Stay in Touch with MDC news, newsletters, events, and manage your subscription
Xplor reconnects kids to nature and helps them find adventure in their own backyard. Free to residents of Missouri.
A monthly publication about conservation in Missouri. Started in 1938, the printed magazine is free to residents of Missouri.
Eagleville, Mo. – Visitors to Prairie Days at Dunn Ranch on June 25 enjoyed native plant identification walks, bison viewing tours and other exhibits devoted to prairie ecology. A strong breeze kept people cool and grasses and wildflowers waving in the wind.
Almost 200 people attended the activities on June 25. Some visitors also camped, socialized and watched a nature film the evening prior at The Nature Conservancy’s Dunn Ranch Prairie headquarters west of Eagleville in Harrison County. The event was hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservancy with help from the Loess Hills Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists, the Missouri River Bird Observatory, and other conservation partners. Early risers also enjoyed a morning birding hike at MDC’s Pawnee Prairie Natural Area, which is near Dunn Ranch.
A variety of wildflowers will be blooming at the prairie’s throughout the summer, and the grasses will turn golden in autumn. Visitors are welcome throughout the year. For more information about Pawnee Prairie and maps, visit http://short.mdc.mo.gov/ZZC.
For information about Dunn Ranch, visit http://bit.ly/1ellp2i.
