Missouri Conservationist: May 1999

A lawnmower lesson: We share our space with lots of creatures.

They are vital to the natural scene, they rarely bite, they never kill.

The smallest of creatures can teach us plenty about life and survival.

When people pick up a copy of A Sand County Almanac, they usually connect the famous author and environmentalist with Wisconsin, where his family acquired a "shack" on a worn-out farm, and where he was employed as a university professor and served on the conservation commission. -- The famous environmentalist and author of A Sand County Almanac had close ties to the Show-Me state.

Hundreds of miles of trout water cater to anglers of all types.