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Callaway County
=Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area= Fulton, Missouri 65251 Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area Website Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area Map Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area Brochure

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Little Dixie Lake CA
Coordinates: 38.9053389, -92.1260583 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area
From Audubon Society of Missouri Birder's Guide

About Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area
On I-70 ten miles west of Kingdom City, take the Route J exit and go south to Route RA. The main Little Dixie Lake CA parking area is off Route RA at the junction with Route J in Millersburg. Highlights

This area is primarily forest and grassland. Facilities/features: boat ramp, boat rentals, boat dock, picnic areas and a pavilion, nine fishing jetties, a fishing dock, and Little Dixie Lake (205 acres).

Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area is in Callaway County, west of Kingdom City. This region of Missouri received settlers from Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The settlers' strong cultural and political ties with the south resulted in the name of Little Dixie.

The Conservation Department acquired Little Dixie's 467 acres in 1957, through the damming of Owl Creek, 205-acre Little Dixie Lake was created. Additional purchases have expanded the area to 733 acres.

Before Department ownership, much of the property had been grazed. Today, the area's oak-hickory forests have heavy undergrowth, and once-open pastures have reverted to various stages of old-field habitat. Stands of warm-season grasses and other prairie plants are managed by prescribed burns. Food plots are planted each year for deer, turkey, and other animals. Numerous small, fishless ponds have been constructed for woodland wildlife. In addition, the Department constructed 22 ponds on the area for fisheries research, including vegetation control, pond stocking rates, fish reproduction, and fish rearing techniques. Both Department personnel and graduate students from the University of Missouri use the area for research. From Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area Website

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