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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.

child imageLocated 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.

Events for Monday, May 12 - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Event and Date Location Reserve by:
REAL ESTATE 4-WRENS
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
SPRING BIRD MIGRATIONS
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
GROWING PAPER
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
SPECIAL EVENT: LEWIS & CLARK DAY OF DISCOVERY
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
Tree Keepers Training
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
MIGHTY MISSOURI
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
GRAVEL BAR DISCOVERY
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
RADICAL REPTILES
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center

Reserve your place for these upcoming events:

Events for Wednesday, June 11 - Thursday, September 11, 2008
Event and Date Location Reserve by:
DISCOVERY CAMP
Monday, July 28 – Thursday, July 31, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center Monday, June 30
OUTDOOR SKILLS CAMP
Monday, August 4 – Thursday, August 7, 2008
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center Monday, June 30

Noteworthy Items
Friday, May 09, 2008
Youngsters beat long odds to bag longbeards

Friday, May 09, 2008
Conservation Department announces new assistant director, Fisheries and Protection division chiefs

Friday, May 09, 2008
Second-week turkey harvest down 800 from last year

Friday, May 09, 2008
Conservation Commission to meet May 29-30 in Jefferson City

Friday, May 02, 2008
Drivers can help troubled travelers

Friday, May 02, 2008
Conservation Commission adds late portion to youth deer season, expands area covered by four-point rule