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=Marion Bottoms Conservation Area= Centertown, Missouri 65023 Marion Bottoms Conservation Area Website Marion Bottoms Conservation Area Map Marion Bottoms Conservation Area Brochure

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Marion Bottoms CA
Coordinates: 38.7162944, -92.3586972 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Marion Bottoms Conservation Area
Marion Bottoms Conservation Area, in Cole County, is located two miles north of Marion on Moniteau Creek road off of MO-179. Go east on Moniteau Creek Road. This area contains forest, wetlands, and old fields. Facilities/features: primitive camping, fishable lakes, and ponds (75 acres total), and two permanent streams (Moniteau Creek, Missouri River).

The 2,997-acre area was purchased in 1996 and is surrounded by the Missouri River on the north, east, and south boundaries, providing six miles of river frontage. The site was acquired by the Conservation Department in 1996, bought in part with funds provided by the federal government after the 1993 flood to negotiate purchase of flood prone land in order to lessen the chance and severity of future floods.

The area includes riparian and successional forests, old fields, marshes, several blue holes, and several hundred acres of wetland that include areas of open water, and seasonly flooded vegetation, and flooded forest. The wetlands, blue holes, and riverine habitats provide valuable habitat for fish, waterfowl, shorebirds, and amphibians. As successional forests, dominated by cottonwood and willow, develop into mature, bottomland forests, habitat for turkey and other small game will increase.

Area management has emphasized restoration of chutes to allow the Missouri River access to parts of the area formerly protected by levees. This will provide additional spawning and feeding areas for fish, and wetland habitat for wildlife. Management has also emphasized seasonal wetlands to benefit waterfowl, furbearers, reptiles, and amphibians. From Marion Bottoms Conservation Area Website

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