By Angie Clarke MMN 2021 Having to go to summer school – no fun, right? But at least there’s recess and your friends! So, you can just imagine my surprise when a hand full of 4th graders have chosen working in one of our pollinator gardens over playing at recess almost every day! Back in…

Photos by Kitty Peer, Christine Meier, Linda Callahan, and Lisa Provence. On June 7 and 8, Missouri Master Naturalists gathered in Columbia for a celebration of 20 years of the program and a chance to connect with members from across the state. A wide range of field trips and educational presentations were on offer, as…

By Ed Beijen, 2017 MMN Canada geese lose their flight feathers for about a month starting in June and that is an ideal time to round them up to record their bands and geese that do not have bands are banded.  Banding allows biologists to learn about their distribution, calculate survival rates,  harvesting and production…