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Boone County
=Lick Creek Conservation Area= Sturgeon, Missouri 65284 Lick Creek Conservation Area Website Lick Creek Conservation Area Map Lick Creek Conservation Area Brochure

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Lick Creek CA
Coordinates: 39.1499778, -92.3849611 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips on Birding Lick Creek Conservation Area
From Audubon Society of Missouri Birder's Guide

About Lick Creek Conservation Area
Lick Creek Conservation Area is nine miles north of Columbia on Highway 63, then three miles west on Highway 124, and 1.8 miles north on Oak Grove School Road. This area is mostly forest.

Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishable lake (12 acres), and intermittent stream (Lick Creek).

The Lick Creek Conservation Area, named for Lick Creek that runs through the area's west end, is made up of approximately 317 acres.

The area was farmed in the early part of the century until severe erosion and poor economic conditions forced farmers to abandon the area for crops. For about 30+ years from the 1930's to the late 1960's, the area was used for pasture for livestock. In 1968, Monte Gurwit purchased the area for recreational purposes. Later in 1972, the current 12-acre lake was built. Missouri Department of Conservation did not purchase the area until 1992.

At one time, the area was bisected by an old county road and had a house on it just south of the lake near the parking lot. The natural resources include upland hardwoods, bottomland hardwoods, a 12-acre lake, Lick Creek, a four-acre pine plantation, and advanced old field succession. From Lick Creek Conservation Area Website

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