List of Missouri conservation areas

[[File:Missouri Dept of Conservation Region s 2010.svg|thumb|right|Administrative regions used by the Conservation Department as of 2010]]

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.^[1]^[2] The department has divided the counties of the state into eight administrative regions for the purpose of managing these lands and providing conservation services to the citizens of the state.^[3]

Central

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Central region

The Central Region is encompasses of these counties:

The regional office is in Columbia.

Kansas City Area

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Kansas City region

The Kansas City Region is encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in Lee's Summit.

Northeast

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Northeast region

The Northeast region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in Kirksville.

Northwest

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Northwest region

The Northwest Region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in St. Joseph.

Ozark

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Ozark region

The Ozark Region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in West Plains.

Southeast

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Southeast region

The Southeast Region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in Cape Girardeau.

Southwest

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - Southwest region

The Southwest Region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in Springfield.

St. Louis Area

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas - St. Louis region

The St. Louis Region encompasses these counties:

The regional conservation office is in St. Charles.

Notes

↑ "Phantom Forest Conservation Area". MDC.online. Missouri Department of Conservation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19. "Phantom Forest CA is leased to and maintained by the City of Des Peres Parks and Recreation."
↑ "Conservation Action Meeting of the May 1998 Conservation Commission". MDC.online. Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2010-11-19. "...entering into a lease agreement with Empire District Electric Company to develop a public fishing access-named Cooper Creek Access-on 29.43 acres on Lake Taneycomo in Taney County."
↑ "Regions". MDC Online. Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2010-07-30.

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Monuments:	George Washington Carver

National Historic Sites:	Harry S Truman Ulysses S. Grant

National Battlefields:	Wilson's Creek

National Memorials:	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

National Wildlife Refuges:	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Swan Lake Two Rivers

National Forests:	Mark Twain

Wilderness Areas:	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain

Other Protected Areas:	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks:	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Johnson's Shut-Ins Jones-Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Robertville Rock Bridge Memorial Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Woolen Mill Weston Bend

State Historic Sites:	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill

Conservation areas:	List of Missouri conservation areas

State Forests:	List of Missouri state forests

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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