Vol68 no6 2007

MISSOURI

Wildlife

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NEWS & ISSUES

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Gramma’s Noodles s times draw near for holidays, hunting seasons, family get togethers and all the many blessings of autumn and early winter, it seems to me a good opportunity for a reminiscence…or two.

Once upon a time, the central gathering place for all us Murphy’s was a humble house at the end of a long lane. We kids universally identified the place with wilderness. One need only glance out the window while pilfering dough from Gramma’s hand-cut noodles to confirm this with regular sightings of deer, blue dip-n-divers (Cooper’s Hawks), foxes, coyotes and most every other kind of wildlife imaginable. From the time we were big enough to reach the countertop for the salty, floury raw noodles we were big enough to know first hand that we shared the land with all its residents domesticated and wild. We knew of no other circumstance. We knew of no one who knew of any other circumstance.

The out of doors became as much a home to me as my Grandparents’ dining room. The nooks and crannies of the surrounding woodlands and fields were as familiar to me as Grampa’s collection of prehistoric hula ties hidden in the innermost closet.

Room to experience, room to learn, room to grow up. Without question many of the physical needs of our family were met with provisions of this land.

We knew how to plant, how to cultivate, how to harvest for food. We knew how to cut and split wood for heat. We knew how to purify the water in our cistern and how to pump it. We had all done all

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of these things many times before we even entered elementary school. Some of us still do them.

These were days before the Design for Conservation Sales Tax. These were days, half a century ago, before wild turkeys gobbled every spring in North Missouri. These were days some would like to go back to and others would not.

Of course, none of us can turn back the hands of time. We must live in the present. But we had best learn from the past, as we anticipate the future.

Now our society, considering the words of Richard Louv and others, has quite a few members who know nothing of the circumstances described above.

Too many have either forgotten or have never known from whence our food, fuel or water come. Oh, yes farm life is a tough way to make a living. Oh, yes the luxurious comfort of ready availability of everything from retailers is wonderful. Oh, yes public access to clean water is a godsend. But is the price of generations yet to come having no first-hand connection with land affordable? Has it already cost us too much? Time will tell.

One important tenet of this whole ball of wax is my point for your consideration during the holidays. If there were but one lesson learned from my experiences on the farm, it would be that everything is not somebody else’s job. I would argue that too much of the time each of us is more willing to sit and whine than to rise and take action.

There will be progressively more to do for natural resource conservation for each generation in the future. There will

OFFICERS Glenn Chambers President Mike Schallon First Vice President Vacant Second Vice President Duane Addleman Secretary Randy Washburn Treasurer STAFF Dave Murphy Executive Director/Editor Lynne Jensen Lampe Design & Production Laurie Coleman Admin. Associate/ Membership and Managing Editor Leigh Love Admin. Associate/ Accounting Amy Buechler Teaming With Wildlife Coordinator Missouri Wildlife is the official publication of the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.

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be much greater need than there will be resources. This will necessitate informed decision making. We want those making decisions (all of us) to have a solid foundation of first hand experience upon which to base those decisions, right?

So…are you thinking what I’m thinking? Make time outdoors with young people part of your hunting seasons, part of your fishing adventures, part of your holidays, part of how you live. Like most everything else I can think of, the more you put into this, the more you will get out. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Thanks for another great year for CFM! Dave Murphy Executive Director, CFM

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COVER: Good dogs, good hunters, good “Covey Rise”© by Glenn D. Chambers.

Applications Now Being Accepted For The Charles P. Bell Conservation Scholarship The Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust and the Conservation Federation of Missouri are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2008 Charles Bell Conservation Scholarships.

In the 2008 Bell Scholarship Program, eight scholarships will be awarded: one graduate ($600), one undergraduate ($500) and six for elementary, high school or youth groups ($250 each). In this latter category, CFM members who work with

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Boy Scouts, 4-H, environmental clubs or youth chapters of their affiliate are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Graduate applicants must be enrolled in a field of study related to conservation, natural science or earth resources at an accredited college or university. Undergraduate applicants must have 60 credit hours or more and should have enrolled in an area related to conservation. Preference in all cases will be given to applicants enrolled in Missouri schools. The deadline

for applications is January 15, 2008.

These scholarships are named in memory of CFM past-president Charles P. Bell, whose family provided major funding for this program.

For an application form write to: Conservation Federation of Missouri Bell Scholarships 728 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 or call (573) 634-2322 or (800) 575-2322

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Call For Fall Activities: Have Fun, Participate In CFM his has to be my favorite time of the year!!! In most years the summer heat is behind us, and we look forward to the first cool days of late September and early October. The dove season opener and the special early teal season—WOW, it doesn’t get any better than that.

They were both great seasons for me this year.

You know, it’s that time of year to GET OUTSIDE and enjoy the hard earned fruits of our labor. Many of us have planned all year long for this special time of the year and now that it is upon us, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!!!

Following the close of the annual duck season, many people ask me, “What are you going to do now ???” My response in one quick answer: “Get ready for next year!!!”

NO, we can’t do it all. We are going to have to decide if we are going to participate in the upcoming quail season,

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waterfowl season, deer archery, deer firearms, fall turkey, or maybe just some fine, fall fishing. Granted some overlap occurs, but the point is: we are blessed in Missouri with so many fine fall outdoor activities and I get nervous thinking about which one I am going to have to miss!!!

In the midst of all these wonderful outdoor activities, there is work to be done within CFM. As we go to press, we are on the cusp of our first-ever, CFM Sporting Clays fundraiser. We are optimistic that it will be a success and that we will we make some money for CFM. It has been a lesson in organizing and pulling off an event that has participants from all parts of the state. Our chairman, Tom Russell has done a great job of organizing this event.

As your president, I am about to encounter another “FIRST.” The legislative session will be opening soon and it will be the first one that I will have the

opportunity to really get involved in. I look forward to it. I am personally acquainted with several of our elected legislators and I will become acquainted with a lot more of them soon. They are respectable folks, elected by respectable folks. Some have agendas that are differ-

Will you join today to help us conserve our natural resources for tomorrow?

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ent from mine, but guess what, that is a challenge that I look forward to. I plan to sit down and discuss, face to face our differences, if there are any, and share with them, our side of the picture. And as CFM members, I will be asking for your support from time to time.

As a CFM member, I would invite you to become acquainted with your local Representative and Senator.

2008 promises to be a year for serious “politicking,” and many sobering decisions will be made. As individuals, we should be part of that decision-making process.

You say, “CFM is not about politics.”

But it is. We cannot avoid it. Politics are not my highest priority, but a lot of things that affect our programs and our daily lives occur at the political level. We need to be cognizant of that and act accordingly. I would ask that you participate at whatever comfort level your needs dictate.

There are a lot of exciting things happening within CFM. Our SHARE THE HARVEST program promises to be a winner and we appreciate all our partners and especially MDC. Gary Van de Velde and our Share the Harvest committee have us better prepared and better funded than ever before as we enter the deer season. Our record year, last year, resulted in over 6,000 deer being processed for the program. This generated more than 161 tons (that’s right, TONS) of lean red meat for the neediest Missourians, while keeping our deer herd healthy and strong. Our program helps in managing the herd in areas with high populations, providing for those families who need help the most, contributing to making our highways even safer and helping reduce depredation on agricultural crops…what a program! Contribute a deer yourself this year…or, even better, send us a tax-deductible donation of cash to help us keep the program growing and working for the benefit of all.

Our next get-together, following our Sporting Clays Shoot, will be at Big Cedar Lodge for our winter board meeting. More to come later on that.

In the meanwhile have a great fall and hunting season. STEP OUTSIDE, be safe, be courteous, and enjoy yourself. Take a youngster with you!!!

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SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES

An Update From The Director’s Office ith national education initiatives such as No Child Left Behind setting standards for primary and secondary education, it is not surprising that accountability has become an important watchword in higher education. Many people are asking colleges and universities to more clearly show what the specific returns are to students for their tuition dollars (or what the broader citizenry gets for investing tax dollars in education). With concerns related to academic freedom involved this issue can be controversial.

Faculty within The School of Natural Resources are sensitive to these calls for accountability. Rather than wait for external directives, the faculty in The School of Natural Resources are taking a proactive approach to the accountability issue. We believe there is great “value added” by earning a degree in one of our majors.

But, the time is past for asking people to take us at our word…we need to show you what you get for your investments.

Ultimately, we want to provide the best education possible for the natural resource professionals of the future. And, we want to use tuition, gift, or tax dollars efficiently in achieving that goal.

Faculty in each of our four departments (Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences; Forestry; Parks, Recreation, and Tourism; and Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences) are working to formally identify the Key Competencies mastered while earning a degree in the specific disciplines.

I say formally because most of these Competencies are already well-established in the delivery of our curricula. But, there is value in writing it all down, sharing it with

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stakeholders, and reconsidering whether we are educating beginning professionals to be most effective in the future. Our goal is to show clearly what students will gain in knowledge, professional ability, and technical skills, and where we have assessed those educational gains.

Our process involves our faculty identifying what we believe are Key Competencies needed by our graduates to be effective in professional roles as foresters, wildlife biologists, environmental scientists, park managers, etc. Examples of Key Competencies might be: • For a wildlife biologists: estimate changes in wild animal populations; • For a forester: design a timber management plan; • For a meteorologist: develop a shortterm weather forecast; • For park manager: design and deliver a recreational user survey; • For any natural resource professional: communicate effectively to diverse audiences.

For each competency identified, faculty then generate lists of concepts, principles, technical skills (e.g., computer mapping), or thinking abilities (e.g., problem solving), associated with that competency.

Once the lists of those concepts, skills, and abilities are generated, faculty will examine the existing curriculum to see where those concepts, etc. are being taught and practiced. This “concept mapping” effort will help identify any redundancies within (or across) our curricula, any gaps in those curricula,…basically any opportunities to make our educational programs more efficient, more effective. We expect to see some re-adjusting of course content, perhaps some combining of courses across

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curricula (to more efficiently deliver broadly applicable concepts), and possibly some changes to existing curricula. By clearly identifying what body of coursework helps students master particular competencies, we can track individual student’s progress toward, and eventual, mastery of Key Competencies related to his/her chosen professional focus.

Once our Key Competencies and associated concepts, skills, etc. are identified we plan to engage our stakeholders and collaborators (e.g., potential employers, other natural resource professionals, academic peers) in reviewing our proposal. This will add further credence to our final curricular plans.

At the end of this process we will be able to show students, their families, our peers in higher education, legislators,

etc. what a student will learn by completing a degree in one of our departments. By being explicit about what is to be mastered, where (which courses) that mastery will occur, we can better assure our stakeholders that we are offering true value-added education for natural resource professionals.

If you have thoughts about what Key Competencies students in natural resources should master to help them be ready to be contributing professionals, email me! As always, glad to hear from you on that or other topics at RyanMR@missouri.edu.

Mark Ryan Director, The School of Natural Resources University of Missouri

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NEWS AND ISSUES A COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM AROUND THE STATE

Nominating Committee Choose Slate The Conservation Federation of Missouri Board of Directors approved the Nominating Committee recommendations for 2008 at the October 14 Board Meeting: President Glenn Chambers 1st V.P. Mike Schallon 2nd V.P. Duane Addleman Secretary Dan Zerr Treasurer Randy Washburn Executive Committee—Judd Kirkham, Abe Phillips, Sy Seidler NWF Representative—Don Johnson Alt. NWF. Rep.—Ron Coleman At-Large Elected Directors—All existing At-Large Elected Directors

Strategic Planning Moves Forward The committee has for some time been discussing our resource committees and ways that the Federation might help them achieve their aims. Those committees are of basic importance to the Conservation Federation. The output from them governs many of our actions and to a larger extends positions that the Federation takes on various matters in the Conservation World.

We will make recommendations to the Board about this in the future.

Several recommendations from Strategic Planning were made to the Board at the Summer Board meeting and were approved. Some of these have already been implemented; others have been assigned to various committees The committee studied the benchmarking process for approved plans and is in the process of integrating this process into our work. Using the process, the board will be able to follow any matter that has been approved

and put into motion.

Welcome CFM New Members!

Rick Andrews, Chesterfield Joseph Barr, Saint Louis John Basler, Ballwin Mary Battocletti, New Florence Ronald Blumenfeld, Saint Louis Herb Bockhorst, Springfield Raymond Boerschig, Saint Louis James Bommarito, Saint Louis Steven Borth, Saint Louis Jason Braunecker, Saint James Janice Brennan, Union Craig Brooks, O’Fallon Bruce Brown, Saint Louis Clifton Brown, Saint Charles Paul Buatte, Nixa James Busse, Saint Louis Cabool Lease, Inc., Cabool Ivan Carroll, Clarence Eric Cassinger, Old Monroe Karen Cernicek, Maryland Heights Debora Champagne, Maysville Christy Combs, Saint Peters Patricia Cook, Saint Louis George Cote, Galena George Cross, Ballwin Sean & Jami Croucher, Odessa Joe & Denise Cunningham, Pacific Carol Curran, Washington Clarence Darnton, Saint Louis Kenneth Davis, Russellville Jeffrey Deimeke, Owensville Bruce Dement, Festus Laura Depolo, Carbondale, IL James Dereign, Caruthersville Jason Dickey, Bolivar Anthony Dinucci, Ballwin Daniel Dooley, Bolivar John Dorsey, Bland Chuck Drury, Saint Louis Jeremy Dunbar, Saint Joseph Marvin Duncan, Lawson Stephen Dyreks, Florissant Randy Eaton, Warsaw Hal Elkins, Liberty Glenn Ernst, Republic

Duane Farmer, Centralia Omar Feeler, Saint Louis Debbie Feger, Mexico Jack & Carole Fennell, Saint Joseph Tyler Fernsler, Ballwin Fogel-Anderson Construction Company, Kansas City Fred Fris, Willow Springs Elsa Gallagher, Jefferson City Gary Godier, Wentzville Edward Grace, Saint Louis Ron Greil, Barnhart Brendan Grier, Rogersville Timothy Groves, Hartsburg Dale Gruer, Auxvasse James Hamilton, Sedalia John Hammons, Springfield William Hasten, Blue Springs Sarah Havener, Gerald Dennis Hay, Kansas City Robert Haynes, Saint Peters Amy Heineken, Kansas City Jay Henges, Earth City Guy Lee Herriman, Saint Peters Donna Jean Hess, Kansas City Stephen Hess, Bloomsdale Donald Hilgedick, Fayette Kathleen Hilgeman, Ballwin Russell Hill, Chesterfield Russell Hinnah, Farmington George Hiser, Excelsior Springs Kay Hoffmeister, Saint Charles Mike Hoffmeyer, Ballwin John Hopkins, Louisiana Betty Horak, Kansas City Rodger & Courtney Howard, Saint Charles Charles Howe, Kansas City Terry Hoyt, Brookfield Jack Hubbard, Alton Mike Hubbard, Vanzant Sally Hubbard, Springfield Robert & Ruby Huisman, Clinton Bethel Hunt, Lincoln Oliver Hutton, Weaubleau J. Hopkins and Associates, Springfield Larry Jacobsen, Higbee Danny Jaspering, Warrenton Don Johnson, Columbia Karen Jones, Union Phillip Jones, Columbia Ken Jordan, Bridgeton Ken & Joan Kammeyer, Lake Ozark Evelyn Kasper, Saint Louis

Mescal Keeth, Richland Ed Keeven, Moscow Mills Kurtis Kelley, Poplar Bluff Walter Klemme, O’Fallon Paulette Knoll, Freeburg Cecil Knox, Kansas City Mary Ann Lange, Wentzville Stephanie Larenson-Collins, Philadelphia John Logue, O’Fallon Brian Long, Ballwin Patricia Lowery, Troy William Lusk, Kansas City James Macke, Saint Louis Barry & Trish Maddux, Long Lane Mary Ann Madrid, Saint Louis David Marrs, Saint Louis Daniel Massey, Saint Louis Bobby Masters, Lebanon Gladys McCoubrie, Bridgeton Brad McKee, Willow Springs Jennings McKee, Iberia Paul McMillian, Kansas City Gary McPherson, Villa Ridge Becky Medley, Eagle Rock Steven Medlin, Clever Fred Medlock, Raytown Gloria Metzger, Jefferson City Clarence Meyer, Florissant Claire Meyners, Eureka John Mihalevich, Springfield Darin Miller, Ash Grove Dan Minor, Hannibal Richard Minor, Hannibal Kevin Miquelon, Ballwin Mark Mistler, Centerview Mark Mitchell, Rich Hill Timothy Mitchell, Kansas City Bruce & Sheila Montgomery, Rutland, IL Joe Moritz, Clinton Rick Morris, Greentop June Morrow, Eldon Stan Murray, Wentzville Paul Neuenkirk, Saint Louis Bryan Nielsen, O’Fallon Joseph O’Hara, Independence Joseph O’Leary, Arnold Mark Penrod, Excelsior Springs Mark Peterson, Florissant Richard Phalp, Freeman John Phillips, West Plains Glen Pierce, Moberly Carvel Pinkston, Bonne Terre Greg Pitchford, Chillicothe David Pitts, Rogersville Donald Ploesser, Saint Louis Albert Ponciroli, House Springs Mike Ponciroli, Saint Louis Robert Porhoven, Hollister Dennis Prigge, Saint Charles Donnie Pulley, Half Way Ben Pursley, Potosi Dean Quick, Fulton Earnest Rambo, Saint Louis Charles Randall, Peculiar Elizabeth Rawley, Arnold Jerry Rawlins, Farmington Pete Regot, Troy Cheryl Ressel, Chaffee

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NEWS AND ISSUES Bob Richards, Saint Louis Mary Lou Roberson, Belton Cledis Roberts, Independence Curt Rodgers, Huntsville Roettger Concrete Company, Wentzville Howard Rohlfing, Berger Don Rone, Portageville Darrel Roth, Independence Fred Royal, Independence Nicholas Rozier, Bloomsdale Robert Santambrogio, Steelville Mark Sasser, Saint Louis Terry Schiller, Saint Louis Charles Schlottach, Owensville Paul Schoettle, Saint Louis Rick Schrock, Independence Jerome Schulte, West Alton Harley Schwering, Saint Louis David Searcy, Saint Joseph Emil Sechter, Savannah Robert Seeber, Saint Louis Walter Seeger, Saint Louis John Senay, O’Fallon Barbara Sheets, Wentzville Patti Sherman, Saint Louis Russell Shifflett, Mound City M.E. Simon, Warrensburg Mary Simon, Florissant Sara Sitar, Saint Peters George Smith, Tinley Park, IL Kenneth & Olga Smith, Florissant Thomas & Kathleen Sommerkamp, Warrensburg Mike & Sharon Spalding, O’Fallon James Stahl, Syracuse

Michael Stefl, Saint Louis Dorothy Steurer, Saint Louis Steve Archer Insurance, Saint Joseph Daniel Stippec, Saint Louis Paul Stohr, Saint Louis Dave Swarthout, Vienna Thelma Swarts, Kansas City Terry Swinger, Caruthersville Sherry Taul, Saint Charles Glen & Glynda Taylor, Springfield Don Thompson, Rogersville F.L. Thompson, Shawnee Mission, KS Jeffrey Thomsen, Innsbrook Bill Tinker, Springfield Rodney Tolle, Defiance Bill Travers, O’Fallon David Tritten, Maryland Heights Jamie Tyler, Naylor Fred Veach, Kirksville Joan Vehige, Raymore Edward Vokoun, Chesterfield Larry & Vickie Wall, Ava Lynn Wallberg, Saint Peters Jacob Weber, Laquey Scott Whiteside, Saint Charles Matt Whitmore, O’Fallon Fred Williams, Saint Peters Ross Williams, Springfield Joe Wilmurth, Kansas City Mark Windmiller, Rolla Jeremy Wohldmann, Ballwin Darin Wood, Saint Louis Sam Worley, O’Fallon Kevin Zielke, Warrensburg M.C. Zumsteg, Columbia

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REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

Energy Efficiency Through The Three R’s he 3 R’s—reduce, reuse, recycle—have definitely gained popular support in recent years.

When asked why, people say they want to save landfill space and conserve the raw materials used to manufacture new products. What is not as well known is that how you manage waste has a big impact on energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. When we reduce waste or reuse materials, we are also preventing the use of energy in the manufacture and distribution of the product. Recycling, even though it also requires a manufacturing process and transporting of materials, has been shown to significantly reduce energy as well. And when energy is saved, there is a reduction in emissions from the production of that energy.

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Reduce Reducing waste at the source is the first step in the 3 Rs. Shopping for items with less packaging is a way to reduce

waste and save energy. By looking for items with the least amount of packaging, you are lowering the amount of energy used to get the item to you. Concentrated laundry detergent is a good example of a product that delivers the same value for a lot less packaging. Another option is to use the Web or other paperless billing for certain products and services, saving countless pieces of paper.

Reuse By reusing materials, we create less of a need for the raw materials and the energy used to produce them. Sharing books and magazines with family and friends saves waste, energy and money.

If you use a cloth grocery bag just 11 times, you will already have a lower environmental impact than if you used 11 plastic bags. Those individual bottles of water may be more convenient, but using a refillable bottle and filling it from the tap is much more energy efficient.

Recycle Recycling is one of the best ways to be more energy efficient. Paper, metal, and glass are all items that when recycled into new products use significantly less energy than making them from virgin materials. Recycling paper cuts energy usage in half. Every pound of steel recycled saves 5,450 BTUs of energy, enough to light a 60-watt bulb for over 26 hours.

Recycling a ton of glass saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil. Recycling aluminum cans requires only about five percent of the energy needed to produce aluminum from bauxite. Recycling just one can saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for 3 hours.

These energy savings reduce the use of coal and oil as well as greenhouse gas emissions. According to www.helpstopglobalwarming.com, a national recycling rate of 30 percent reduces greenhouse gas emissions as much as removing nearly 25 million cars from the road. To

Recycling paper is one way to save energy.

find the nearest recycling facility to you, visit the Department of Natural Resources’ Web site at http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/rrr/ RecycDOliststatewide.pdf.

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AGENCY NEWS

Conservation Department Chooses Assistant Director Erickson A Strong Proponent Of All Kinds Of Outdoor Recreation onservation Department Director John Hoskins announced his selection of Dave Erickson as one of three assistant directors in Jefferson City.

Erickson replaces John Smith, who retired Sept. 30 after 27 years with the agency and 10 years as its assistant director.

In his new capacity, Erickson will supervise the Forestry, Fisheries, Wildlife, Private Land Services, Protection and Resource Science divisions, chair the Regulations Committee and continue to represent Missouri on the Mississippi Flyway Council.

“Dave brings nearly 10 years of field work and 21 years of supervisory experience to his new job,” said Hoskins. “He has directed operations in areas ranging from wildlife research to fiscal services and has a grasp of agency affairs that extends far beyond his own professional expertise in wildlife management.”

Hoskins said Erickson’s ability as a team builder has been critical to his success in tackling hard issues and complex challenges. “Rationality and balance are hallmarks of his decision making. I feel very fortunate to have someone of his ability to fill this very important position.”

Erickson, 55, is in his 31st year with the Conservation Department. His previous jobs included wildlife biologist, wildlife research biologist, wildlife management specialist, wildlife research supervisor, Wildlife Division assistant chief, Administrative Services Division chief and, most recently, Wildlife Division chief.

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He has served as president of the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society (TWS), treasurer and president of the Missouri TWS chapter and executive board member of the Missouri Ruffed Grouse Society and has served on three North American Bird Conservation Initiative joint ventures.

His professional honors include the E. Sydney Stephens and G. Andy Runge awards from the Missouri chapter of TWS and the Wildlife Division Employee of the Year Award.

Erickson counts his father as one of the earliest and most influential people in determining his professional path.

“I grew up in a little industrial town in the Allegheny Mountains where fishing and hunting were part of everyday life. My dad was an avid angler, one of the best I’ve ever seen. He always wanted to go hunting, but he never had the opportunity, and when I turned 12 he started hunting. He and I learned together.”

Erickson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in natural resources from the University of Michigan, followed by a master’s degree in wildlife management from Pennsylvania State University. After short stints with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, he took a job in Columbia, Mo., as the Conservation Department’s furbearer biologist.

“I thought I would get a few years of experience here and then go back home.

Like a lot of people, I decided this was a

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pretty good place to live and work, and I am still here 30 years later.”

Erickson’s personal outdoor interests run toward hunting and fishing. “I buy every permit every year,” he confessed. “I am not active in bowhunting right now, though I have been in the past, but I hunt ducks, doves, deer and turkeys - spring and fall. I fish the Missouri River and fish for crappie in the spring. As busy as I am, I still find time to hunt and fish.”

As Wildlife Division chief, Erickson worked to expand outdoor recreational opportunities and engage more people in those activities. The acreage actively managed to create dove hunting opportunities quadrupled under his leadership, and he accepted sometimes harsh criticism as the necessary price for implementing Every Member Draws, a new waterfowl hunt drawing system that increased hunter participation on conservation areas by 30 percent.

Erickson said he is especially excited right now about progress the Conservation Department is making in managing bobwhite quail and other species that depend on prairie and other types of open land. He said the key to this success has been the dual approach of actively managing conservation areas to create quail habitat and aggressively pursuing Conservation Reserve Program opportunities on private land, which comprises 80 percent of the state’s acreage.

“We have a quail program that is making a difference!” he said.

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He takes the same interest in encouraging nontraditional recreation, such as birding, hiking and horseback riding, on conservation areas.

“I want to engage people in the outdoors,” he said. “That can be in the kinds of things I spend my spare time doing, or it can be other things that have become a real professional interest of mine.”

As examples, Erickson noted the Conservation Department’s outreach to every birding group in the state and its efforts to involve groups like The Nature Conservancy and the Grassland Coalition in conservation partnerships. He said those efforts paid dividends in citizen involvement.

“We have gotten nontraditional groups involved with on-the-ground conservation projects, which is something relatively new. It’s a normal thing for Ducks Unlimited, Quail Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation and other groups with their roots in hunting and fishing to put money and energy into habitat work, but it is not a tradition thing for groups like Audubon Missouri.

I am very gratified by the progress we have made there.”

Erickson said he is “unabashed and unapologetic” about both his personal passion for hunting and fishing and his professional commitment to other types of wildlife-related recreation. He said he believes “either/or decisions,” between active game management or wildlifediversity management are not necessary.

“We do both,” he said, citing his work with dove and waterfowl management on one hand, and comprehensive wildlife management on the other.

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New DNR Program Earns National Recognition Department Uses Internet To Improve Permit Process ov. Matt Blunt recently lauded the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for answering his charge to apply available technology to improve customer service. Our department received national recognition for Permit Assistant, an innovative Internet program.

“We continue to make state government services more accessible and easy to use and I applaud the Department of Natural Resources for answering my call to make it easier than ever before for Missouri’s businesses and communities to protect our natural resources,” Gov. Matt Blunt said. “With these improvements we are better serving Missouri businesses, communities and citizens.”

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Here’s a peek at the new Web site.

The Environmental Council of the States, a national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders, awarded the department with the Best State Innovation Award for Permit Assistant.

The innovative program helps those seeking permits by making information easily accessible on the department’s

Internet site. Permit Assistant is available at www.dnr.mo.gov/mopermitassistant/.

“States have stepped up to solve many of the nation’s environmental problems, such as climate issues, control of new contaminants, and air quality,” said Steve Brown, executive director of the Environmental Council of the States. “Missouri’s Permit Assistant is yet another fine example of state leadership.”

The Department of Natural Resources developed the program in coordination with the Information Technology Services Division in the Office of Administration and tested the application online with many customers and in small focus groups.

This reflects the governor’s and the

department’s way of doing business, with an increased emphasis on customer service and bringing departmental resources closer to the citizens we serve. With an increasing number of permits and more federal requirements to respond to in a timely manner, we must work smarter rather than use more hands to do the work.

Other recent compliance assistance and customer service improvements in the Department of Natural Resources include a redesigned Internet site, improvements to the permitting process, online manuals, the addition of several new satellite offices and the Ombudsman Program.

Doyle Childers Director, DNR

Conservationists For Life ($1,000 Contribution) Charles Abele, Saint Louis Duane and Nancy Addleman, Springfield Richard Ash, Saint Charles Dane Balsman, Perryville Jim Tom Blair, Saint Louis Stephen Bradford, Cape Girardeau Ron Coleman, Saint Albans Mark Corio, Columbia John Enderle, Kelso Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Fleming, Columbia Howard & Sara Fleming, Moberly Mr. & Mrs. Matt Fleming, Moberly Dave Kolb Grading, Saint Charles Gray Manufacturing Company, Saint Joseph Gery Gremmelsbacher, Saint Louis Allan Hoover, Pleasant Hill Don Johnson, Festus Roger & Debbie Johnson, Humansville Duane & Cosette Kelly, Independence Sara Knight, Charlotte, NC Carl Kurz, Leawood, KS Jay Law, Saint James

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Open Space Council Develops Urban Habitat Program ver the past year the Open Space Council has been developing a new program designed to do on land what Operation Clean Stream has done in the water. This program, known as Operation Wild Lands, or OWL, brings together organizations including the Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS), Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Parks Association in a partnership that will work with several municipalities and MDC in an effort to increase community involvement in the restoration and maintenance of 12 designated urban wild acres.

The objective of Operation Wild Lands (OWL) is to improve wildlife habitat and nature-related education in the St. Louis region by creating a community-based partnership of volunteer land stewards of all ages who are trained to manage public open space proactively. Providing urban wildlife habitat, nature education, recreation and conservation of open space in the St. Louis region is important and highly valued.

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acreage in the St. Louis region is passively managed as a matter of practicality. Activities such as building and maintaining trails or controlling invasive exotic plant species are time and cost prohibitive.

OWL is a model volunteer-based program for restoring public lands in the St. Louis region. In addition to land stewardship, education is an important objective of the OWL program. The OWL model strives to nurture environ-

mental literacy and compassionate leadership in urban and suburban youth, especially under-resourced children and teenagers who lack healthy, personal connections to the natural world.

In late June, The Open Space Council received a $5,000 grant from Missouri American Water for the first of the OWL projects, a wetland restoration in the City of Kirkwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greentree Park.

Thanks to the grant from Missouri

American Water, the wetland restoration project began on August 25 in conjunction with Operation Clean Stream.

If you are interested in participating in Operation Wild Lands either as a volunteer, a sponsor or a partner, please contact The Open Space Council at 636451-6090 or by email at info@openspacecouncilstl.org. Visit our website at www.openspacecouncilstl.org to learn more.

2008 Natural Events Calendar from the Missouri Department of Conservation MDC's ever-popular calendar keeps you in touch with the year's seasonal changes. Thanks to the splendid talents of MDC contributing nature photographers, you'll be able to enjoy wild Missouri indoors when you can't get outdoors.

You'll find monthly reminders of the state's natural treasures. Daily notes keep you posted on what's blooming or nesting and myriad other natural phenomena.

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The Conservation Federation of Missouri Holiday Wreath Dear Friend: We invite you to celebrate the beauty of nature this Holiday Season and help CFM continue its conservation work by ordering our Holiday wreaths for you and your friends.

CFM is offering two different styles for the 2007 Holiday Season. Each wreath is handmade featuring fresh greens.

The wreaths celebrate the Midwest by using greens that are typical of this part of the country—scotch pine, white pine and cedar boughs. The wreaths are designed to be used indoors or outdoors. They have been treated to maintain their freshness and not to turn brown in warm temperatures. The wreath will arrive with a special note celebrating conservation and CFM.

plaid bow or the traditional red velvet bow. The price is $24.95* for the basic wreath. The deluxe wreath is a classic country look designed exclusively for CFM members. The colors are the currently very popular burgundy and gold.

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CFM Holds Benefit Sporting Clays Tournament e had a BLAST at our first ever CFM Benefit Shoot…the Pull for Conservation Sporting Clays Tournament at River Hills Sporting Clays Range near Boonville, MO on Saturday, October 13. Having prayed for rain all summer, we were abundantly blessed on the day of our shoot! It rained steadily ALL DAY, from before registration began until 2:30 pm or so, right before we sent out the last squads to shoot.

Just as “every cloud has a silver lining,” there were abundant opportunities for CFM at this event on this day. Sy Seidler ran our silent auction with very nice prizes donated by those listed below. Every single item sold for a reasonable price. Gene Smith sold several hundred dollars worth of tickets on a beautiful Beretta semiauto shotgun (made available by our friends at Columbia Bass Pro Shop). We continued to sell tickets until Sunday morning’s board meeting when Eldo Meyer (from Gerald) was drawn as the winner.

Thanks, Eldo for buying a ticket…and thanks, especially to all those who sold tickets prior to the shoot.

Our Station Sponsors ensured the financial success of our shoot, no matter what the weather. See the list below, for businesses which chose to support our first shoot. Be sure to return the favor and take them your business when their products or services might benefit you.

Members of the Mizzou Wildlife Club volunteered to trap and score for all the teams all day. Adam Jones, Ryan Diener, Scott Willingham and Braden Kuhlmann “pulled for conservation” all day, in the rain and did their job with style and with a smile the entire time!

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High Overall Team winners.

Barb and Kevin Pickett, our hosts at River Hills, did everything imaginable to make our event successful. They and their staff met with us many times before the event to help us carefully plan all the details. Throughout the rainy day, they were constantly hauling mulch to keep trails in top shape, servicing the trap machines to keep everything working smoothly, providing an endless supply of fresh coffee, cookies, hospitality and encouragement throughout the day.

They did far more than their part to ensure that our shoot was a very pleasant experience for everyone.

Hey, if you missed our shoot this year, don’t worry: COME PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR! Better yet, do yourself and CFM a favor and head over to Boonville and patronize River Hills Sporting Clays. You will really be glad you did!

Team Results: HIGH OVERALL TEAM

Bill Anderson, Brian McKeege, Glen Ernst, Zak Ernst A DIVISION, FIRST PLACE

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Jeff Jones, Bob Lawrence, Chuck Ragland, Andrew Ragland A DIVISION, THIRD PLACE

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$20.00 each / 3 for $50.00 / 7 for $100.00 Only 1,500 tickets will be sold.

Tickets and money are due at CFM on or before December 31.

Drawing is to be held at the CFM Board of Directors meeting January 12, 2008.

Each winning ticket will be re-entered into the drawing. One ticket could win all the guns!! shotgun • Remington 700 youth .243 bolt-action rifle • Remington 870 youth 20 gauge camo pump shotgun • Remington 673 Guide model .308 bolt-action rifle

• Remington 750 Woodsman .30-06 semi-auto rifle • Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt revolver • Savage 93 BTVS .22 mag. bolt-action rifle with thumbhole stock

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Silent Auction Donors: N.H. Scheppers Distributing Company River Hills Sporting Clays Farm Power Lawn & Leisure Cathy Ergovich Richard Leeper Midway USA Mike & Mossie Schallon Karl Lutz

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Get your tickets NOW for the big CFM Holiday Gun Drawing!

• Benelli Super Black Eagle 12 gauge semiauto shotgun • Browning A-Bolt .300 win. mag. rifle • Charles Daly 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun • Henry .357 Big Boy lever-action rifle • Mossberg Silver Reserve 20 gauge over/under

Station Sponsors: Farmers Co-Op Elevator Jim & Anna Blair The Moneta Group Red Weir Athletic Supplies Boggs Creek Sporting Goods Emerald View Turf Farms The Outdoor Guide Timberlake Engineering Roesch Aluminum Products Wood & Associates Don Johnson Dennis Stubbs National Wildlife Federation Mr. Duck, Glenn Schuman Clean–The Uniform Company Pauley Construction Company Mid-City Lumber Company Central Missouri Development Council Waconda Media Productions Paddlefoot Productions, Inc. Bass Pro Shops–Columbia

THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!!!

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Conservation Achievement Awards Nominate A Missouri Resident The Conservation Federation of Missouri is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for the prestigious Missouri Conservation Achievement Awards. Each year the CFM recognizes individuals and organizations in Missouri for their outstanding achievements in conservation. We wish to acknowledge personal efforts and award each recipient for actions that have lead to a significant conservation success during the calendar year. CFM Conservation Awards are presented in the following categories: Conservationist of the Year Conservation Communicator of the Year Forest Conservationist of the Year Air Conservationist of the Year Professional Conservationist of the Year Conservation Educator of the Year

Water Conservationist of the Year Youth Conservationist of the Year Hunter Education Instructor of the Year Wildlife Conservationist of the Year Soil Conservationist of the Year

2006 Conservationist of the Year, Diane Mulick receiving her award from CFM President Don Johnson and Norm Stucky representing Bass Pro Shops.

Conservation Organization of the Year

longer than three pages typewritten, detailing the nomineeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributions to conservation during Any resident of Missouri may be the calendar year. Send the applinominated for a Conservation cation to CFM, 728 West Main Award. All clubs, including but Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. not limited to CFM affiliates, are eligible for consideration. Anyone The deadline is December 31, 2007. may submit an application.

To nominate someone for an award, simply write their name, address and occupation on a nomination form along with your name, address and the specific category in which you are nominating the individual or club. You must include a statement, no

For detailed information on the CFM award categories, check out our website at www.confedmo.org. Winners will be the special guests of the CFM at the Annual Meeting of Delegates, February 22 at the Lodge of Four Seasons.

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OPEN SPACE COUNCIL

Two Missouri Waterways Inspire Support, Celebration Meramec Basin Summit A Success Pictured on a Huzzah River canoe outing hosted by Ozark Outdoors are a few of the attendees of the first Meramec Basin Summit held September 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22. The Summit was organized by the Meramec Basin Tributaries Alliance (MRTA) and designed to celebrate 40 years of river restoration work on the Meramec River and its tributaries and to look to the future for new initiatives that will benefit the Meramec River. The three-day Summit was attended by 250 individuals from 55 public and private agencies and organizations, including the Conservation Federation.

City of Kirkwood Mayor Mike Swoboda (center) presents a proclamation to Captain Robert Daly (left) and Sergeant David Clardy of the 220th Engineering Battalion at the 40th Annual Operation Clean Stream in Greentree Park on the Meramec River. The Missouri National Guard unit has provided manpower and equipment to assist Operation Clean Stream and its many volunteers for almost 25 years.

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City Of Kirkwood Honors 220th Engineering Battalion, Missouri National Guard

Missouri River Relief Receives The 2007 William C. Schock Clean Water Conservancy Award Jeff Barrow (left) and Meleanie Cheney of Missouri River Relief accept the 2007 William C. Schock Clean Water Conservancy Award from Ron Coleman, executive director of the Open Space Council for their nearly 10 years of river stewardship on Missouri rivers and streams. The award, which recognizes exemplary concern for our Missouri water resources, is named for the late Bill Schock a St. Louis area civic leader and strong river advocate. It has been presented in the past to the Missouri Stream Team Program and the Monsanto Fund.

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To make such a gift, please fill out this form and mail it to CFM. We gladly accept cash, check or credit card.

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CALENDAR MISSOURI FESTIVALS AND AFFILIATE EVENTS

AFFILIATE EVENTS CAPITAL CITY FLY FISHERS NOV 1: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veterans Hospital – Conference Room C201, Columbia (3:00pm) NOV 9: Beginning of Catch and Release in Missouri State Parks NOV 11-12: Club Outing NOV 13: Club Meeting, Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City NOV 15: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veterans Hospital – Conference Room C201, Columbia (3:00pm) NOV 28: Hooked on Fly Fishing Not Drugs, South Callaway R-II Middle School, Mokane (3:00pm) DEC 6: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veterans Hospital – Conference Room C201, Columbia (3:00pm) DEC 11: Club Meeting, Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City (6:00pm) DEC 20: Teach a Vet to Tie, Veterans Hospital – Conference Room C201, Columbia (3:00pm) KANSAS CITY SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL NOV 5: Board Meeting, Bass Pro Shops, Olathe NOV 14: Members Monthly Meeting, Smoke

House BBQ Restaurant, Overland Park DEC 3: Board Meeting, Bass Pro Shops, Olathe DEC 12: Members Monthly Meeting, Lenexa Conference Center, Lenexa MID MISSOURI TROUT UNLIMITED NOV 4: Kids Trout Outing (12:30pm – 3:00pm); Michael Riley (573) 882-6475 or (573) 817-0631 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DUCK HUNTERS ASSOCIATION NOV 3: Election of officers DEC 12: Installation of officers DEC 13: Annual Christmas Party MISSOURI BASS FEDERATION NOV 3: November Fishing Madness, Stockton (7:00am – 12:00pm) NOV 4: Fall Fishing Frenzy, Stockton (9:00am – 12:00pm) DEC 1: Winter Newspaper Deadline MISSOURI DUCKS UNLIMITED NOV 1: Grand Prairie Dinner, Elks Lodge, Blue Springs; Dave Smith (816) 2158294 NOV 1: Sweet Springs Dinner; Tonya Winfrey (660) 335-4170 NOV 3: Boonville Dinner, Knights of Colum-

bus, Boonville; Susan Farris (660) 8826642 NOV 3: Golden Valley Dinner, Clinton; Eric Finks (660) 885-3990 NOV 3: Carroll County Dinner, Carrollton Rupe Community Center, Carrollton; Pat Davis (660) 542-1179 NOV 3: Squaw Creek Dinner, Mound City; Bud Reilly (660) 442-5547 NOV 3: Elsberry – Lincoln County Dinner; Paul Earley (573) 242-3643 NOV 10: Two Rivers Suzies Holiday Event; Beth Thomas (314) 280-1027 NOV 17: Bates County Dinner, Butler; David Todd (660) 679-6027 NOV 24: Salisbury Dinner, Knights of Columbus, Salisbury; Wes Morrison (660) 777-3405 MISSOURI FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION NOV 7: Board of Trusties, Jefferson City (10:00am – 4:00pm) NOV 13: Foundation Board, Jefferson City (1:00 pm – 1:30pm) DEC 6: Tree Farm Committee, Jefferson City (11:00am – 2:00pm) MISSOURI NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION WHEELIN SPORTSMEN BENEFITS DEC 29: Wheelin’ Print Raffle, Kirksville; Michael Allen (660) 323-5531 WOMEN IN THE OUTDOORS EVENTS DEC 14: Doe Hunt, Back 40 Outfitters, Memphis; Diann Savage MISSOURI PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION NOV 27-29: National Playground Safety

Institute, North Kansas City Community Center, North Kansas City (573) 6363828 DEC 12-14: Leadership Development Institute, Columbia MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION NOV 3-4: 3rd Annual Missouri Wildlife Art Festival, Foundry Arts Centre, Saint Charles MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATION NOV 30-DEC 1: Missouri Livestock Symposium, Kirksville OPEN SPACE COUNCIL NOV 3-4: Missouri Wildlife Art Festival, Foundry Arts Centre, Saint Charles OZARK FLY FISHERS NOV 9-11: Club Meeting, Bennett Springs State Park DEC 7-9: Club Outing, Montauk State Park DEC 13: Monthly Meeting OZARK MOUNTAIN PADDLERS NOV 8: Monthly Meeting DEC 13: Monthly Meeting POMME DE TERRE CHAPTER MUSKIES NOV 3: White Bass Outing, State Park Marina NOV 3: Lake Nominations Meeting NOV 23-25: Stripper Outing, Lake Norfork DEC 2: Lake Planning Meeting, Pittsburg Community Center (10:00am)

CFM EVENTS FEB 22-24: CFM Annual Convention, Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark

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