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Record Heritage Day Attendance at Twin Pines

Posted by A.J. Hendershott on May 15, 2013

Fair weather results in record attendance at this year's Heritage Day at Twin Pines CEC where visitors viewed Ozarks history and conservation in action. More

Explore Our Past and Conservation Heritage at Twin Pines

Mike Holmes demonstrates woodworking at Haeritage Day

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Apr 3, 2013

Twin Pines' Heritage Day celebrates the lifestyle and the conservation committment of the early Ozarks. More

Let Nature Be the Teacher

Ozark teachers attend the 4e orientation.

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Mar 13, 2013

Area teachers learn to let their students learn required lessons from nature. More
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So What's It Like To Be An Agent?

Agents Emery and Baldridge help area youth understand their job as an agent

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Feb 21, 2013

Ever wonder what a day in the life of a conservation agent would be like? Families who attended the Conservation Crimefighters workshop got a glimpse of what it is like helping folks make better choices. More
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Winter Weather Means Walleye for This Angler

Sue Bockman with the spoils from a successful day of walleye fishing

Posted by Skyler Bockman on Jan 11, 2013

With the trout season opener in the parks and crappie spawning still few months away many anglers are held up watching the snow and wind whip outside their window. Waiting for the spring can seem like an eternity from the Christmas season, but there is a remedy to your angling blues—Walleye! More

But it is good for you...

the Bockman Family take advantage of a cool day to discover nature

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Dec 8, 2012

Don’t let the tyrant winter keep you inside! Exercise your freedom to be happy and healthy on any number of local nature trails or conservation areas. More

Our Own Little Slice of …Yellowstone

Herd of elk in fall at Peck Ranch Conservation Area

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Nov 24, 2012

Visitors to Peck Ranch Conservation Area discover why some folks are calling it Missouri’s Yellowstone. More
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Braggarts Welcome

JT Barkley with his first buck

Posted by Wyatt Layman on Oct 27, 2012

At Twin Pines, we’re trying to recreate the atmosphere and camaraderie of hunters at the check-in stations that were once so common in November. More
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Who-Whooo's Visited Twin Pines Lately?

Pam Price pauses from the Twin Pines Owl-o-ween program to pose with Hedwig, a

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Oct 12, 2012

Pam Herd-Price from Dickerson Park Zoo introduced three of Missouri’s native owl species and dispelled myths about these night fliers to nearly 500 students, teachers and parents. Nothing scary about these guys! More

Tie-ing the Past to the Future

ties would choke the Current River in the early days of Ozarks timber harvesting

Posted by Melanie Carden-Jessen on Sep 22, 2012

At a recent reenactment of a tie drive on the Current River, volunteers were reminded of the rugged individuals who routinely rode the rafts each Spring and of our conservation roots. More
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