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Lafayette County
=Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area= Higginsville, Missouri 64037 Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area Bird List (eBird Bar Chart) Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area Website Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area Map Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area Brochure

Maple Leaf Lake CA
Coordinates: 38.9932639, -93.7844722 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips on birding Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area
From Audubon Society of Missouri Birder's Guide

About Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area
From the junction of MO-13 and I-70, go three miles west on the South I-70 Outer Access Road. This area contains a boat ramp, fishing jetties, and small ponds.

Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area is in southern Lafayette County, nine miles east of Odessa and three miles southwest of the junction of I-70 and MO-13. This 826-acre area is named for the 140-acre fishing lake that is in the shape of a maple leaf.

The Conservation Department purchased this area in 1989 and completed the dam for Maple Leaf Lake in 1991. The lake was stocked with channel catfish, bluegill, redear sunfish, and black bass in 1992.

The open fields and wooded draws surrounding the lake are managed for deer, turkey, rabbit, quail, and songbirds through edge feathering, prescribed burning, strip disking, and fescue conversion to small grain and native grasses.

Two small wetlands totaling 12 acres provide waterfowl habitat south of the lake dam.

The area features a disabled-accessible fishing jetty, fishing platforms, and a covered fishing dock. A boat ramp and disabled-accessible privies are located on the west side of the lake. From Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area Website

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