Following a good year in 2010, the red oaks in Pools 2, 3 and 8 have produced another bumper crop of acorns in 2011. This hard mast is valuable food for waterfowl and a variety of other species that call these bottomland forests home.
Fourth-grader Richelle Davis of R-9 South Elementary in Edwards won third place in the 3-4th-grade category for the 2011 Missouri Endangered Species Postcard Contest.