MO-Talbot+Conservation+Area


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Lawrence County
=Talbot Conservation Area= Miller, Missouri 65707 Talbot Conservation Area Web Site Talbot Conservation Area Map Talbot Conservation Area Brochure

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Talbot CA
Coordinates: 37.1812639, -93.9181917 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Talbot Conservation Area
Robert E. Talbot Conservation Area is in north-central Lawrence County, 12 miles northwest of Mt. Vernon. Near Mt. Vernon on MO-96, one mile east of the MO-97 junction. This area contains old fields, grassland, cropland, woodlands, savanna, prairie, and wetlands. Facilities/features: a fishing jetty, fishable lakes and a permanent stream (Spring River).

In 1980, the Conservation Department purchased 246 acres to maintain and protect riparian habitat along Spring River. Between 1980 and 1986, an additional 4,113 acres were purchased from six landowners, increasing the area to its present size.

Originally named after Spring River, which flows unchannelized through the area's southern portion, the area was renamed in 1983 in honor of the late conservation commissioner, Robert E. Talbot from Joplin.

Talbot CA lands vary from the rich bottomland soil along Spring River to rocky, upland soils. The area was formerly a cattle ranch. Presently, the area is 69 percent open range and 31 percent woodland. The area contains a four-acre lake, a seven-acre lake, and numerous ponds.

The Conservation Department has sharecrop agreements with local farmers to provide food for wildlife. Harvested crops also benefit the local farm economy. Some of the timbered areas on Talbot CA have been thinned in recent years to restore the savanna and woodland natural communities that historically existed there. Periodic prescribed burning is used to maintain these restored natural communities. Prescribed burning is also an important management tool used on the area to benefit quail, rabbit, wild turkey, and a host of other wildlife species. Talbot Conservation Area is a designated Quail Emphasis Area for priority management strategies for the benefit to Bobwhite quail. From Talbot Conservation Area Web Site

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