WildlifeMISSOURI

SEPTEMBER 2010 • VOL. 71, NO. 5

CFM celebrates its 75th anniversary in September. While we celebrate our past and present, I want members to know your President and Directors are looking forward and planning for the next 75 years.

Our past leaders and members possessed the grit to face the reality of their times and challenge those who would consider ourforest, fish and wildlife something to plunder and abuse, leaving little or nothing for future generations.

Be comforted in the knowledge that CFM will continue the conservation momentum gained during our first 75 years.

Missouri citizens are blessed with the finest department of conservation in the nation. This did not come about by accident.Most of what has been accomplished happened because a group of concerned citizens cared enough to stand up and demand ourgovernment protect our natural resources. This group of citizens organized themselves and ultimately became the ConservationFederation of Missouri!

Throughout our history, we have been blessed with people who were willing to become leaders and advocates for the ideals wehold dear. E. Sydney Stephens was such a man, along with Roland M. Hoerr, Edward K. Love, J. T. Montgomery, Dean Davis andTed Butler. These people helped build and secure the finest forest, fish and wildlife program in the nation.

CFM’s legacy is one of which you should be very proud. Together, we have worked extremely hard to make Missouri a dreamcome true for all who love the outdoors. More forests, more deer and wild turkeys, more geese, more wood ducks, better waterquality, better soil conservation and the finest system of state parks in the nation! And all brought to life on the same land at thesame time that our population of humans has doubled. In 1935 none of us could have imagined these successes. In this edition ofMissouri Wildlife we pay tribute to those who have shaped our first 75 years...and to those who are shaping our future.

If you are receiving this special edition as a member of an organization affiliated with CFM, I hope you step up right now andbecome a regular member. Every single member makes us stronger, better and more effective. The Missouri outdoors will needyour personal support even more in the future than it has in the past.

Yours in Conservation,

Mike SchallonPresident, CFM

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Conservation, at bottom, rests on the conviction that there are things in this worldmore important than dollar signs and ciphers. Many of these other things attach

to the land, and to the life that is on it and in it. People who know these other things have been growing scarcer, but less so in Missouri than elsewhere.That is why conservation is possible here. If conservation can become a living

reality, it can do so in Missouri. This is because Missourians, in my opinion, are notcompletely industrialized in mind and spirit, and I hope never will be.

—ALDO LEOPOLD, 1938

Regulation is essential to conservation; the two are inseparable; to divide them would be like trying to build a savings account and giving a second party

a book of blank checks. There is a lot of false phobia about wildlife regulation in the hands of state departments. It is not dangerous; it affects no property right;

it invades no private right; it is nothing more than rationing the annual crop; it is an essential administrative function.

—E. SYDNEY STEPHENS, 1946

The Conservation Federation of Missouri as an organization serves to discover, even to stimulate, to express and translate to action the public will

in matters affecting conservation.—CHARLES CALLISON, 1948

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E. Sydney StephensEleventh North AmericanWildlife Conference

C oncrete examples of conserva-tion progress are gratifying, butthey are not the most significant.

Of far greater importance and value hasbeen the progress in basic thinking. Thefundamental concept that “all land and allproducts of the land must be consideredin building a balanced civilization”represents the longest step forward thatwe have taken. For this we are indebtedprincipally to the biologists and soil technicians of the Nation. The sad fact,however, is that that conception has notreached far enough. While the federal anda few state agencies have accepted it andare attempting to practice and to projectit, too many state agencies have not, andtoo many people, rural and urban, don’tyet know anything about it. Somebodyought to tell them. Who is going to do it?It could be done by any one or all of themultifarious national and state organiza-tions dedicated to the task of conserva-tion. Is it being done? The answer is “no.”Despite the zealous and sometimes consecrated efforts of their designatedleaders, I know of no group which canclaim to be even halfway successful.

What are we to do about it? Nobodyknows the complete answer. But we doknow that there are a lot of people inter-ested in more wildlife and better living,and that includes just about everybody—everybody who eats, wears clothes andlives in houses. They can be expected todo something once they are aroused.

And so, my friends, as we stand “amidthe encircling gloom” and when weexamine our compasses and our watches,

we find that the hour is late, “the night isdark and we are far from home.” Theleast we can do is to pray for a “kindlylight” to lead us. The case is not hopeless;it can be cured. That has been sufficientlyproved. What we need is light—andLEADERSHIP!!

Editor’s note: Sid Stephens’ gave thisexhilarating speech in 1946 at theEleventh North American Wildlife Conference in New York. You can find thefull text of the speech at the ConservationFederation of Missouri website(http://www.confedmo.org).

Where Are We And What Time Is It?

E. Sydney Stephens

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ESidney Stephens was always “UncleSid” to me. Growing up in Colum-bia in the ’30s and ’40s was a South-

ern experience: close family friendswere always “Aunt” or “Uncle.” Whilethis might not be understood in today’smuch less formal society, it also indicateda familial closeness and affection whichwas an important part of our socialintercourse.

I remember knowing Uncle Sid when Iwas a very young man. He and AuntMary attended our Price family partiesand his close association with my blooduncle, R. B. Price, was pleasantly appar-ent. Our first truly one-on-one outingswere fishing trips to nearby farm ponds.

In the ’40s, I was a teenager andreceived my first real gun. It was a 16-gauge Remington model 11 and a gun myUncle R. B. used for quail. My twouncles introduced me to quail huntingand I well remember Uncle Sid as apatient and gifted teacher. Always a gen-tleman, he insisted I shoot the covey rises.

My fondest memories were huntingducks at a Chariton County farm my twouncles bought in 1941. They had hunt-ed together for more than twenty years,and this farm on the north edge of theSwan Lake refuge was a big move. Theywere both in their sixties and felt thiswould be their last and hopefully bestventure.

Uncle Sid hunted with me when Icame up to this “Twin Lakes” farm in thefall of 1942. His attire was, of course,hip boots, but his Pendleton wool shirt,set off by a matching knit tie and plaidsport coat impressed me as very conti-nental. Uncle Sid was never without hisivory cigarette holder. He even had ametal shell dispenser fitted on the side of

our large barrel blinds; best of all, it heldhis cigarette holder when it was time toshoot.

The old farm house on Twin Lakes wasremodeled with inside plumbing, a fire-place and a picture window with a fineview of the lakes. It became a classroomfor me as the cocktail hour often attractedsuch conservationists as Charlie andLibby Schwartz, Ted Shanks, Guy Green-well and many others. The conversationsaround the fire were generally aboutwaterfowl and the alarming decrease intheir numbers. Quite often Sid and R. B.would recount the political struggle totake politics out of wildlife management.I was so proud when Uncle Sid was select-ed to lead the effort. The founding ofthe Conservation Federation in 1935 wasthe result of this work and the sportsmenof the state who joined.

Uncle Sid was modest, but I learnedabout his tremendous leadership fromhunters and conservationists whorevered him. I was so fortunate to “sit athis feet” and learn what pride we all feltthen and now for our model wildlifemanagement in Missouri.

—Al Price

Hunts, farm house chatswith “Uncle Sid” provideconservation classroom

R.B. Price (left) and Sid Stephens at the farm they bought together in 1941.

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Aldo Leopold

T he conservation movement inMissouri at this moment is likea fisherman wading a swift and

deep bass stream. To get across withoutwetting his feet he has to step on fourslippery rocks. Missouri has reached thethird rock and is still r ight side up.Where is the fourth?

I here try to show it to you. I speak asone with wet feet who hopes you can keepyours dry.

The first step in conservation is towant it. You, and many other states, havetaken that step.

The second step is to create competentauthority. You have done an extra goodjob on that. I speak not so much of yournew law (after all, it is not rare for states topass good laws) as of the quality of yourleadership. Rarely has any state enlistedthe sagacity, open-mindedness, and fore-sight displayed in your present leaders. Ifyou know a good thing when you see it,you will give them your confidence, yoursupport, and your thoughtful criticism.

The third step is to learn how to devel-op the technical specifications as to justwhat shall be done to make your fields,woods, and waters productive. You havelanded right side up on this rock, butdon’t think you are across the creek.Have you read Bennitt and Nagel’s “GameSurvey of Missouri?” If so, you will real-ize how much remains to be found outabout cropping quail, turkey, deer, fur inyour coverts. You will realize that thisfinding out how to grow wild crops incoverts is much like finding out how togrow corn, cotton, hogs in the fields. It isa job calling for research, then testing inpractice, then more research.

The wild cropping system must dove-tail with the tame cropping system.Therefore the Agricultural College is theproper place to build both. You have setup, at your agricultural college, a new

Research Unit in which, with the help ofBiological Survey, the technical processcan and will be worked out.

The fourth step is to practice conserva-tion on the land. The first three steps areof little use unless we can take the fourth.

Who is going to practice conservationon the land? I am afraid that the average

conservationist thinks that the govern-ment is going to do it. By government Imean the Conservation Department, theBiological Survey, the Forest Service, thePark Service, and the other governmentalagencies.

These agencies are going to do it, butonly on the lands which they own. How

Whither Missouri?

Aldo Leopold

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To talk about my Dad it is necessary totalk also about Mother. Dad’s discovery of Estella Luna Bergere at a

dance in Albuquerque shortly after hewent to the Southwest to work with theU.S. Forest Service was great luck for us,as they made such a winning team.Mother and her seven sisters were horse-women and camped in the mountainsaround Santa Fe, so her background fitwell with the way she and Dad would leadtheir lives together. What a loving pairthey were!

Mother was the musical inspiration inthe family, and a pianist.We kids alllearned the guitar, self-taught, and Mother taught us Spanish songs from herchildhood. We sang around the fireplaceat the shack after supper, and all the wayhome to Madison on Sunday evenings.

I was seven years younger than Carl,the next youngest of the five of us. Iremember Dad asking me one day what Iwanted to be when I grew up. Afterthinking awhile, I said “a bug-ologist.”When Dad asked why, I said,“becauseeverything else is taken.” Starker was awildlife ecologist, Luna was a hydrologist,Nina studied geography, and Carl was abotanist. Dad said gently, “Well, Baby”—he always called me Baby—“Let’s godown to the bookstore Monday and getyou Norman Fassett’s plant manual.”

One Christmas, Mother and Daddecided we should all go down to

Missouri where Starker and Betty had awonderful cabin while he was working forthe Missouri Conservation Departmentstudying wild turkeys for his BerkeleyPhD. There was fresh snow on theground, very beautiful. We never boughtChristmas gifts for each other—just madesomething by hand. It turned out bychance that each of us that year had madesomething for the same person,ourbrother Carl. Starker had made a fly rod ofspecial woods from Asia. Luna had madehim a buckskin jacket with tassels. Ninahad knitted him a sweater. I don’t

remember what I did,but I do rememberthat it was our best Christmas ever! Therewas guitar music and singing, cooking inthe dutch oven, walks in the woods, and ofcourse, fun with the dog. Probably alsohunting quail, because when Dad went toMissouri it was usually to hunt. I knowthat Carl never forgot the warmth of thatexperience.

In his now-famous essay “The GoodOak” in A Sand County Almanac, Dadwrote about sawing through the growthrings of an oak. What most people don’trealize is that the “Chief Sawyer” was

much of Missouri will they eventuallyown? I would call it an optimistic guessto say one-fifth of Missouri, that is to say,the combined area of national forests,state forests, parks, refuges, etc., can hardly, even in the remote future, exceeda fifth of the area of the state. We can’tproduce outdoor facilities for five-fifthsof our people on one-fifth of our area.Let’s buy land by all means, but let’s notdelude ourselves with the thought thatbuying land is a comprehensive solution.There can be no solution until

conservation practices are habitual on theprivate farms of the state.

The farmer takes pride in his gadgets;that is, his radio, car, icebox, tractor,milker, etc. This is as it should be. Hetakes pride in his tame crops, and this isas it should be.

But how often do we find a farmerwho takes pride in his wild crops, hiswoodlot, his stand of quail, his coon dens,the fish in his creek or ponds? Until amajority of our farmers are as proud ofhaving a flock of prairie chickens as of

owning a new car, we shall not have thechickens. Conservation cannot comeuntil the gameless farm is considered asunbalanced, until a farmer would nomore tolerate erosion in his fields than henow tolerates a contagious disease in hisflocks and herds.

Editor’s note: Aldo Leopold wrote thisinspiring essay in 1938. You can find thecomplete text at the Conservation Federation of Missouri website(http://www.confedmo.org).

Life With Father

The Leopold family at the shack in 1946.

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mother! I have my own personal connections with that essay.

The oak he described had been struckby lightning some years earlier and nowwas ready to cut for firewood. It was April,a clear day with a new snowfall. Theground was white, and the branches werecovered by glistening snowflakes. Mother,Dad, Dave Spencer and I stood holdingour two-man saw, looking it over. Dadasked me to climb the tree and drop one ofthe limbs. It was quiet up in the tree. Ilooked up and saw four swans flying northin formation low over our heads—heardthe swish of their wings as they came sailing over us, white and majestic. I shallnever forget that morning!

Some months later in Madison, Dadwas up early—he was always up early getting light-meter readings of the firstbird songs in the morning. When I camedown to join him for coffee, he put downhis pencil and handed me some yellowsheets: “Want to see my new essay?” “Ofcourse, Dad.” I read and read, and askedif I could type the first copy—I still havethe pencil draft. I am proud to say that I

was the first person to see his memorablewords: “There are two spiritual dangersin not owning a farm. One is the dangerof supposing that breakfast comes fromthe grocery, and the other that heat comesfrom the furnace.”

There is more to this. On the nextpage he wrote, “Some day some patientbotanist will draw a frequency curve ofoak birth-years and show that the curvehumps every ten years, each hump origi-nating from a low in the ten-year rabbitcycle. ... Only one acorn in a thousandever grew large enough to fight rabbits;the rest were drowned at birth in theprairie sea.” Well, I couldn’t resist tryingto be that “patient botanist.” Under theguidance of Dr. Norman Fassett I did abachelor’s thesis counting rings on hundreds of freshly cut oak stumps nearMadison, and getting rabbit and harecycle data from the conservation depart-ment. Dad was right! Not statisticallyperfect, but the patterns were there.

At the shack we lived a land ethic,as itis now called. It was a restoration exer-cise—we restored the land, and every

weekend it restored us! We struggled toplant native pine seedlings, losing most ofthem during the Dust Bowl years, andbrought in native prairie plants to theworn-out cornfield full of sand burs.

Carl loved to tell how he and Dad wereworking on the ridge one day when theyheard some sounds from up the road—like someone digging, the clack of a shovel—so they went to investigate. Theycame across two middle-aged couples, themen in baseball caps and sport shirts andthe ladies in bright gaudy suits. They weredigging up our pine trees. Carl said,“Ourblood pressure immediately began torise.” Dad confronted them:“What areyou doing?” One of the men:“Well, weare digging up these little pine trees.”Dad: “Who said you could dig up thosetrees?” The man:“We’re not going to killthem. We’re going to take them home andput them in our yard. They’ll growthere.”

At that Dad tilted back his hat andexclaimed “Well, God damn!” One of themen: “Please, there are ladies present.” Atthis, Carl was expecting Dad to get soangry that he would really blow. Butinstead he leaned back and began tolaugh, the most marvelous rolling laugh!

The idea of the shack was to experi-ence the land together in all its seasons.The challenge was to do right by the landwe made our own. We learned to lovethat land and all that was part of it. Ourtime there gave us a rare commodity—asense of place in a larger community oflife—and also an incredible bond as afamily.

—Estella Leopold

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Aldo and Estella Leopold at Caney Mountain, where Starker studied the potential for restoration ofwild turkeys.

Estella returns to the shack from planting pines.

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On May 28 and 29, 2009, in Columbia, MO, more than 150outdoor leaders came together to take a long view of our outdoor future. They set aside differences to look for common ground and, in a spirit of cooperation, listened topresentations, panel discussions and went through groupexercises designed to identify and rank actions that must betaken today to help ensure a quality Missouri outdoors 75years from now.

The top three actions:1) Get the message out that quality, healthy outdoors is

essential for life;2) Conserve plants, animals, and natural communities so

that they are diverse, healthy, and resilient;3) Maintain and pursue stable long-term and short-term

funding for outdoor operations, capital improvements and special projects.

A Summit On The FutureOf Missouri Outdoors

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Charles Callison

I f there is a single trait that sets conservationists apart from othercitizens, it is simply an ability to see

beyond their noses. If civilization meansthe mores and methods by which humanbeings get along with each other in astate of mutual dependence, then conservationists are the most civilized ofpeople. Theirs has been extended intothe fourth dimension. It is not just asense of obligation toward their neighbors of the day that sparks theirconcern for the earth’s productive crust.They also feel a responsibility—a kind ofpaternal feeling, if you will—toward thepeople who will live in the home block,and in the next county, one hundredyears from now.

When one runs across a hunter orfisherman not interested in the localsportsman’s club or unwilling to help inorganized conservation work, his peculiarbrand of short-sightedness usually takesone of three forms:

He may declare that we have plenty ofgovernment agents being paid fat salariesto do that sort of thing (the “let-George-do-it” type).

He may point out that conservationshould have started fifty years ago whilewe still had some ducks (the “too-late-now” type).

Or he may feel he would be wasting histime when he could be out there getting hisshare while it lasted (the “game-hog” type).

Of these three forms of sportsman-myopia, the first two probably are themost insidious. The “game-hog” type,while annoying, is becoming out-numbered, and we’ll probably find a wayto kill him off before he succeeds inkilling off the sport.

The “let-George-do-it” malady cropsout in Missourians who want to knowwhat we need a Federation for, anyway.They point with just pride to past accomplishments and remind us we havea State Conservation Commission ratedthe best in the nation. We also have the

federal Fish & Wildlife Service, the ForestService, and county agents talking tofarmers daily about saving the soil. Whatpurpose can a conservation club serve ina field that appears overcrowded withprofessionals?

There are several ways to cut the

Take A Long Look Down The Future

Charles Callison.

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Ifirst met Charlie Callison in a NewYork City hotel in 1974 when thisfriendly little man whom I had never

even seen before came up and threw hisarms around me to welcome me to theNational Audubon Society board as afellow Missourian. Fellow Missourian?Having only just moved to the state toteach environmental history at MU, Iwas acutely conscious that one couldnot be a Missourian without havingbeen born there.

Years later I would learn that noteven Charlie had been born there. Hewas born on the last plains frontier inAlberta in 1913, but at age 5 moved withhis parents when they returned to Monroe County after failing, like countless others, on their Canadianhomestead. Although he had served aseditor of the Missouri Conservationistand then as the first executive secretaryof the Conservation Federation, he hadleft the state in 1951 to become conservation director of the NationalWildlife Federation, chairman of theNatural Resources Council of America,and then executive vice president of theNational Audubon Society. Yet all hislife Charlie thought of himself as a Missourian.

When he introduced himself,however, I knew immediately who hewas, for in my effort to get my feet onthe ground in my new home I had discovered his Man and Wildlife in Missouri (1953), one of the few works

available at the time that gave a Mis-souri focus to the new courses I wouldbe teaching. Just how good a book itwas I would come increasingly to appre-ciate as I turned to it again and againover the years. And I also knew thatCharlie had served on the blue-ribbon“Leopold Committee” with StarkerLeopold and Irving Fox that led to theproposed “Design for Conservation.”

Over my six years on the Audubonboard I came to have enormous respectand affection for Charlie. It was Charlie, more than anyone, who hadsteered the phenomenal development ofAudubon from a society of 50,000 birdwatchers to an effective grassrootsforce of nearly 400,000 organized forenvironmental action at local, regionaland national levels. He oversaw thechartering of hundreds of new chapters,hired and trained a network of nineregional directors, supervised anincreasingly effective Washington policyoffice, and wrote a “National Outlook”column that appeared in 98 consecutiveissues of Audubon from 1961–1977,chronicling some of the most momentous years of American conservation history. Years after hisdeath, I discovered that he had alsoghostwritten dozens of editorials onconservation issues for the New YorkTimes. Charlie had a lifelong habit ofgiving others the credit.

Moreover, I learned that virtuallyeveryone he had hired at Audubon felt

the same way about Charlie as I didbecause every time Audubon PresidentElvis Stahr collected another of his 27honorary doctorates, one or another ofCharlie’s staff would ask me if we couldpossibly get an honorary doctorate forCharlie at MU, his alma mater. Wefinally accomplished that in 1979, a yearafter Charlie was awarded the AudubonMedal, the society’s highest honor, in amarked break from Audubon's traditionof excluding staff.

At 64, Charlie left Audubon to begina new venture “before anyone could say[he] retired.” He founded the PublicLands Institute, headquartered in Denver, to study and advocate for environmental values on the vast butneglected (by conservation organiza-tions) Bureau of Land Managementacreage in the western states and Alaska.I felt bereft when he left Audubon, butthrilled when he and Amy moved backto Jefferson City. For PLI he publisheda massive report, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern on the PublicLands (1984 and 1986) and the bookOverlooked in America (1991).

In 1982 I ran into Charlie at a meeting called to discuss organizing astatewide Audubon council, whichdevolved into a heated discussion of thestate park funding crisis. The systemwas staggering under a budget cut toless than half; some were advocatingtransfer of parks to the ConservationDepartment, with its new 1/8th-cent

ground out from under Mr. Let-George-Do-It. One way is to remind him that afew hundred employees of the state conservation department and a few thousand federal employees, working bythemselves and with each other, couldn’tstick a single effective plaster on an earththat is bleeding to death. Their mostimportant function, anyway, is to directand coordinate that vast reservoir ofenergy—the general public—in the

conservation programs. And the publiceffort takes its best and most effectiveform in organized activity.

The final and devastating reply to Mr.Let-George-Do-It, however, is the factthat the Conservation Commission—orany government agency, for that matter—is no more than a projection of the publicwill. Without a sustaining public will, theagency would dry up on the vine like acucumber in the Sahara.

The Conservation Federation ofMissouri as an organization serves to discover, even to stimulate, to express andtranslate to action the public will in matters affecting conservation.

Editor’s note: Charles Callison wrote thisstill-timely essay in 1948 in Jefferson City,MO. You can find the full text at the Conservation Federation of Missouriwebsite (http://www.confedmo.org).

Charlie Callison, Mentor

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sales tax, while passionate young parkdirector John Karel pleaded with thegroup instead to support transfer ofpart of the sales tax to the park divisionin DNR. Confusion reigned among theassembled, many of whom had carriedinitiative petitions for the tax, untilCharlie stood up to say, “John, you aredoing a wonderful job with the parks;you need help and we’re going to helpyou, but we are NOT going to raid theconservation sales tax.” Charlie had away of cutting to the quick of an issue;I witnessed it many times, but nevermore dramatically than that day.

A month or two later he invited several of us to his house to discussforming a citizen support group for thepark system. A few days before theorganizational meeting of the MissouriParks Association, which I had to miss,Charlie said he planned to nominate mefor president. When I protested atlength and said everyone wanted him,

he told me that he would soon undergoopen-heart surgery; but he promisedthat, if he recovered, “I'll be your boyFriday.” He kept his promise.

No job was too menial or time-consuming for Charlie. He monitoredthe post office box, coordinated mem-bership, started a newsletter, analyzedissues, lobbied in the capitol, wrote pressreleases, and arranged meetings. Hehelped lead the first campaign for the1/10th-cent Parks and Soils Tax in 1984and coordinated the initiative petition campaign for renewal of the taxin 1988, all while still heading the PublicLands Institute, lobbying and stuffingenvelopes for River Bluffs Audubonchapter, and helping lead the abortive1990 campaign for the Natural StreamsAct. He knew when to be supportive andwhen to challenge park officials. Whenwe exhausted several successive authorsof our state park book, Charlie agreed towrite many of the remaining essays.

And when Exploring Missouri’s Legacywas finally published in late 1992, Charliehand-delivered the five-pound tomes tothe offices of more than 200 legislators and state officials, pushing them in a cartthrough the capital corridors with Amy’shelp and leaning on the cart for support,we later learned, because he could hardlybreathe and would soon again undergoopen-heart surgery. This time he did notrecover, succumbing to complications onFebruary 23, 1993.

Nearly two decades since his death, Istill find myself in each new crisis asking“What would Charlie do?” His clearvision, steady hand, absolute integrity,willingness to do whatever neededdoing no matter how menial, and undying faith in the power of an alert,active citizenry inspired us all. He wasour mentor, but most of all we remem-ber him as a friend.

—Susan Flader

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Teaming with Wildlife is a national coalition of more than6,000 organizations and businesses working together to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered by supporting increasedfunding for fish, forest and wildlife conservation, and relatededucation and outdoor recreation. Our Missouri Teaming WithWildlife Coalition is led by the Conservation Federation of Mis-souri along with a steering committee of key partners: AudubonMissouri, Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, MissouriDepartment of Conservation, Missouri Prairie Foundation,

Ozark Regional Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy.Missouri is the fifth largest coalition in the nation,representing275 organizations and businesses.Together we also supportimplementation of Missouri’s Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy.Last year, with the coalition’s strong support, congress approvedan additional $15 million nationally for the State Wildlife Grantsprogram, resulting in an additional $300,000 for on-the-groundhabitat work in Missouri. To learn more or to join the coalition,visit our new website: www.confedmo.org/teaming.

See where CFM is todayOn this and the next few pages...

Teaming With Wildlife: CFM Leads State Coalition

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Prior to the 1992 firearmsdeer season, the Departmentof Conservation announced a“Charitable Deer Meat Dona-tion Program” for clubs andsportsmen's organizations.More than 2,000 pounds ofvenison were transferred tocharitable agencies that yearwhen two clubs, the ColumbiaArea Archers and St. LouisLongbeards Chapter of theNational Wild Turkey Federa-tion, participated in the newprogram. The Conservation

Federation of Missouri soonpartnered with MDC to takethe program statewide, andafter 18 years of Share TheHarvest, more than 2,000,000pounds of venison has beenproduced by this program tohelp feed hungry Missourians.

The Conservation Federa-tion of Missouri has securedfunding for the 2010/2011deer season to allow for theprocessing of up to 10,000deer, or approximately600,000 pounds of ground

venison. With the help ofgenerous hunters, Missouri'smeat processors, food banksand countless communityorganizations all workingtogether, this can be our mostbountiful harvest yet!

A special thanks to ourmajor sponsors:Bass Pro ShopsDrury HotelsEnterprise LeasingMidwayUSAMissouri Deer Hunter

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Missouri Department of Conservation

Missouri Department of Economic Development

National Wild Turkey Federation

Pyramid Home Health Services

Quality Deer Management Association

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Share The Harvest: 18-Year Partnership Going Strong

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Created in 2002, CFM’sConservation LeadershipCorps serves to identify andprepare future generations ofconservation leaders. Thisaward winning programencourages high school andcollege students to developskills and enthusiasm foradvancing conservation ofnatural resources.

Anyone who has attended

CFM’s annual convention inthe last few years can tell youthat our youth movement isalive and well… and workinghard into the night. In fact, itwould be hard to pull off theconvention without “TheCLC.”

In addition to developingconservation resolutions, theyprovide valuable assistance byco-chairing resource commit-

tees and lending a hand forany task. CLC students participate in CFM’s fall conference, CLC LegislativeDay, and have representedMissouri in other states topromote student involvementin conservation. The National Wildlife Federationhosted a group of CLC students at their nationalmeeting in Washington, D.C.,

in 2005 to share the successesof the Missouri program withrepresentatives from otherstates. This year Montana successfully launched theirnew program with consider-able guidance from our ownMark Corio!

To learn more about theCLC program or to nominatea student, visit our website atwww.confedmo.org.

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What do 134 members ofthe Missouri General Assem-bly, representing both partiesin both chambers have incommon these days? A lot, itturns out!

The Missouri LegislativeSportsmens Caucus (MLSC)has grown into a great organi-zation for all legislators interested in hunting, fishing,shooting sports and other

outdoor activities.In 2010 the Caucus and

CFM hosted a Hunter Educa-tion course in The Capitol anda Concealed Carry class in Jefferson City for members,

staff, friends and family.For more information, go

to http://sportsmenslink.org/Sportsmens-Caucus/State-Sportsmens-Caucuses/Mis-souri.

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Since it began in 1989,Missouri Stream Teams hasgrown from one team to nowwell over 4,000. At least80,000 volunteers actively participate in stream clean-

ups, water quality monitoring,and many other programs asvaried as the teams and thestreams they serve. Well over1.5 MILLION hours of volun-teer work! What began as a

good idea has exploded into agreat citizen-conservationistmovement! At 21 years andcounting, this exemplary program with its roots inCFM is now jointly sponsored

by the Missouri Departmentsof Conservation and NaturalResources. We look forwardto the next 20 years!

For more information, goto www.mostreamteam.org.

Missouri Stream Teams: 21 Years + 4,000 Teams + 80,000 Volunteers = Wow!

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For many years, the CFMCommittee responsible forthese two important programshas been providing rewardsfor information resulting inarrests and convictions forgame law violations and acts

of forest arson. The selfishacts of a few bad players aspoachers are a constant threat,against which we must allremain vigilant. Do your partby calling to report!

Since 1937, professional law

enforcement by ConservationAgents in every county of Mis-souri has provided protectionof our forests, fish and wildlifefairly, consistently, and effec-tively. We proudly support theefforts of these professionals

with Operation Game Thief,Operation Forest Arson andmany other programs.

To report someone toOperation Game Thief orOperation Forest Arson, call800-392-1111.

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From its inception andthroughout its 20-year history,Katy Trail State Park has beenone of the most successfulrails-to-trail conversion projects in the United States.As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it hasbeen inducted into the

national Rail-Trail Hall ofFame.

The National Trails SystemAct Amendments of 1983 provide that railroad corridorsno longer needed for activerail service can be banked forfuture transportation needsand used on an interim basis

for recreational trails. In thefall of 1986, the Katy experienced severe floodingthat washed out several milesof track. Due to the cost ofrepair, the fact that railroaduse was in decline,and thecompany was in financialtrouble, the company decided

to cease operations. Thusarose the opportunity for thedevelopment of the KATYTrail orchestrated by MissouriDNR, the Missouri ParksAssociation, Ted & Pat Jones,the Conservation Foundationof Missouri Charitable Trustand CFM.

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CFM formed and hosted the Citizen’s Committee to solicitpublic support via initiative petitions and then lead the successfulcampaign through the election in November 1976. This decisiveand historic action by Missouri citizens now yields $90 millioneach year for conservation in Missouri. What do we have to showfor it? Hunting, fishing, wildlife watching and forestry generatedmore than $11.4 BILLION in Missouri last year…a 10,000%return on investment in the year invested! Wise use has given usan economic engine bigger than all pro sports combined, whichsupports thousands and thousands of jobs in the private sector.This unique Missouri expression of the North American modelfor conservation greatly benefits our forests, fish, wildlife andevery Missouri citizen.

The three murals reproduced here depict programs fundedby the Design for Conservation sales tax. These incredible worksof art were created by Mark Raithel, MDC Wildlife Artist, andcan be viewed at the central office of the Missouri Departmentof Conservation, 2901 W. Truman Blvd., Jefferson City, MO.

Design For ConservationSales Tax:

$90 Million Per Year

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CFM has been a leader in every campaign to pass and renew the 1/10th-cent State Parks and Soils Sales Tax. This unique and vitalsource of designated funds now provides 75% of the annual budget for Missouri State Parks. It allows free admission to the parks forall citizens. Furthermore, soil conservation improvements funded this way continue to reduce erosion and enhance water quality.

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As an elementary school educator, I am constantlyreminded of how little time today’s children spend planning outdoor play. When I was a child, growing up inthe 1960s, school vacations provided opportunities foroutdoor exploration. Countless hours were spent with

neighborhood children playing in the woodland behindour home, climbing trees, wading in the creek andcatching and releasing any small “critter” that crossedour pathway. On special occasions our family visitedMissouri’s finest outdoor adventure spots giving us thechance to climb elephant-sized boulders, slide throughshut-ins, test the cold waters of giant springs, or take agentle float down a crystal clear Ozark stream.

In 1970, we branched out to explore new territory byattending the first ever Family Nature Summit. Whatbegan as an adventure became tradition. In the 1990s,my husband and I began taking our own children to“The Summits” where families and individuals share theopportunity to learn, explore,and gain an appreciationfor the cultural heritage and natural beauty of a newenvironment.

In early August 2011, Missouri’s natural splendor willbe showcased as summit participants gather at theYMCA of the Ozarks. It is my wish that fellow Missouri-ans will embrace the opportunity to save themselves andtheir children from, in the words of author Richard Louv,“Nature Deficit Disorder” by joining us next summer atthe Family Nature Summit.

—Amy Kilpatric teaches science and nature study atCommunity School in Ladue where she focuses on helping children to get in touch with the natural world.

Amy Kilpatric: My dreamor wish for the outdoors is...

The Missouri Outdoors

And here are some of the wishes & dreams of our members for

My dream for Missourioutdoors? It’s answerable…

• It will always bethere as it has been forme—or better (theme ofSummit)

• That we could allspend more time in theoutdoors

• That we could exportall our ticks and chiggers

to Kansas• That my children and

grandchildren will loveMissouri outdoors—ordevelop an outdoor appreciation that they’llcarry on their lifetimeadventures to other partsof the country or world

• It will always be animportant part of the

Missouri economy• That Missouri

outdoors and economicdevelopment aren’t pittedagainst each, but are seenas complements

•That CFM remains astrong and ever-presentvoice for Missouri outdoors

—Dan Witter

Dan Witter:My dream for the Missouri outdoors is...

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My dream for the Missouri outdoors is that sufficientnatural areas will be available for all future generations,giving them the opportunity to hunt, fish, bird watch,hike, or just view the wonders of nature.

For almost eighty years I have enjoyed nature’s spectacular arena. The beauty of nature is good for the

soul. The excitement of a bass hitting a top water plug orthe heart pounding moment of looking up and seeing abeautiful whitetail headed toward your stand are thrills Iwould wish for every citizen.

Whatever you enjoy about the outdoors, my hope isthat the citizens of this great state of Missouri continueto see the value of supporting conservation agencies andcitizen conservation organizations. These groups worktirelessly to ensure that adequate public lands with manageable numbers of fish and wildlife are present forall to enjoy.

My dream is that future generations will have theopportunity to enjoy the sounds and sights of the outdoors,the thrill of a largemouth bass on the end of a line, or thechallenge that comes with a fair chase, just as I haveenjoyed for so many years.

By supporting the Conservation Federation of Missouri,you can help my dream come true.

—Albert “Abe” Phillips was born July 20, 1931, near Oswego, KS. He graduated from Pittsburg State,Pittsburg, KS, in 1953. Abe worked as a professional inParks & Recreation from 1954–1992. He’s beeninvolved with CFM for approximately 50 years and hasserved in many capacities including President. Abe is along-time member of the CFM Board and currentlyserves as Chairman of Operation Game Thief.

Abe Phillips: My dream forthe Missouri outdoors is...

My wish for the Missouri outdoors is that young people would be as enthusiastic about fish and wildlifeconservation as I was when I was growing up. I was one ofthe Boy Scouts who circulated the petitions that led to thecitizen initiative that created Design for Conservation. I was much influenced by the Missouri Conservationistmagazine (I cut pictures out of every issue) and Mutual ofOmaha’s Wild Kingdom (with spokesman Marlin Perkins).I seem to recall that the Mark Trail comic strip made itseem that every day with wildlife would be an adventure.Well, the Missouri landscape is not nearly as wild as it was30 years ago, but we still have much to offer fish andwildlife and people who want to be outdoors. Interestingthat 11-year-old kid had no idea that he would become a conservation biologist as a career, an employee of the Missouri Department of Conservation, and an author ofarticles in the Missouri Conservationist.

—Dennis Figg is a conservation biologist for the MissouriDepartment of Conservation. Every day he is challengedto help Missourians conserve wildlife diversity for futuregenerations.

Dennis Figg: My wish for the Missouri outdoors is...

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My dream is simply thatpeople learn to respectMother Nature and all ofthe bountiful resourcesshe provides. As a personwho regularly works along-side stream-lovers andriver organizations acrossthe state, I am all toofamiliar with the ill effects

that stormwater is havingon our rivers and the entireeco-systems that dependon them. There is literallytons of trash pouring intoour waterways from thestreets, wildlife in dis-tress, and constant reportsabout sewage and chemi-cal spills. The rate atwhich our rivers are beingpolluted is alarming. Weonly begin to understandthe scale of this problemwhen we learn aboutthings like the “giant

Pacific garbage patch.” Idream that one day Mis-souri will do away withnonreusable plastic waterbottles, which is the num-ber one thing we find onriver clean-ups. It is myhope that Missouri willenforce stricter regulationson stormwater outflows,and the many pharmaceu-ticals and chemicals beingflushed into our water-ways. If we can helprestore and protect whatlittle stream buffers and

wetlands we have left tofilter these threats andkeep our trash from enter-ing storm drains, Missouriand everything down-stream would benefit.Water is life—let’s keep itclean!

—Melanie Cheney workswith Missouri River Relief,a nonprofit dedicated tobringing people togetherthrough hands-on Missouririver clean-ups, restorationand education activities.

Bill Bryan: My wish forMissouri’s outdoors is...

Our state park system is the Nation’s finest thanks togreat friends like the Federation. Let’s keep the camp-fires burning together for another 75 years.

—Bill Bryan is the Director of Missouri State Parks.

Allan Hoover: My dream forthe Missouri outdoors is...

My dream for the Missouri Outdoors is to educate ourcitizens regarding the many benefits to Man and Naturethat are found in the outdoor way of life to the extent ofcausing a fundamental change-of-focus where outdoorpursuits will, once again, become a priority for eachgeneration.

Pictured above is Daniel Margita and mentor AllanHoover on Daniel’s first deer hunt. Photo courtesy ofMHHF.

—Allan Hoover is a cofounder and the current ExecutiveDirector of the Missouri Hunting Heritage Federation, anonprofit organization dedicated to perpetuating thehunting heritage in Missouri.

Melanie Cheney:My dream for Missouri’s outdoors is...

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I spend a lot of time inthe Missouri outdoors. Ifrequently think about howit could be better…and ashard as I try, I am hardpressed to come up withany revolutionary ideas.

I guess that should notbe surprising. Missouri hasbeen blessed with a richand diverse natural land-scape along with somestrategic visionaries whocared about it. Throughinitiative petitions cam-paigns, the citizens ofMissouri have voted for aunique constitutionalauthority for our Conserva-tion Commission as well asdedicated funding sourcesfor Conservation and

Natural Resources. My wish would be that

the agencies that manageour public lands (Depart-ment of Conservation,Department of Naturalresources, U.S. Forest Service and National ParkService) employ an adaptive approach toresource management andcontinually seek to makeimprovements after carefulplanning, implementationand evaluation…all basedon the best available sci-ence and in communicationwith their stakeholders. TheDepartment of Conservationhas the opportunity, andresponsibility, to influencemanagement on private

lands. With more than 90%of the State in private ownership, this is criticallyimportant and my “wishlist” would urge a rampingup in this area.

Finally, the humandimensions aspect mustnot be ignored. My hope is

that we can find ways torecruit more people, of all ages…but particularlythe younger generation, toenjoy our wonderful outdoors.

—Jeff Churan lives inChillicothe, MO.

Georganne Nixon: my wishfor Missouri’s outdoors is...

My dream for the Missouri Outdoors is that all children have the opportunity to play outside and fall inlove with the world’s natural beauty.

—First Lady Georganne Wheeler Nixon

Jeff Churan: My dream forthe Missouri outdoors is...

My wish for the Missouri outdoors is thatits diversity be preservedfor new generations asmuch as possible, consis-tent with our present andfuture population. Allkinds of water sports areavailable on our manyrivers and lakes. We havewonderful opportunitiesfor fishing. The land variesfrom prairie to mountains.Game is plentiful in ourstate and there are plansfor even larger game. Wehave an excellent conser-vation commission anddepartment. Best of all,there is the ConservationFederation of Missouri and

our affiliates and associ-ates who are dedicated tothe best use of thesethings.

—Howard Fisher lives inHigginsville, MO.

Howard Fisher: My wish forthe Missouri outdoors is...

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My dream for the Missouri outdoors is thatmy grandchildren’s grandchildren enjoy thediverse wildlife and pristineenvironment of Missourioutdoors. With the hardwork pioneered by theRestoration and Conserva-tion Federation of Missouriin their seventy-five years,

we have restored much ofthe former bio-diversity inour land, lakes, rivers andstreams. The environmen-tal sensitivity created haspaid off resulting incleaned up polluted sitesand restored habitat forGod’s creatures. With continued effort, Missourianswill enjoy our great Missouri

outdoors for all future generations.

—Mark McNally, GeneralManager of the ClarenceCannon Wholesale WaterCommission, retired fromthe U.S. Navy to rural Mis-souri with his wife Rosebecause of the great life tobe had.

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Jim Zeiger: My wish for theMissouri outdoors is...

My wish is that through education and positive expe-riences the Youth of Missouri will learn to respect, pro-tect and pass on the Natural Resources that we are soblessed to enjoy in the Great Missouri Outdoors.

The future is in the hands of our Youth and we needto mentor them with positive and rewarding programsand opportunities that our State Conservation Depart-ment and Community Organizations offer.

Then and only then we can rest assured that our Nat-ural Resources will be around and thriving for many gen-erations to come.

—Jim Zieger is President, Missouri BASS FederationNation.

Jim Low: My wish forMissouri’s outdoors is...

My wish for Missouri’s outdoors is for each new gen-eration of Missourians to have a deeper understandingof and connection to the natural world than the previousgeneration.

—Jim Low is a News Services Coordinator with the Mis-souri Department of Conservation.

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Jim Hill: My wish for theMissouri outdoors is...

My wish for the Missouri Outdoors is that the man-agement of our resources will always be kept out of thehands of our politicians and in the hands of professionalsas it is now. I hope that all of our citizens will see thelogic in this approach which has been so successful andcontinue to support it with their tax dollars and volunteerwork. I hope that all people will treat our outdoors withrespect, keeping it clean and obeying the rules and regulations that exist. I also wish that more and morepeople will take advantage of the wide variety of activities which are provided in our great outdoors. Iknow that I have always taken full advantage of the outdoor opportunities in Missouri, and this is one reasonthat I felt motivated to become a life member of the Conservation Federation of Missouri. I hope that morepeople will make this same commitment.

—Jim Hill retired as a research manager from the refractory industry, where he spent some 35 years aftergraduating from the Missouri University of Science andTechnology in Rolla.

Our dream and wish for the MissouriOutdoors is to never see one piece oftrash on any of our roadsides or otherbeautiful landscape.

—ArdPark Cabins and Campground is aprivate venue in Steelville, MO. It isowned and operated by Tim and CindyArd.

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Lowell Mohler: My dreamfor the Missouri outdoors is...

My dream for the Missouri Outdoors for the next 75years is that we make the same progress in preservingand acquiring strategic conservation areas and wetlandsin the next 75 years as we have the past 75 years. That would be a remarkable feat, but could and willhappen with the continuation of the dedicated 1/8 centtax for MDC and with the help and support of great conservation allies led by the Conservation Federation ofMissouri.

It is also important we continue to build citizen sup-port for our conservation efforts including our legislativefriends and making sure our many conservation areasand programs are as user friendly as possible. Continued emphasis on youth conservation activities isalso a must in the future.

Yes, Missouri is the leader in the United States todayin conservation programs and we need to keep it thatway in the coming 75 years. Hope you will do yourpart!

—Lowell Mohler

I dream that Missouri will have an abundance ofhealthy habitats that support native fish and wildlife and that those habitats will be resilient to change. Idream that Missourians will have access to these placesand that they care enough to support their care and management. I dream for Missourians to share greatpride over our natural resources and consider future generations when making decisions. I dream that my kidsand grandkids will share a personal connection with theoutdoors—and will take time to unplug and enjoy all thatthe Missouri outdoors has to offer.

—Amy Buechler is Teaming With Wildlife Coordinator forthe Conservation Federation of Missouri.

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As a lifelong hunter and fisherman, my dream for theMissouri outdoors is not simply about more fish andgame in years to come. Although I hope to find bothabundantly, and I fervently hope my little grandson will

be able to enjoy these pastimes as I have, this is not thewhole of my vision.

My dream, rather, extends to the awareness and valueevery citizen has for our natural resources, the fish andgame, the fields and forests, the lakes and streams, with which Missouri has been blessed. When somethingis valued, it is cared for, protected and sustained. If we prize these natural resources and care for themappropriately, they will be there abundantly for futuregenerations.

Leadership in fulfilling this dream will come from an outstanding Conservation Commission, an effectiveConservation Federation, a host of allied outdoor organizations and an ever-growing environmental ethicwhich appreciates the natural gifts we've been given.

And the result will be an outdoors which is rich inresources, has a continuing tradition which celebratesand partakes of our outdoor heritage, and a state whichenjoys wide recognition for its remarkable stewardship.

—A career educator, John Moore now serves as President of the Ozarks Water Watch Foundation, whichfocuses on water quality in the upper White River basin.

John Moore: My dream orwish for the outdoors is...

AmyBuechler:My dream forthe Missourioutdoors is ...

As you will note, this picture was taken some timeago! Ha! I am in the middle, my dad is on the left andmy grandfather is on the right.

I have been fortunate to have grown up in Missouri ata time in its history when we restocked our deer herd andreplenished our wild turkey population. I was also ableto go to the polls and support with my vote a “one eighthof one percent” sales tax that has proven over and overagain to be a real game changer here in Missouri. Mywish is that our grandchildren (as yet unborn) will beable to enjoy the fish, forest and wildlife as I have!

—Mike Schallon is President of CFM.

Mike Schallon: My wish forthe Missouri outdoors is...

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My wishes for Missouri’sfuture include fresh air,pure waters, and healthynatural landscapes. Idream that our rivers andstreams are all drinkablewith flourishing native lifeand no soil erosion; thatour fens, marshes andswamps are healthy andhost an abundance of

waterfowl, shorebirds, reptiles and amphibians;that our prairies and nativegrasslands are luxuriantand once again home toelk, prairie chickens,jackrabbits, pronghorns,wolves and bison; that ourwoodlands are dense,diverse and home to deer,wild turkeys and ruffed

grouse. I dream that weone day clone and restorePassenger Pigeons and Carolina Parakeets. And Imost sincerely wish thatthere be few enough peoplein our world that all thesewonderful things may happen.

—Duane Kelly

Duane Kelly:My wishes for the Missouri outdoors are...

My dream (or wish) for the Missouri outdoors is...to encourage youth to envision their personal involve-ment in conserving our natural resources and to pursueopportunities to realize that vision.

—Al Vogt is a member of CFM and an activist in leadingyouth toward lives that actively fight for sustaining ournatural resources and protect our outdoor heritage inMissouri.

Al Vogt: My dream for theMissouri outdoors is...

Bob Ziehmer: My dream forthe Missouri outdoors is...

Seventy-five years ago, a small group of dedicated citizens formed what is now the Conservation Federation ofMissouri. Determination, hard work, enthusiasm toaccomplish what no other state had done, unwavering persistence, and a sincere passion for Missouri’s outdoorresources were their building blocks that changed ourstate’s conservation history. Today, Missouri has a citizen-created Conservation Commission system of governance (amodel studied around the world) operating with constitutional authority for forest, fish, and all wildliferesources. Missouri’s status as a national leader in forest,fish, and wildlife conservation is a result of actions taken75 years ago by dedicated citizens.

—Robert L. Ziehmer is Director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.

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The growing separation of people from the naturalresources that support them could threaten the healthof Missouri's lands and waters. We cannot wish thistrend away. Neither should we ignore it. Organizedyouth sports, electronic entertainment choices, indoorleisure activities, and urbanization will continue togrow.

Seventy-five years from now there will still be huntersand hikers, anglers and birders, campers and boaters.But demographic trends make it likely that their numbersas a percentage of Missouri's population will grow little,or will shrink.

These trends need not doom good conservation programs and practices. Less personal contact with theoutdoors need not create ignorance of its importance topeople's lives. People can learn that healthy lands andwaters are not a luxury, but are, in fact, a necessity.Such informed citizens will demand good conservationpractices, environmental regulations, and smart growthalternatives regardless of their level of outdoor activity.My wish for the Missouri outdoors is that we successfullyimplement the foremost recommendation of the 2009

Summit on the Future of the Missouri Outdoors: “Get themessage out that a quality, healthy outdoors is essentialfor life.”

—After a 28-year career with the Department of Conser-vation, Rick currently serves as Executive Vice Presidentof the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation.

Rick Thom: My wish for theMissouri outdoors is...

David and Janice Reynolds:Our wish for the Missouri outdoors is...

David and Janice Reynolds have a wish for the Missouri outdoors: that it be protected and improved sothat future generations can enjoy and appreciate it theway they have. They especially have enjoyed fishing andcanoeing the clear Missouri streams and observing andhunting the abundant wildlife. They took their daugh-ters on many a drive through the Ozarks’ wanderingroads in all seasons, where they enjoyed watching thesnow fall through the trees or the trees beginning to budin the spring. David also introduced his daughters tomorel mushroom hunting (they continue to guard hisfavorite spots!). Now, they have started taking theirgrandchildren camping canoeing, and fishing, whileshowing them the small wonders that are to be found inthe Missouri woodlands.

Their dream for the Missouri Outdoors is to preserveand protect to keep it fresh and pristine for future generations.

—David is retired safety engineer and the Treasurer for

the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation. Janiceis an elementary school counselor; both are active con-servationists.

My wish for the Outdoors is that we start to takebetter care of our environment. We will utilize lessonslearned from other man made disasters that are occur-ring in the country; that whatever we do for profit we willconsider the impact it will cause on our future genera-tions; our soil, our rivers and most importantly, the ani-mal kingdom that call it their home. If we consider thelast consideration first, it will cause us to do better bythe other three.

My dream is for everyone in the state of Missouri tobecome better land stewards and to want to be like us.That hunting becomes abundantly available to all withno limits, no danger of extinction and Missouri Citizensstand proud and blessed.

—Vannessa Frazier is Executive Director, HowardvilleCommunity Betterment.

Vannessa Frazier: My wish& dream for the outdoors is...

My wish for the Missourioutdoors is that all Missourians learn theimportance of the world ofnature and how they canbe a part of making ourState continue to be theleader in sustaining ahealthy environment for allour living things.

Such a goal cannot beaccomplished without partnerships throughout ourState, and the ConservationFederation’s MissouriWildlife must continue to be very effective in promoting such alliances.Special emphasis must begiven to urban areas wheremany people may not havethe opportunity to experi-ence the many aspects ofour State’s abundantnature. Once a citydweller gets the chance toenjoy the thrills that ouroutdoors can provide, thesupport can become a lifetime passion.

Our Judeo-Christianfaith teaches us in the firstchapter of Genesis, as wellas in the beautiful 8th

Psalm, that despite ourshortcomings, we are incharge “over all the earth.”Therefore, we have a greatresponsibility to see thatfuture generations inherit athriving world of nature.

I feel lucky to live in aState where the Missourioutdoors is considered atop priority.

—Anita B. Gorman is Missouri ConservationCommissioner Emerita andwas Missouri ConservationCommissioner from1993–2005.

Mike Currier: My dreamfor the Missouri outdoors is...

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My dream for Missouri outdoors is diversity—highquality natural landscapes that support their full rangeof native plants and animals.

—Mike Currier is a Natural Resource Steward with theMissouri Department of Natural Resources.

Anita B. Gorman: My wishfor the Missouri outdoors is...

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C O N S E R V A T I O N F E D E R A T I O N O F M I S S O U R I A F F I L I A T E S

Anglers of MissouriBeaver Lake Beagle ClubBig Game Hunters, Inc.Bridlespur Hunt ClubCapitol City Fly FishersCentral Missouri Chapter Safari ClubChesterfield Citizens Committee

for the EnvironmentColdwater Outing & Game PreserveFestus-Crystal City Conservation ClubGasconade County Youth Shooting

SportsGreenway Network, Inc.Heaven’s AnglersJefferson County Coonhunters, Inc.Lambert Field Rod & Gun ClubMeramec Area Sportsman

AssociationMidwest Diving CouncilMississippi Valley Duck HuntersMissouri Association of Meat

ProcessorsMissouri Atlatl AssociationMissouri Bass FederationMissouri Bird Conservation InitiativeMissouri Bow HuntersMIssouri Chapter of the American

Fisheries SocietyMissouri Chapter of the Wildlife

SocietyMissouri Chapter Soil and Water

Conservation Society

Missouri Conservation Agents Association

Missouri Consulting Foresters Association

Missouri Department of AgricultureMissouri Ducks Unlimited State

CouncilMissouri Forest Products AssociationMissouri Hunter Education

Instructors AssociationMissouri Hunting Heritage FederationMissouri Hunting Spaniel ClubMissouri National Wild Turkey

FederationMissouri Native Seed AssociationMissouri Parks & Recreation

AssociationMissouri Parks AssociationMissouri Prairie FoundationMissouri Ruffed Grouse SocietyMissouri Smallmouth AllianceMissouri Society of American

ForestersMissouri Sport Shooting AssociationMissouri State Campers AssociationMissouri State Chapter of the Quality

Deer Management AssociationMissouri State Council Quail

UnlimitedMissouri Taxidermist AssociationMissouri Trappers Association

Missouri Trout Fisherman’s Association

Missouri Waterfowl AssociationMissouri Whitetails UnlimitedMonett Sportsman LeagueMU Student Chapter Wildlife SocietyNortheast Missouri Coonhunters

AssociationNorth Side Division Conservation

FederationOpen Space CouncilOzark Fly FishersOzark Wilderness Waterways ClubPerry County Sportsman ClubPomme de Terre Chapter Muskies, Inc.Quail and Upland Wildlife FederationQuail Forever & Pheasants Forever-River Relief, Inc.Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationSaint James Civic ClubSouth Side Division Conservation

FederationSouthwest Missouri Fly FishersTipton Farmers & Sportsman ClubUnited Bow Hunters of MissouriWalnut Council & Other Fine

HardwoodsWecomo Sportsman ClubWild Elk Institute of MissouriWildlife Society of Missouri State

UniversityWindsor Lake Rod & Gun Club

PLATINUMBass Pro ShopsShelter InsuranceDrury Hotels

SILVERAnalytical Bio-Chemistry

Laboratories, Inc.Gray Manufacturing

CompanyHornbuckle Heating,

Cooling and PlumbingJames T. Blair IVPyramid Home Health

Services

BASICAaron’s Boats & MotorsArdPark CabinsBee Rock Land, LLCBolin Auto and Truck PartsC. J. Thomas CompanyCap AmericaCequel IIICitizens Telephone CompanyColumbia Daily TribuneCommerce Bank

Columbia MarketCulligan Water of ColumbiaDenny Dennis Sporting GoodsEvans Equipment

Farmer’s Coop Elevator Association

Les Bourgeois VineyardsMcRoberts Farm, Inc.Meramec Bison Farm, LLCMichaelanne, Inc.Paradigm Financial

AdvisorsQuality Forest ManagementREMAX Boone RealtySierra BulletsSuddenlink CommunicationsTabor Plastic CompanyThe Bank of MissouriWood Land & Cattle, LLC

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Wildlife September 2010

Vol. 71, No. 5

MISSOURI

Missouri Wildlife is the official publicationof the Conservation Federation of Missouri,Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.ISSN 1082-8591

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President

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Secretary

Treasurer

Executive Director/Editor

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COVER: A photographic reproductionof the posters and billboards used inthe 1935-36 CFM campaign to createthe Conservation Commission of theState of Missouri.

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Please join CFM today to conserve our naturalresources for tomorrow!

Check the membership category you prefer:

❑ $25—Individual ❑ $15—Student ❑ $30—Family ❑ $100—Sustaining❑ $1000—Lifetime

Your dues include a 1-year subscription to Missouri Wildlife, a logo sticker and a membership card.

Please mail this application with your membership dues to:Conservation Federation of Missouri

728 West Main • Jefferson City, MO 65101-1559

If you have questions, call us at 1-800-575-2322 or visit us at www.confedmo.org

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Please make checks payable to the Conservation Federation of Missouri.*If you prefer, you may charge your membership dues to your MasterCard, Visa, or Discover card.

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*Note: CFM is an IRS-approved tax-exempt not-for-profit, so your donations are tax deductible.

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Charles Abele, Saint LouisR. Philip Acuff, Saint JosephDuane Addleman, SpringfieldNancy Addleman†Tom Addleman, Kansas CityJames Agnew, ArnoldAllan Appell, CalhounRichard Ash, Saint CharlesCarolyn Auckley, BallwinMichael Baker, DeSotoDane Balsman, PerryvilleNancy Blankenship, JoplinJim Tom Blair, Saint LouisMarilynn Bradford, Cape GirardeauStephen Bradford, Cape GirardeauGlenn Chambers, ColumbiaRon Coleman, Saint AlbansMark Corio, ColumbiaBill Crawford, ColumbiaRyan Diener, MarthasvilleJohn Enderle, KelsoMr. & Mrs. Andrew Fleming, ColumbiaHoward & Sara Fleming, MoberlyMr. & Mrs. Matt Fleming, MoberlyMatt Gaunt, ColumbiaTimothy Gordon,

Maryland HeightsDave Kolb Grading, Saint CharlesRichard & Sally Graham, HartsburgGray Manufacturing Company,

Saint JosephDebbie Gremmelsbacher,

Saint LouisGery Gremmelsbacher,

Saint LouisMark and Kathy Haas, JacksonHerman Hanley, Grain ValleyMickey Heitmeyer, AdvanceRandy Herzog, Saint JosephJames Hill, Mexico

Allan Hoover, Pleasant HillJohn Hoskins, FremontLarry & Joan Hummel, GlencoePatricia Hurster, Saint LouisAaron Jeffries, Jefferson CityDon Johnson, FestusMalcolm “Mac” Johnson, HartsburgRoger & Debbie Johnson, HumansvilleTom Karl, FarmingtonDuane & Cosette Kelly, IndependenceMarty King, University CityJudd Kirkham, Climax SpringsSara Knight, Charlotte, NCCarl Kurz, Leawood, KSAnn Kutscher, Jefferson CityLarry Lackamp, Bates CityKyle Lairmore, OwensvilleJay Law†Gerald Lee, Kansas CityJoel LeMaster, FultonNorman Leppo, Saint LouisJohn Lewis, ColumbiaLeroy Logan, ArnoldChristine Logan-Hollis, BlackwellIke Lovan, SteelvilleChip and Teresa McGeehan, MarshfieldRichard Mendenhall, ColumbiaCynthia Metcalfe, Saint LouisDavis Minton, DexterJohn Moore, Jr., SpringfieldJohnny Morris, SpringfieldDavid Murphy, ColumbiaDean Murphy, Jefferson CityFirst Lady Georganne Wheeler Nixon,

Jefferson CityGov. Jay Nixon, Jefferson CitySara Parker Pauley, HartsburgAbe Phillips, Saint LouisJan Phillips, Saint LouisJerry Presley, Centertown

Albert Price, ColumbiaNick Prough, HarrisonvilleDavid & Janice Reynolds, SpringfieldGerald Ross, Jefferson CityBruce & Jan Sassman, BlandMike Schallon, WentzvilleMossie Schallon, WentzvilleTimothy Schwent, JacksonGeorge Seek, MeadvilleE. “Sy” Seidler, Saint LouisSara Seidler, Saint LouisGary & Susanna Smith, NeoshoM.W. Sorenson, ColumbiaEd Stegner, Pilot GroveCharles & Winnie Stribling, MexicoMary Stuppy, JoplinMark Sullivan†Jim Talbert, Jefferson CityTim Thompson, Saint CharlesJeff (J. T.) Tillman, Lake OzarkGary Van De Velde, Jefferson CityBarbara VanBenschoten,

Kansas CityLee Vogel, Kansas CityAl Vogt, ColumbiaJulius Wall, ClintonRandy Washburn, Jefferson CityHenry J. Waters, III, ColumbiaRobert Werges, ArnoldMark Williams, LawsonStephen Wilson, HartsburgMichael Wilson, Saint LouisDaniel Witter, Holts SummitDick Wood, Saint LouisHoward Wood, Bonne TerreDan Zerr, O’FallonJim Zieger, HannibalRobert Ziehmer, California

† Deceased

CFM Conservationists For Life($1,000 Contribution)

When will you add your name to the list?CFM Life Membership Application

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