Conservation Federation of Missouri!

Elk run off the truck that transported them from Kentucky to Missouri. "Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation"

This year’s gang includes 22 adult cows, 18 of which are pregnant.

VAN BUREN, Mo – Missouri’s elk herd doubled in size today (May 19) with the arrival of the Show-Me State’s second batch of wild elk from Kentucky. A tractor-trailer truck carrying 22 mature cows, three one-year-old cows, three two-year-old bulls, six one-year-old bulls and one newborn bull arrived at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Peck Ranch Conservation Area (CA) in northwestern Carter County around 6:30 a.m. MDC staff quickly ushered the hoofed cargo into spacious holding pens, and within an hour Missouri’s newest four-legged residents were resting in the shade and grazing on lush clover.

“It’s an amazing day for the state of Missouri and conservation,” said MDC Director Bob Ziehmer, who was on hand to witness the arrival of Missouri’s second batch of elk. “We’re here today because of decades of conservation work by citizens and diverse partners across the state, and the world class staff of MDC.”

Ziehmer said the elk program is exciting. “With continued citizen support, we’re going to continue this success for generations to come.”

The following are responses to the 2012 resolutions.  Click to view the individual response.

Us Department of the Interior, National Park Service

City of Columbia

Missouri State Parks

Missouri Department of Transportation

Ronald D. Oesch

Missouri Department of Conservation

United States Department of Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Support CFM now, with every trip to Schnucks!

I certainly hope that each of you have had the opportunity to enjoy some time outdoors this spring and I am excited to make you aware of a program that will allow you to support the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) each time you make a trip to Schnucks Markets. 

Schnucks has accepted CFM as a preferred giving recipient in conjunction with it's eScrip charitable gift program.  Many CFM members already shop at one of the over 50 Schnucks locations in the Columbia, Jefferson City and greater St. Louis areas of Missouri and if you are not already doing so, we hope you would consider it in the future if it's convenient to do so.  Enrollment in the eScrip program is very easy and takes only a few minutes of your time, allows you to designate CFM as the recipient of up to 3% of your monthly purchases, and participation in the program includes no additional costs.