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Event Location
   December
Conservation Kids
Tree Tappers
  Registration Opens "11/22/2025"    12 of 12 seats remaining
Saturday, 12/13   2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Wildlife
2025 Swamp Needlers: SOCC
  Registration Closed -- Waiting List Available
Monday, 12/15   10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Puxico, MO 63960
Wildlife
2025 Swamp Needlers - VIRTUAL: SOCC
  Registration Open    191 of 200 seats remaining
Monday, 12/15   12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Puxico, MO 63960
Hunter Education Skills Session
  Registration Open    29 of 30 seats remaining
Monday, 12/15   5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
August A Busch Shooting Range
Defiance, MO 63341
Wildlife
2025 Swamp Needlers - VIRTUAL: SOCC
  Registration Open    115 of 200 seats remaining
Monday, 12/15   5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Puxico, MO 63960
Wildlife
2025 Swamp Needlers: SOCC
  Registration Open    5 of 10 seats remaining
Monday, 12/15   6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Puxico, MO 63960
Amphibians and Reptiles
Snake Encounter
Tuesday, 12/16   11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Deer Hunting: Field to Freezer
Let's Make Deer Jerky
  Registration Open    8 of 16 seats remaining
Tuesday, 12/16   6:00 PM to 7:15 PM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Wildlife
Virtual Program: Animals in Winter
  Registration Open    95 of 100 seats remaining
Tuesday, 12/16   6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center
Community Forestry
Winter Dendrology Workshop
  Registration Opens "11/17/2025"    30 of 30 seats remaining
Wednesday, 12/17   8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Little Acorns
Little Acorns: Night Tree
  Registration Open    20 of 20 seats remaining
Wednesday, 12/17   10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Nature Art
Homeschool: Nature Crafts
  Registration Opens "11/26/2025"    15 of 15 seats remaining
Wednesday, 12/17   10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Nature Art
Homeschool: Nature Crafts
  Registration Opens "11/26/2025"    15 of 15 seats remaining
Wednesday, 12/17   2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Birds
Visitors from the Arctic: Snow Geese (Virtual)
  Registration Opens "12/4/2025"    200 of 200 seats remaining
Thursday, 12/18   12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center
Learn to Fish
Fishing Crafts: Artificial Lure Painting
Thursday, 12/18   5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Cape Girardeau Nature Center
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Native Plants
Curious by Nature: Caney Mountain CA Habitats
Thursday, 12/18   6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MDC Virtual Nature Center
Learn to Fish
Fly Tying - Session 5 - Zonker Strips
  Registration Open    12 of 15 seats remaining
Thursday, 12/18   6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Bud's Baits
Joplin, MO 64801
Conservation Families
Sustainable Holidays: Wrapping and Recipes
  Registration Open    30 of 35 seats remaining
Thursday, 12/18   6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Rockwoods Reservation
Wildwood, MO 63038
Conservation Kids
Nature Crafts
  Registration Open    30 of 30 seats remaining
Thursday, 12/18   6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Springfield Conservation Nature Center
Springfield, MO 65804
Little Acorns
Furry Scurry on Friday
  Registration Opens "11/21/2025"    30 of 30 seats remaining
Friday, 12/19   8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center
Joplin, MO 64804

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