staff that grow and package thousands of seedlings each day.

Some of the free webinars leading up to the challenge will teach participants about the dangers people can pose to birds traveling through the state.

Wildfires blazed through Missouri due to dry conditions and heavy winds.

Preliminary data after Missouri’s firearm hunting season shows that 1,857 turkeys were brought in by Missouri hunters during the firearms portion of the fall turkey season. That’s 363 fewer turkeys than last year.

CWD was found in eight new counties, but MDC said prevalence remains "exceptionally low."