Learn More, Do More, Enjoy More
If inexperience is keeping you from enjoying Missouri's great outdoors, Discover Nature—Women program is for you. It's designed to give women 14 years and older the skills and confidence to pursue a wide range of outdoor activities alone, with friends or with their families.
Missouri's annual, statewide Discover Nature—Women weekend-long event, usually held at the Windermere Conference Center in Roach, Missouri, allows women the opportunity to sample four of the many 3.5 hour workshops offered.
Regional Discover Nature—Women events occur throughout the year, allowing you to participate in a Discover Nature—Women workshop almost any time. Many of these events are hunts that include in-depth clinics addressing natural history of the wildlife, relevant regulations, firearm training and safety, specific hunting method training and cleaning and care of the game. One Dalton Range Discover Nature—Women pheasant hunt concluded several weeks after the hunt date with a taxidermy workshop using the participants' harvested pheasants.
To register for a regional workshop, click on a title below.
| Event and Date | Location | Reserve by: |
|---|---|---|
| Discover Nature - Women: Basic Shotgun
Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
Jay Henges Shooting Range | Saturday, July 18 |
| Discover Nature Women Intro to Shotgun
Tuesday, July 21 – Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
Parma Woods Shooting Range | Monday, July 20 |
| Discover Nature Women: Prairie Gifts
Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center | Friday, July 24 |
| Stroller Walk
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
Walter Woods Conservation Area | |
| Discover Nature - Women: Basic Handgun
Thursday, August 13 – Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
Jay Henges Shooting Range | Thursday, August 13 |
| Discover Nature-Women: Soap Making
Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center | Friday, August 14 |
| Discover Nature - Women, Basic Shotgun
Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
August A. Busch | Wednesday, August 12 |
| Discover Nature Women Dove Clinic and Hunt
Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
Andy Dalton Shooting Range & OEC | Friday, August 28 |
| Girls Gone Fishing
Saturday, September 12, 2009 |
Maramec Spring Park | |
| Discover Nature - Women: Basic Shotgun
Saturday, September 19, 2009 |
Jay Henges Shooting Range | Saturday, September 19 |
| Effective Wingshooting, the CONSEP Way...
Friday, October 16 – Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
Duck Creek Conservation Area | Friday, October 16 |
| Discover Nature Women's Pheasant Clinic and Hunt
Saturday, December 5, 2009 |
Andy Dalton Shooting Range & OEC | Friday, December 4 |
Become a volunteer
You can help support these programs when you become a volunteer at an MDC nature center or shooting range and outdoor education center.
