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Missouri Conservationist

PO Box 180

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Owls in the Classroom

Thank you for your outstanding magazine! I teach elementary school science and used your article about owls to create a new lesson for my young students [Owls, February, Page 10]. They had fun pretending to be these amazing birds: flying silently, experiencing darkness, looking carefully, hooting to each other, and listening with all their might. Passing around the stunning photographs from your article helped them to visualize our local owls. Keep up the good work promoting nature for generations to come. 

Christine Torlina Jefferson County

Conservation and 4-H

I really appreciate your magazine as I have taken it for many years. I was a 4-H volunteer for 52 years and in those years, I used the magazine in my entomology projects with the youth. Thanks for all the wonderful articles and stories. 

Betty Mayo Huntsville

What’s a Picture Worth?

“A picture is worth a ... ” 
We’ve heard it all before. The photos by Noppadol Paothong and David Stonner in The Perfect Dichotomy [March, Page 16] were, as always, awesome and absolutely amazing. The captions were kept to a bare minimum, which was just fine. It’s not necessary to say more. As they were, the vibrant photos did tell a story.

To finish what I started to say, cliché notwithstanding: ”A picture is worth a thousand words.”

Alfredo I. Custodio Florissant