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Missouri Conservationist

PO Box 180

Jefferson City, MO 65102

December Issue

I really love your magazine, but the December issue was exceptionally stunning. Such wonderful photos from my fellow Missourians, and I loved Jason Sumners’ family photo. The December issue is always my favorite. God bless this magazine and the Missouri Department of Conservation. 

Alan Greene Newton County

Ethics

Your piece on photography [Ethics in Wildlife Photography, December, Page 2] was thoughtful and profound. In our efforts to document the natural world, Mr. Paothong has given us a foundation of practical guidelines with which to teach ethical photography for our next generations. 

Dan Rinker Nixa

Corrections

The What Is It? [December, Page 9] is an American beaver lodge, not a dam. Lodges are stand-alone structures that beavers live in, while dams are what block streams to create ponds.

Mark Putman submitted the photo of the Carolina mantis [December, Page 12] and the eastern comma butterfly [December Page 13].