Young Conservation Area

Young Conservation Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
A pond in the Young Conservation Area

Location	Jefferson County, Missouri, United States
Nearest city	Eureka, MO
Coordinates	38°26′17″N 90°39′22″W / 38.438°N 90.656°W / 38.438; -90.656Coordinates: 38°26′17″N 90°39′22″W / 38.438°N 90.656°W / 38.438; -90.656
Area	970 acres (3.9 km²)
Established	1986
Governing body	Missouri Department of Conservation
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Young Conservation Area, formerly named Hilda Young Conservation Area, consisting of 970 acres (3.9 km²), is located in the north central portion of Jefferson County, Missouri. The property is about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of County Highway W along Highway FF between LaBarque Creek and John McKeever Road.

The area was acquired through a donation and purchase by the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1986. The area is about 93 percent forested with oak, maple, hickory, and other native species. White-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and squirrels are abundant. LaBarque Creek, glades, tree plantations, and open fields provide diverse wildlife habitat.

The plantations on the area include a 3.5-acre (14,000 m²) Austrian pine grove and a 3.5-acre (14,000 m²) black walnut grove.

The 2.5-mile (4.0 km) Taconic Loop Trail winds along LaBarque Creek, and there are two man-made fishing ponds stocked with bass and bluegill. Hunting is permitted. Bow hunting is permitted in season. Single-projectile firearms are not allowed.

Young Conservation Area is open daily from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The area is recommended for hunting, fishing, nature study, outdoor photography, picnicking and frogging (in season). Free-running pets are not allowed. No camping, horseback riding, target shooting, open fires, or swimming is permitted.

Nearby Missouri Department of Conservation areas include LaBarque Creek, Myron and Sonya Glassberg Family Conservation Area, Rockwoods Reservation, Rockwoods Range, Forest 44, Pacific Palisades Conservation Area, Allenton Access, and August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area.^[1]

A panorama of a pond surrounded by forest

A pond in Young Conservation Area

References

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↑ Missouri Department of Conservation Pamphlet M8/99

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 Rock Island Trail 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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