• Missouri’s Soil and Water Conservation Program provides cost-share funding for practices that assist landowners in all of Missouri’s 114 counties with conserving their soil and improving their water quality. This is accomplished through the one-tenth-of-one-percent Parks, Soils and Water Sales Tax.

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  • Engineering a Better Future

    Engineering a Better Future

    Engineers, professionals who are tasked with understanding and applying those concepts, bring a valuable skillset to the work the Missouri Department of Natural Resources does each day.

  • The 2025 MoDNR Photo Contest

    The 2025 MoDNR Photo Contest

    This year marked the twelfth year of the MoDNR Photo Contest and the 410 entries we received didn’t disappoint. The department asked amateur photographers to capture the beauty found in Missouri and selected first, second and third places, as well…

  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters

    Bridge Over Troubled Waters

    Missouri State Parks was at risk of losing Locust Creek Covered Bridge forever and desperately needed a miracle. To save the vulnerable structure, it had to be carefully moved to a new home where it could undergo critical restoration before…

  • Bullseye!

    Bullseye!

    Cuivre River State Park, located in Troy, has expanded its recreational offerings with a new, state-of-the-art archery range.

  • Transforming Treloar

    Transforming Treloar

    Built in 1896, the Treloar Mercantile capitalized on the brand new MKT Depot in town. This historic, two-story brick building served as a general store on the ground level and a boarding house for travelers on the second floor.

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Graphic: MoDNR photo contest logo and text that says, "enter starting April 1." The graphic links to a webpage with details about the contest.