MO-Plowboy+Bend+Conservation+Area


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Moniteau County
=Plowboy Bend Conservation Area= Columbia, Missouri 65203 Plowboy Bend Conservation Area Website Plowboy Bend Conservation Area Map

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Plowboy Bend CA
Coordinates: 38.805125, -92.4106389 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Plowboy Bend CA--Missouri River
Coordinates: 38.7841304, -92.3915005 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Bend Conservation Area
Follow Route Y north of Jamestown for five miles. When the pavement ends, continue east (right) on Riverbottom Road one-half mile until you enter the area after crossing the railroad tracks.

The tract runs along five miles of the Missouri River and has bottomlands, bluffs and scour holes. Plowboy Bend Conservation Area in Moniteau County is located five miles northeast of Jamestown. To reach the area take MO-179, into Jamestown, turn north on Route Y and proceed five miles until the pavement ends. Turn right onto Riverbottom Rd. and follow it across the railroad track into the 2,617-acre area.

The Missouri River forms the northern and eastern boundaries of the Area and provides over five miles of river frontage. The Area takes its name from the bend in the Missouri River at the north end of the Area, named for the steamboat Plowboy that sunk nearby in the mid 1800's.

The site was acquired by the Conservation Department in 1995, bought in part with federal funds provided by the Partnership for Missouri Riverlands; a consortium of state and federal agencies formed after the 1993 flood to negotiate purchase of flood prone land in order to lessen the chance and severity of future floods.

The Area contains riparian forests, old fields, successional forests, wetlands, and croplands. There is also an old river slough and forested bluffs in the northwest portion of the area.

Management emphasizes bottomland forest creation, reestablishing mast-producing trees, and creating shallow-water habitat for wildlife. From Plowboy Bend Conservation Area Website

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