Missouri Conservationist September 2008 PDF
Preview Missouri Conservationist September 2008
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If trees are fast or slow, if they are valuable or not, and what type of wildlife abundant in our state, why should I be worried? they support. The forester can then advise you of the proper way The truth is I, like most Missourians, take trees and for- to harvest trees to improve the quality and health of your wood- ests for granted because of their seeming abundance. I also take land while meeting your management objectives and enhanc- for granted things such as ing your timber sale revenue. clean water, fresh air, diverse In addition, a professional wildlife habitat, wood prod- forester can help you find the ucts and scenic beauty that best logger for the job; develop our forests produce. With a harvest contract to protect our forests providing so many you and your woodland, soil benefits for what seems like and water resources; and even “free,” again, what’s the prob- show you how to save money lem with the forests in Mis- on taxes. souri? The biggest problem To contact a professional with them is that while they forester, contact the Missouri seem abundant, most are not Consulting Foresters Associa- well-managed or managed at tion at www.missouriforesters. all, and this is simply not sus- com, or contact your regional tainable in the long run. Most Department of Conservation of our woodland has been office to receive a list of Mis- mismanaged by a harvesting souri Consultant Foresters practice called “high-grading” (see Page for phone num- (cutting the best and leaving bers). So, the next time you the rest). think about harvesting a few The good news is that trees from your woods for in- professional foresters are come or habitat improvement, available to help you harvest your woods while improving the or a local logger knocks on your door and offers you money for health and quality of the remaining trees. your trees, remember to call a professional forester before you A professional forester can tell you many things about your cut. You can contribute to improving Missouri’s forest for future trees. They can tell you what type of trees you have, how many generations! trees there are per acre, whether they are too crowded, too thin or just right, if your trees are young or old (you can’t always tell from their size), if they are sick or healthy, if they are growing Lisa G. 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He used a –/f. lens at mm f/. Noppadol Paothong captured the image to the left of pine and sumac at Hawn State Park near Farmington. He used a –/. lens at mm f/. To view more images of Missouri’s beautiful and diverse landscape by MDC photographers, see the article State of Grace starting on page . (cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:108)(cid:104)(cid:53)(cid:51)(cid:60) This section reports on goals established in The Next Generation of Conservation. To read more about this plan, visit www.MissouriConservation.org/12843. 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(cid:20)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:20) (cid:47)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:60)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:97) (cid:20)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:20) (cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:91)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:79)(cid:94)(cid:97)(cid:99)(cid:90)(cid:83) (cid:20)(cid:38)(cid:42)(cid:20) (cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:51)(cid:102)(cid:94)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:87)(cid:91)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:93)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:64)(cid:83)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:96)(cid:87)(cid:81)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:93)(cid:92) by Lonnie Hansen Based on the biological results from the APR experiment and public support, the APR will be expanded to include counties in . Cert no. SCS-COC-00648 (cid:65)(cid:83)(cid:94)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:32)(cid:30)(cid:30)(cid:38)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:103)(cid:99)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:93)(cid:20)(cid:55)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:106)(cid:85)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:104) (cid:37)(cid:20) (cid:79) (cid:81)(cid:20) (cid:58)(cid:51)(cid:66)(cid:66)(cid:51)(cid:64)(cid:65) (cid:65)(cid:99)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:97)(cid:97)(cid:87)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:97)(cid:184)(cid:14)(cid:93)(cid:94)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:87)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:85)(cid:98)(cid:86)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:81)(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:87)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:28) they grow older, those memories will bring as much joy to them as they have to us. V. Dean Barry, Independence (cid:72)(cid:99)(cid:105)(cid:91)(cid:92)(cid:20)(cid:64)(cid:99)(cid:106)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:90)(cid:99)(cid:102)(cid:20)(cid:71)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:95)(cid:109) The July issue brought back pleasant memories of a summer spent in the company of a skunk [Skunk Sense]. Probably not many would make that statement. However, several years ago I moved two horses into a boarding stable for the summer and found a surprising companion. The stalls were in a barn that had been vacant for some time. A couple of days after unloading my feed and tack into a storage area, I noticed a little face peering up at me from under the pallets that formed the floor—a skunk! I stopped what I was doing and spoke to it for a while. I know it may sound strange, but I offered a deal … I would provide cat food and it was not to spray either me or my tack (most importantly, my tack). I DO know you aren’t supposed to feed, but I couldn’t help it. 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(cid:103)(cid:104)(cid:102)(cid:105)(cid:87)(cid:95)(cid:20)(cid:86)(cid:109)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:190)(cid:66)(cid:99)(cid:104)(cid:89)(cid:20) do with wildlife conservation as DeeCee’s does, I LeAnne Newby, Olean still saw myself so very clearly through the many (cid:104)(cid:99)(cid:20)(cid:67)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:20)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:103)(cid:191)(cid:20)(cid:86)(cid:109)(cid:20) phrases she used that dealt with the wonderful Editor’s note: You’re probably right—espe- natural world around us. Each and every one of cially with his new begging habit! Please (cid:56)(cid:89)(cid:89)(cid:55)(cid:89)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:56)(cid:85)(cid:102)(cid:102)(cid:99)(cid:107)(cid:34)(cid:20) them fit a particular time, moment or special don't feed because an assertive, fearless memory that I treasure. Thank you, DeeCee. Your skunk might be mistaken for rabid. (cid:71)(cid:99)(cid:97)(cid:89)(cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:91)(cid:20)(cid:97)(cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:97)(cid:89)(cid:20) words brought back a flood of pleasure for me. (cid:58)(cid:96)(cid:109)(cid:20)(cid:58)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:91) Greg “Rudi” Rudroff, Farmington (cid:107)(cid:85)(cid:98)(cid:104)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:99)(cid:20)(cid:102)(cid:89)(cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:20)(cid:93)(cid:104)(cid:20)(cid:99)(cid:106)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:20)(cid:20) Your July reader photo [Page ] brought back I just read DeeCee Darrow’s editorial about her a very funny incident I had with an owl. In the (cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:87)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:97)(cid:89)(cid:32)(cid:20)(cid:85)(cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:20) fond outdoor memories with her grandparents. mid-s, a buddy and myself were fishing I, too, was introduced to those same wonderful out of my boat in Minnesota. I was throwing a (cid:88)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:91)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:87)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:20)(cid:102)(cid:89)(cid:85)(cid:88)(cid:20) experiences by my grandpa (Claude Cloninger of lifelike plastic topwater frog toward shore, when California, Mo.), who passed some years ago. all of a sudden a large owl flew out of the trees I quickly found what it was. It was several phrases: We no longer have family farms, but we take and grabbed the lure out of the water. Realizing “… a great time scouting and retrieving … every opportunity to mentor our grandchildren I would have a big problem if the hooks got fondest memories … a wonderful adventure … and teach them to love the outdoors. They are caught in his feet, my buddy and I started to shaped my interest … exciting projects … loved all “city kids,” and their lives are filled with Little scream at the top of our lungs until he dropped the outdoors … learn the lessons of life … fishes League, dance recitals and soccer; but somehow the lure just short of his perch in the tree. I still regularly … teaching them … I learned …a we manage to get them some precious time at have that lure and show it every time I tell this helping hand … discover the wonders of nature our Truman Lake house to fish, plink with a . story. Most people don’t believe me. … not complete until we teach another … passion or simply hike through Corps land. Hopefully, as Steve Werner, St. Louis (cid:38) (cid:65)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:103)(cid:99)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:93)(cid:20)(cid:55)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:106)(cid:85)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:104) (cid:65)(cid:83)(cid:94)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:32)(cid:30)(cid:30)(cid:38) Northeast (cid:55)(cid:65)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:103)(cid:99)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:93) (cid:65)(cid:67)(cid:48)(cid:65)(cid:49)(cid:64)(cid:55)(cid:62)(cid:66)(cid:55)(cid:61)(cid:60)(cid:65) (cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:106)(cid:85)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:104) Northwest Phone: 573-522-4115, ext. 3856 or 3249 Address: Circulation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City 65102-0180 E-mail: [email protected] Kansas Central St. GOVERNOR Matt Blunt Conservationist online services: Subscribe to the City Louis magazine, update your mailing address, or sign up to THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION receive an e-mail when the latest issue is available Don Johnson Southeast online at www.MissouriConservation.org/15287 Chip McGeehan Southwest Lowell Mohler Cost of subscriptions: Free to Missouri households Ozark Becky Plattner Out of State $7 per year Out of Country $10 per year Director John Hoskins Assistant Director Dave Erickson (cid:61)(cid:59)(cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:50)(cid:65)(cid:59)(cid:47)(cid:60)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:67)(cid:51)(cid:65)(cid:66)(cid:55)(cid:61)(cid:60)(cid:65) Assistant Director Tim Ripperger Phone: 573-522-4115, ext. 3848 Assistant Director Robert Ziehmer (cid:50)(cid:51)(cid:62)(cid:47)(cid:64)(cid:66)(cid:59)(cid:51)(cid:60)(cid:66)(cid:14)(cid:54)(cid:51)(cid:47)(cid:50)(cid:63)(cid:67)(cid:47)(cid:64)(cid:66)(cid:51)(cid:64)(cid:65) Address: Ombudsman, PO Box 180, Internal Auditor Nancy Dubbert Phone: 573-751-4115 General Counsel Tracy McGinnis Jefferson City 65102-0180 Address: PO Box 180, E-mail: [email protected] DIVISION CHIEFS Jefferson City 65102-0180 Administrative Services Carter Campbell (cid:64)(cid:51)(cid:53)(cid:55)(cid:61)(cid:60)(cid:47)(cid:58)(cid:14)(cid:61)(cid:52)(cid:52)(cid:55)(cid:49)(cid:51)(cid:65) (cid:51)(cid:50)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:61)(cid:64)(cid:55)(cid:47)(cid:58)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:61)(cid:59)(cid:59)(cid:51)(cid:60)(cid:66)(cid:65) Design and Development Bill Lueckenhoff Phone: 573-522-4115, ext. 3245 or 3847 Fisheries Bill Turner Southeast/Cape Girardeau: 573-290-5730 Address: Magazine Editor, PO Box 180, Forestry Lisa G. Allen Central/Columbia: 573-884-6861 Jefferson City 65102-0180 Human Resources Debbie Strobel Kansas City: 816-655-6250 Outreach & Education Lorna Domke E-mail: [email protected] Northeast/Kirksville: 660-785-2420 Private Land Services Bill McGuire Southwest/Springfield: 417-895-6880 (cid:64)(cid:51)(cid:47)(cid:50)(cid:51)(cid:64)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:54)(cid:61)(cid:66)(cid:61)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:67)(cid:48)(cid:59)(cid:55)(cid:65)(cid:65)(cid:55)(cid:61)(cid:60)(cid:65) Protection Larry Yamnitz Northwest/St. Joseph: 816-271-3100 Address: Missouri Conservationist, Reader Photo, Resource Science Ronald Dent Wildlife DeeCee Darrow St. Louis: 636-441-4554 PO Box 180, Jefferson City 65102-0180 Ozark/West Plains: 417-256-7161 E-mail: [email protected] CONSERVATIONIST STAFF Editor In Chief Ara Clark Managing Editor Nichole LeClair Art Director Cliff White Writer/Editor Tom Cwynar Staff Writer Bonnie Chasteen Staff Writer Jim Low Photographer Noppadol Paothong Photographer David Stonner Designer Stephanie Ruby Artist Dave Besenger Artist Mark Raithel Circulation Laura Scheuler The Missouri Conservationist (ISSN 0026-6515) is the of- ficial monthly publication of the Missouri Department of Conservation, 2901 West Truman Boulevard, Jefferson City, MO (Mailing address: PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102.) Subscription free to adult Missouri residents; out of state $7 per year; out of country $10 per year. Notifi- cation of address change must include both old and new address (send mailing label with the subscriber number on it) with 60-day notice. Preferred periodical postage paid at Jefferson City, Mo., and at additional entry offices. Postmaster: Send correspondence to Circulation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180. Phone: 573-522-4115, ext. 3856 or 3249. Copyright © 2008 by the Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri. Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from (cid:64)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:86)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:93) (cid:58)(cid:93)(cid:89)(cid:96)(cid:88)(cid:20)(cid:99)(cid:90)(cid:20)(cid:59)(cid:99)(cid:96)(cid:88) programs of the Missouri Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race, Reader Robin Herron submitted this photo of her dog, Bella, surrounded by a color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Questions field of black-eyed Susan wildflowers. Herron said she and her husband were sur- should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) prised by the field on a trip to their weekend farm, near Belle, earlier this summer. or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife “My husband planted the field in corn last summer for the deer and turkey,” she Service Division of Federal Assistance, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop: MBSP-4020, Arlington, VA 22203. said. “When we came up to the farm earlier this summer, this is what we found!” Printed with soy ink (cid:65)(cid:83)(cid:94)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:32)(cid:30)(cid:30)(cid:38)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:103)(cid:99)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:93)(cid:20)(cid:55)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:89)(cid:102)(cid:106)(cid:85)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:104) (cid:39)(cid:20) (cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:89) (cid:53)(cid:103)(cid:95)(cid:20)(cid:104)(cid:92)(cid:89)(cid:20)(cid:67)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:105)(cid:88)(cid:103)(cid:97)(cid:85)(cid:98) (cid:14) (cid:69)(cid:51)(cid:48) (cid:63)(cid:40)(cid:14)What causes the black, bitter tasting spots on This month check out our pecan nutmeats?(cid:14) featured Web pages, or go online anytime to learn (cid:47)(cid:40)M ore than likely, the spots are due to stink bugs. more about conservation at There are a number of different varieties of stink bug, www.MissouriConservation.org. and they are hearty and prolific. It appears they are more numerous when conditions are cool and dry. Weedy conditions are attractive to stink bugs, as some plants (Jimson weed and certain grasses) serve as hosts during a portion of their life cycle. Stink bugs will feed on crops through the summer and move into nut orchards toward the end of the growing season. One stink bug control strategy that nut growers have been known to use is to plant small patches of soybeans near their orchard. The stink bugs are lured to those sites where they can be treated with nominal amounts of pesticide before they have the opportunity to infest the nut crop. 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Their fruits can Common name: Auriculate false foxglove weigh as much as a pound each. The flesh Scientific names: Agalinis auriculata resembles custard in color and consistency and Range: Primarily northern and western Missouri has a heady aroma reminiscent of tropical fruit. Classification: Vulnerable Persimmon trees are bigger and grow in To learn more about endangered species: www.MissouriConservation.org/8227 more open, sunny locations. Their fruit is not ready to eat until after the first hard frost. Persimmons are good straight from the tree or (cid:55)(cid:64)(cid:67)(cid:71)(cid:57)(cid:64)(cid:77)(cid:20)(cid:70)(cid:57)(cid:64)(cid:53)(cid:72)(cid:57)(cid:56)(cid:20)(cid:72)(cid:67) cultivated varieties of foxglove, this attrac- in sweet bread recipes. tive annual wildflower lives free, eking out an existence in remnant Puffballs appear in meadows when the prairie and glade sites such as old fields, abandoned roadbeds and nights turn cool. These forest edges. The uppermost leaves of the plant have lobes—called auricles—at globe-shaped fungi can their bases. It flowers from mid-August through early October, sometimes top- grow as large as bowl- ping inches tall. Auriculate false foxglove is known to occur in Missouri ing balls. Their white, AITHEL counties. Most of these are in the northwestern part of the state. Its range also fluffy flesh is fantastic ARK R includes parts of Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. Small remnant populations are sautéed in butter. M ART: scattered as far west as Oklahoma and as far east as Pennsylvania. Auriculate For more information, HERT; false foxglove is a prairie plant, and its decline is related to the conversion of visit www.MissouriConservation.org/15894, AT fertile prairie land to agriculture in the th century. For more information, www.MissouriConservation.org/15901 or M R O: JI visit www.MissouriConservation.org/82. www.MissouriConservation.org/17996. 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This -acre modern, supervised shooting ranges operated area three miles east of Piedmont has firearms by the Conservation Department. Each range and archery ranges that are made to order for has facilities for rifle, pistol, shotgun and archery sighting in rifles, sharpening shotgun skills, shooting and offers ongoing outdoor skills and tuning up bows and muscles for upcom- classes. Persons with mobility impairments will ing hunting seasons. The firearms range is find provisions for their needs, too. Special events will vary at these ranges Sept. , but might wheelchair accessible. This wooded area also include free instruction in archery, muzzle-loading rifle, pistol, and canoeing, fishing clinics, has good squirrel, turkey and deer hunting. fly-tying and fly-fishing instruction, tree identification, deer, turkey and small-game manage- There are no designated trails, but nearly ment workshops, cave tours, backpacking, trapping, outdoor cooking demonstrations and more. miles of unimproved trail provides access to For details, contact: Andy Dalton Shooting Range, Bois D’arc, --; Lake City Range, Grain the area’s interior. For more information, call Valley, --; Parma Woods Shooting Range, Parkville, --; Busch Memorial --. Range, Defiance, -- ext. ; or Jay Henges Shooting Range, High Ridge, --, or visit www.MissouriConservation.org/2337. 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Less common but still possible sightings include American avocets, black-necked stilts and black-bellied plovers. You also have a good chance of spotting green-winged and blue-winged teal, wood ducks, northern harriers, ospreys and bald eagles. Take along a field guide to birds to help identify different species HITE W atinndg bscinoopceu ilsa urss etfou hl efolpr ygoetut isnege ad igsotiondg luoioshki antg s mhya brkirsd. sA. spot- GE: CLIFF N A G; R N Area name: Diana Bend Conservation Area O H OT Facilities: Disabled-accessible boardwalk trail and bluff-top overlook OL PA UFonri qmuoer fee iantfuorrems:a Steioasno:n Caal lwl etla-nds -for vie ewxitn. g w oard ivnisgi tb irds NOPPAD DE: www.MissouriConservation.org/a9710. 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That eerie rustling, that ominous crunching, the monster you imagine in the trees. Oh, it’s there. But steady yourself and look closer, and you might recognize the fearsome predator—a wide-eyed flying squirrel searching for breakfast. He’s so cute it’s almost … scary. There’s no room for ghouls on nature’s busy night shift, but you won’t be disappointed by the other characters you’ll meet. A jack-o’-lantern-lit nature trail and knowledgeable guides await your family’s visit to the Runge Conservation Nature Center in Jefferson City on Friday, Oct. , from – p.m. (Rain date is Saturday, Oct. , also – p.m.) The trail is designed for children ages –, but the Haunted Habitats event offers an exciting and educational evening for all ages. Try your skill in the outdoor obstacle maze before you venture inside for more games and activities. Check out the interpretive activities in the lobby/exhibit area that reveal the hidden lives of nocturnal animals. Then take a break with complementary cider and hot chocolate to look through the fun gifts (cid:72)(cid:60)(cid:57)(cid:20)(cid:65)(cid:61)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:67)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:61)(cid:20)(cid:54)(cid:64)(cid:73)(cid:57)(cid:54)(cid:61)(cid:70)(cid:56)(cid:20)Society will hold its third annual confer- and prizes ence Sept. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Independence. Keynote speaker you’ve col- will be Sandy Siebert, president of Bluebirds Across Nebraska and a lected along passionate advocate for bluebird conservation. Practical seminars and presenta- the way. tions, a silent auction/raffle and a field trip to the Conservation Department’s It prom- nearby Burr Oak Woods Nature Center are planned. Registration begins at ises to be an a.m. and the conference will complete around p.m. enchanted The Society was founded to enhance the welfare and broaden public evening. And don’t worry about frightful AITHEL awareness of the eastern bluebird, Missouri’s state bird. The group also seeks to parking, shuttle service will be available from ARK R improve habitat and nesting opportunities for other native cavity-nesting birds. the Conservation Department’s main office M ART: All native hole-dwelling species are challenged by competition with aggressive, parking lot. HERT; introduced house sparrows and European starlings. Call the Runge Conservation Nature Center AT Visit www.missouribluebird.org or call -- or -- for at -- for more information. 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Unlike clay pigeons, doves juke, feint and change direction as if they had traction, often leaving hunters shooting at air. Three birds per box of shells is average. Even boastful shooters brag of one bird for every three shells. Expect to miss, and you’ll be happier when you hit one. It sometimes helps dove hunters to allow themselves to shoot more instinctively. Instead of tracking a bird with your gun, wait until it is in range, lift your shotgun quickly, aim at the bird’s nose and pull the trigger. Use light loads. They work well for doves, and your shoulder won’t suffer as much from all the shooting. Many hunters wear camouflage and sit (buckets are common) or stand near or under vegetation that breaks up their silhouette. The best places to set up are usually near the Name: Grand Pass Conservation Area cleared fringes of fields. Stay still and the Location: In Saline County, miles west of Marshall on Highway , then miles north on birds will come in closer. The birds are active Route N. all day, but feeding peaks in the morning For more info: www.MissouriConservation.org/a8010 and late afternoon. If you hunt with a dog, bring extra water for it. If you set out decoys on open ground, (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:57)(cid:20)(cid:67)(cid:58)(cid:20)(cid:65)(cid:61)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:67)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:61)(cid:192)(cid:71)(cid:20)best waterfowl areas also provides fences or branches, face them into the wind. (cid:84) great dove-hunting opportunities. Grand Pass Conservation That’s how doves take off and land. Area, located five miles southwest of Miami, has five fields of sunflowers prepared especially for dove hunters. Two fields are right next to a road. The others require a short walk. Hunters can pursue doves on different conserva- tion areas, including fields totaling , acres, managed specifically for doves. Go to www.MissouriConservation.org/18183. Three-star areas have the best hunting. For maps of dove fields, click “Dove Fields” after selecting an area, or obtain them from regional offices or area headquarters. Some areas require reservations and have special regulations. HEL gameD-houvnet ihnugn pteerrsm aigte. All– dov neo htu hnutnertisn g oann dth oelidre orw onn pbroothpe prutyb lnice eadn da spmriavlalt e MARK RAIT land need a Missouri Migratory Bird Hunting Permit. Many areas require you ART: to check in before the hunt and report your harvest after the hunt. Nontoxic NNER; O shot is required on many areas, including Grand Pass. Expect other hunters, D ST AVI especially on weekends. Pay extra attention to hunter safety. 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