MO-Hartell+Conservation+Area


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Clinton County
=Hartell Conservation Area= Plattsburg, Missouri 64477 Hartell Conservation Area Website Hartell Conservation Area Map Hartell Conservation Area Brochure

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Hartell CA
Coordinates: 39.6030194, -94.3990528 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

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

About Hartell Conservation Area
Take MO-116, three miles east of Plattsburg, then travel north two miles on MO-33, then east 0.5 mile on 280 Street to area entrance. This area contains forest, pasture, and grassland.

Ronald and Maude Hartell Conservation Area is located in central Clinton County. In 1947, a group of outdoor enthusiasts (called the Clinton County Sportsmen's Club) purchased land from Mrs. A.C. Hartell, five miles northeast of Plattsburg, Missouri. Because of the membership's strong desire to have close-to-home fishing, the first two lakes on the area were built in 1950. The area includes seven lakes and stream frontage on the Little Platte River (Smith Fork).

For over 50 years, this was a popular area for club members to fish, picnic, and camp. As other recreational areas were developed in the area (i.e. Smithville Reservoir), interest in the club property declined. Dwindling membership and a desire to preserve this area for public fishing and outdoor educational opportunities prompted the Clinton County Sportsmen's Club to donate their property to the Missouri Department of Conservation in July 1999.

The area was named in honor of Ronald and Maude Hartell, two of the founding members of the Clinton County Sportsmen's Club, and area caretakers for many years.

The prominent features of the area are its six small impoundments ranging in size from two to five acres. Each impoundment is intensively managed with restrictive fishing regulations to provide high quality/trophy bass and bluegill fishing.

In addition to the trophy fishery, the area is highly geared to provide educational opportunities related to natural resources including teacher workshops, fishing clinics, demonstration sites, and interpretive trails.

Facilities on the area include an outdoor classroom, three disabled accessible parking lots, a disabled accessible floating fishing dock, and two disabled accessible privies. From Hartell Conservation Area Website

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