Front Cover: Park visitors beat the extreme heat of summer 2011 at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park near Columbia.
Back Cover: Justin Davis, DNR Geologist, pulls a rock core sample from the McCracken Rock Core Library in Rolla.
Director’s Comment: Parker Pauley – Visit state parks and historic sites; Missouri State Parks history
Features:
- Lighting the Way, Zapalac (DSP/SHPO)
- Civil War Sesquicentennial, Uhlenbrock (DSP)
- The Simple Joy of Sunshine, Holst (DSP)
- Common Ground, Kreul (DSP)
News Briefs:
- New State Park Apps (DSP)
- Take Part in Earth Science Week 2011 (DGLS)
- Awards Recognize Missouri State Parks (DSP)
- Grant Awarded to Division of Geology and Land Survey (DGLS)
- Consumers Urged to Learn About Their Drinking Water (DEQ)
- Boone County Receives $438,000 for Sewer Upgrades (DEQ)
- Marston Welcome Center Dedicated on I-55 (DGLS)
- Drinking Water Systems Fail to Test (DEQ)
- Hampton Feedlot Gets $450,000 Biogas Grant (DE)
- Wanted: Maps of Abandoned Underground Coal Mines (DGLS)
Environmental Notes: Camping, Science … and Kids!
Stream Team Notebook: Arnold Stream Team – the “Mighty 211”
Time Exposures: Bird’s Point levee blown - 1937
Resource Honor Roll: Jon Beard
Rock Matters: Limestone
Resources to Explore: Stockton State Park, Holst (DSP)
Career Connection: Justin Davis: The Magic of Minerals, Beydler (DGLS)
One Last Word: New Madrid Bicentennial, Beydler (DGLS)
