Land and Geology
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The 2024 MoDNR Photo Contest
The department asked amateur photographers to capture the beauty found in Missouri and selected first, second and third places, as…
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Investing for the future
Missouri’s state parks offer a temporary escape from the hustle and bustle of cities, as well as a chance to…
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Championing Flood and Drought Resiliency
Missouri’s climate can hit extremes such as drought and flooding – sometimes in the same season. In response to the…
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Pesky Poisons
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Pesticide Collection Program broke two program records this year.
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Earth MRI
The department’s Missouri Geological Survey continues to increase geologic mapping and identification of critical minerals in the state, thanks to…
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Mining and Land Reclamation continues in Missouri
Minerals play a critical role in our daily lives, and they contribute greatly to Missouri’s economy. The most recent U.S.…
