SHANNON                       48 Pioneer

Pioneer Natural Area

A 20-acre area about seven air miles north of Eminence near the Current River. The area is most accessible from the Current River. Access by land requires traversing about nine miles of four-wheel-drive road. Part of Lot 6 of Section 36, T30N, R4W, Eminence 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated July 21, 1977.

Natural Features--A 6-acre stand of old-growth eastern red cedar and associated hardwoods, and a forested buffer zone in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Pioneer Natural Area is owned by the L-A-D Foundation and managed by the Department of Conservation. This area is also registered in the Society of American Foresters natural area system. The University of Missouri has certain responsibilities for research and management of the area. For further information contact the District Forester, Eminence Forest District, P.O. Box G (Hwy 19 North), Eminence, MO 65466, phone 573/226-3616.

Eastern red cedar with snow