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On a hot morning in Cape Girardeau, two men pulled up nets from a lake in hopes of catching alligator gar, one of the largest and most feared fish species…
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Tim Schroeder is a little bleary-eyed.He left South Dakota before sunrise and drove 10 hours straight to Missouri — with a few hundred endangered fish in…
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Lead was removed from most consumer products, like pencils and pipes, long ago.There’s still one product where lead is used routinely — ammunition.This…
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Even though Missouri conservation officials have shipped in hundreds of prairie chickens over the last 40 years, the native species has steadily declined…
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Thinking Outside The Lawn: Fostering Native Habitats, Caring For Natural World Right In The BackyardEven as an especially wintry winter continues to make itself known across the St. Louis region, spring is more and more on residents’ minds – and will…
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An invasive species in Missouri is causing damage to the landscape, threatening native species and spreading disease. The Missouri Department of...
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The University of Missouri-St. Louis is embarking on a long-term effort to remove invasive plants from forested areas on campus.The university received…
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State and local government officials in Missouri are offering to collect natural Christmas trees to be turned in to mulch or fish habitat.After Christmas,…
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David Vance first noticed the massive sycamore tree in Hannibal this past summer.“That sure is a big tree growing out in the middle of this field,”…
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Missouri’s elk herd has grown so much in recent years that state conservationists want to allow hunters the chance to hunt them.The Missouri Department of…