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The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management.
Great River Refuge also administers two fee title tracts that were formerly Farmer's Home Administration easements. These lands include the 38-acre (150,000 m 2) Winters tract in Lewis County and the 80-acre (320,000 m 2) Owens tract in Clark County in Missouri. Swans and ducks at the Great River National Wildlife Refuge, March 2021
The biggest confluence of streams is at Chillicothe, where the Thompson River and Shoal, Medicine, and Locust creeks merge with the river. The Grand River Basin has more than 1,000 third order or higher streams. Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is on the Yellow Creek tributary at Sumner, Missouri. No dams have been built on the river.
Lamine River Conservation Area: This 5,977-acre (24.19 km 2) area has a unique combination of river, floodplain, rolling uplands, and steep river bluffs. The Lamine River is a signature feature of the area meandering through bottomlands of forest, cropfields, oldfields, and small wetlands. Upl : 5,985 acres 2,422 ha: Cooper, Morgan
Current River Conservation Area: This is a predominantly forest area. Facilities/features: picnic area, fishing jetties, Buford Pond (3 acres, fishable), Blue Springs Natural Area (17 acres), Cardareva Bluff Natural Area (95 aces), and a permanent stream (Current River). 29,776 12,050: Shannon, Reynolds, Carter
This area has 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of mostly forested bluffs above the Missouri River and 780 acres (3.2 km 2) of Missouri River floodplain. This area also has stream frontage along the Missouri and Nodaway Rivers. 1,624 acres 657 ha: Holt
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El Dorado Springs was founded in 1881, [10] near a natural spring by brothers Nathaniel and Waldo Cruce who attempted to capitalize on the namesake's spring water. [11] A post office has been in operation at El Dorado Springs since that year. [12] In the 1930s, El Dorado Springs was well known as a Sundown town. According to Tougaloo College's ...