Conservation Opportunity Areas
Opportunities to conserve Missouri’s wildlife treasures are all around us–-on the farm, in the city, at the edges of Ozark forests, in tall grasslands and in the current of Missouri’s many rivers and streams.
The Missouri Department of Conservation has joined with partners to take an “all wildlife conservation” approach. This framework of Conservation Opportunity Areas identifies the best places where partners can combine technology, expertise and resources for all wildlife conservation. Focused efforts in these conservation opportunity areas will ensure that Missourians continue to enjoy a rich and diverse natural heritage.
Conservation Opportunity Areas are priority places for all wildlife conservation. Even so, conservation remains important across all of Missouri.
Each Conservation Opportunity Area has a stakeholder team that developed a Conservation Opportunity Area profile. Teams determine goals and conservation actions. They also have resources available for public and private landowners interested in joining their local Conservation Opportunity Area efforts.
For more information about a specific Conservation Opportunity Area or stakeholder team, contact Dennis Figg (dennis.figg@mdc.mo.gov).
Some of the statewide partners involved in identifying Conservation Opportunity Areas include:
- American Fisheries Society
- Audubon Missouri
- Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region
- Conservation Federation of Missouri
- Ducks Unlimited
- Grasslands Coalition
- Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Missouri Natural Areas Committee
- Missouri Prairie Foundation
- Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
- National Park Service
- National Wild Turkey Federation
- Ozark Regional Land Trust
- Quail Unlimited
- The Nature Conservancy (Missouri Chapter)
- United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
- United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Download this brochure to learn more about the karst features of Bonne Femme.
Learn about conservation opportunities in the Bryant Creek area.
Learn about the Cape Hills Conservation Opportunity Area and its unique features.
Use this document to learn about conservation opportunities in the Cole Camp/Hi Lonesome areas.
Learn about conservation opportunities in the Cuivre River area with this downloadable brochure.
Use this brochure to learn about conservation opportunities in the Current River Hills area.
Use this brochure to learn about conservation opportunities in the Eleven Point Hills region.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Golden Grasslands area.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Grand River Grasslands area.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Iatan/Weston Missouri River corridor.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation oppertunities in the LaBarque Creek Watershed area.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Loess Hills region.
Download this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Lower Grand River region.
Use this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Manitou Bluffs area.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Marmaton/Wah-Kon-Tah area.
Use this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in Middle Meramec area.
Download this brochure to learn about conservation opportunities in the Mingo Basin area.
Download this document to learn more about the Missouri/Mississippi River confluence.
The Missouri River Hills landscape is the largest contiguous block of forested land north of the Missouri River. Serving as the boundary where glaciers once met the Ozarks, the tallgrass prairies from the north transition into the rugged forest hills and this greatly influenced the wildlife of the area. Today the Missouri River Hills still support an interesting mosaic of forests, woodlands and glades. A drive along Highway 94 provides terrific views of dramatically rolling hills and impressive limestone cliffs rising above the Missouri River floodplain.
Download this brochure to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Mystic Plains region.
Download this document about conservation opportunities in the Niangua Basin.
Download this brochure to learn about conservation opportunities in the North Fork Region.
Download this publication to learn more about conservation opportunities in the River Bends region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Roaring River Region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the St. Francois Knobs region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Shoal Creek region.
Use this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Southeast Sandridge Grassland Areas.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Spring River region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Thousand Hills Woodland region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Tumbling Creek Cave ecosystem.
Download this publication to learn more about conservation opportunites in the Union Ridge region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Upper Blue River region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Upper Gasconade River Hills region.
Download this publication to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Wakenda Bottoms region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the Western Cherokee Grasslands region.
Download this document to learn more about conservation opportunities in the White River Glades and Woodlands region.
