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Event Location
   May
Conservation Kids
Storybook Saturday: Because of an Acorn
  Registration Opens "4/8/2026"    30 of 30 seats remaining
Saturday, 5/2   9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Birds
Birds & Brews
  Registration Open    30 of 30 seats remaining
Saturday, 5/2   9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center
Joplin, MO 64804
Discover Nature - Fishing Lessons 3 & 4
Intro to Pond Life & Fishing with Lures
  Registration Open    17 of 20 seats remaining
Saturday, 5/2   9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Suson Park - Rearing Pond
Saint Louis, MO 63128
Special Event
Get Outdoors Day
Saturday, 5/2   10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Cooking in Nature
Campfire Cooking 101
  Registration Opens "4/8/2026"    20 of 20 seats remaining
Saturday, 5/2   1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Wild Edibles
Spring Foraging
  Registration Opens "4/15/2026"    15 of 15 seats remaining
Saturday, 5/2   1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Runge Conservation Nature Center
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Hunter Education Skills Session
  Registration Open    27 of 30 seats remaining
Sunday, 5/3   1:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Vernon Co Fair Grounds
Nevada, MO 64772
Nature Art
Gyotaku: the Japanese art of fish printing
  Registration Open    26 of 40 seats remaining
Sunday, 5/3   2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
St. Joseph Museums Inc.
Saint Joseph, MO 64506
Nature Art
Powder Valley Photo Contest
Tuesday, 5/5 to Saturday, 5/30   8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Amphibians and Reptiles
Snake Encounter
Tuesday, 5/5   11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Nature Art
Ozark Needlers
  Registration Open    5 of 22 seats remaining
Tuesday, 5/5   4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
MDC Ozark Regional Office
West Plains, MO 65775
Nature Art
Ozark Needlers
  Registration Open    5 of 22 seats remaining
Tuesday, 5/5   4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
MDC Ozark Regional Office
West Plains, MO 65775
Handgun
Introduction to Pistol Shooting Part 1
  Registration Open    10 of 15 seats remaining
Tuesday, 5/5   6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Lake City Shooting Range
Buckner, MO 64016
Wildflowers
Spring Wildflower Walk-Trail of Tears SP
  Registration Opens "4/15/2026"    12 of 12 seats remaining
Wednesday, 5/6   5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Discover Nature - Fishing Lesson 1
Equipment, Casting & Proper Fish Handling
  Registration Closed
Wednesday, 5/6   6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Lake 15- August A Busch Memorial Conservation Area
Saint Charles, MO 63304
Wildlife
Feeding Frenzy
Thursday, 5/7   10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Small Game Hunting
Hunting Series: Small Game Hunting
  Registration Open    77 of 100 seats remaining
Thursday, 5/7   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center
Birds
VIRTUAL: All about Orioles
  Registration Open    198 of 200 seats remaining
Thursday, 5/7   6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center
Birds
Spring Birding at Runge
  Registration Opens "4/15/2026"    12 of 12 seats remaining
Thursday, 5/7   6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Runge Conservation Nature Center
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Wild Edibles
Virtual Program: Wild Edibles!
  Registration Open    185 of 200 seats remaining
Thursday, 5/7   6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center

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