MO-Prairie+Home+Conservation+Area


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Cooper County
=Prairie Home Conservation Area= Prairie Home, Missouri Prairie Home Conservation Area Website Prairie Home Conservation Area Map Prairie Home Conservation Area Brochure

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Prairie Home CA
Coordinates: 38.7799639, -92.6004167 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips on birding Prairie Home Conservation Area
From Audubon Society of Missouri Birder's Guide

About Prairie Home Conservation Area
Take Route J west out of Prairie Home, then south on Route W two miles.

This upland area has three lakes with 19 acres of fishable water. Johnson Lake has fishing jetties, a disabled-accessible fishing dock, parking, and a privy. The area has 7.3 miles of hiking trails and 6.1 miles of multi-use trails for hiking and horseback riding.

Prairie Home Conservation Area, located in eastern Cooper County, is an upland area with a mix of oldfields, small cropfields, grasslands, and woodlands.

The original acquisition in 1963 included 212 acres in the northwest corner of the area. In 1997, Allen and Wilda Johnson donated funds earmarked for resource management that resulted in the construction of three lakes that range in size from three to 11 acres. Their generous donation provides habitat for fish, reptiles, amphibians, waterfowl, waterbirds, and songbirds.

Area users enjoy opportunities for fishing and wildlife viewing. For the hunting enthusiast, the area supports deer, turkey, squirrel, rabbit and quail. Hikers and birders find a seasonal array of migrant and resident songbirds including summer tanagers, woodpeckers, vireos, warblers, and sparrows. From Prairie Home Conservation Area Website

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