Opportunities to conserve Missouri’s wildlife treasures are all around us–on the farm, in the city, at the edges of Ozark forests, in tall grasslands and in the current of Missouri’s many rivers and streams.

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Recently the Missouri Department of Conservation joined with partners to take an “all wildlife conservation” approach. This framework of Conservation Opportunity Areas identifies the best places where partners can combine technology, expertise and resources for all wildlife conservation. Focused efforts in these conservation opportunity areas will ensure that Missourians continue to enjoy a rich and diverse natural heritage.

Conservation Opportunity Areas are priority places for all wildlife conservation. Even so, conservation remains important across all of Missouri.

Each Conservation Opportunity Area has a stakeholder team that developed a Conservation Opportunity Area profile. Teams determine goals and conservation actions. They also have resources available for public and private landowners interested in joining their local Conservation Opportunity Area efforts.

For more information about a specific Conservation Opportunity Area or stakeholder team, click on the map or contact Dennis Figg (dennis.figg@mdc.mo.gov).

Some of the statewide partners involved in identifying Conservation Opportunity Areas include:

Conservation Opportunity Areas Map Cole Camp/Hi Lonesome Marmaton/Wah'Kon-tah Western Cherokee Grasslands Manitou Bluffs Bonne Femme Karst Golden Grasslands Spring River Shoal Creek Roaring River Niagua Basin Upper Gasconade River Hills Loess Hills Grand River Grasslands Union Ridge Mystic Plains Thousand Hills Woodland Lower Grand River Iatan/Weston Missouri River Corridor Wakenda Bottoms Cuivre River Hills Missouri/Mississippi River Confluence LaBarque Creek Watershed Middle Meramec St. Francois Knobs Cape Hills Current River Hills White River Glades and Woodlands Tumbling Creek Cave Ecosystem Bryant Creek North Fork Eleven Point Hills Mingo Basin River Bends