Missouri Conservationist: Jun 2010

Turkey Tales

I just read the April Conservationist. In my childhood, reading was not my strong suit, and my confidence was nonexistent. All that started to change when I was introduced to the Missouri Department of Conservation.

MDC Monitoring New Bat Disease

The Missouri Department of Conservation recently confirmed Missouri’s first signs of a new disease in bats that scientists have named “White-Nose Syndrome.”

WNS first came to biologists’ attention in New York State in 2006. Its name describes the white fungus, Geomyces destructans, typically found on the faces and wings of infected bats. Laboratory tests recently confirmed the WNS fungus on a bat found in a privately owned cave in Pike County.

Missourians Are Committed to Conservation

Whether feeding birds or watching wildlife, hunting, canoeing and boating, target shooting, fishing or spending time at a nature center, Missourians are dedicated to the outdoors.