Save the beauty and investment in your Missouri property by managing your building area to protect trees. Color diagrams and a checklist show you how.
Keep nature in mind when you build.
You can help threatened and endangered species, watersheds, and sensitive habitats when you follow responsible construction practices.


To protect Missouri's cave wildlife and water quality, use best practices when building on karst topography.

Follow these best management practices to maintain the quality of our watersheds and prevent the loss of species diversity.

The Missouri Natural Heritage Program (MONHP) identifies species and natural communities of conservation concern in each Missouri county.

Adopt these best management practices to avoid harming threatened and endangered species during construction.
This checklist lists all of our rarest species and natural communities.
