Latest Stories
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Let There be Light!
The Missouri State Parks team flipped the switch at Onondaga Cave State Park for a much-awaited reopening of the cave, which had been closed due the installation of a new LED lighting system. The previous cave…
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Making Connections
Missouri’s award-winning state parks are known for their inspiring beauty, remarkable history and second-to-none amenities. Now, two Missouri state parks are notable for providing visitors with charging stations to top off their electric vehicle batteries.
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Hazard Heroes
The Environmental Emergency Response team is the department’s front line of defense against the impacts of hazardous substance releases, natural or human-caused disasters and threats to homeland security.
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Reinventing Resilience
Missouri’s weather over the past three years has been just as arid as stretches of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, setting up the 2020s to be perhaps the state’s driest decade in a generation. For…
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Searching for Missouri’s lost Silver Mine
For nearly 500 years, legends — usually of Spanish colonial origin — of a lost silver mine have spread across Missouri. Many have searched for this mythical site, yet no historical bonanza has been found.
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Hunts made for Heroes
Missouri State Parks takes great pride in honoring and showing gratitude to our military veterans for their sacrifices and service to our nation. This is done in several ways, but the most popular events are the…
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Getting to the bottom of Missouri’s sinkholes
There are approximately 16,000 known sinkholes in Missouri and more develop each year. Nearly every day, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Missouri Geological Survey receives a phone call about the newest collapses.
