Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery
Center
Urban Conservation Campus
4750 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: 816/759-7300
Hours:
Monday - Saturday,
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Discover ten acres of gardens,
wetlands, walkways and wildlife that surround the Anita B. Gorman
Conservation Discovery Center building, located near the banks
of Brush Creek at Troost in Kauffman Legacy Park. The environmentally
friendly building houses information and outreach services of the
Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
Special Topics
Outdoor Teacher Fall 2009
Three activities for educators. Click here to learn more!
Located
in the heart of the urban core, the Anita B. Gorman
Conservation Discovery Center focuses its educational programs
on helping urban children and adults appreciate the bounty and
beauty of nature, and learn outdoor skills such as hiking, camping,
wildlife viewing and growing native plants. Hunting and fishing
permits, books, videos and educational materials highlighting
the natural resources of Missouri can be purchased in the Missouri
Outdoors Nature Shop.
The Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center provides
a unique educational experience as well as a quiet place of reflection
for residents and visitors alike to enjoy and appreciate nature's
offerings
"There are two spiritual dangers in not
owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast
comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the
furnace." - ALDO LEOPOLD A Sand County Almanac, 1949
Aldo
Leopold understood that our needs for food, water and
shelter are provided by the resources of the land. Living in
an urban environment, it is easy to lose sight of this connection
as merchants and delivery systems supply our needs.
It is also easy to allow our built environment to obscure our
natural environment as native plants and animals are removed. The
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, through demonstration
gardens and experiential student workshops, teaches urban citizens
how valuable and necessary nature is to the city and to the people
who live there.
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