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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1977

Page

7

Missouri State Junior Boys Golf Tourney Set at Gustin Course

The 14th annual Missouri State Junior Boy's Golf Tournament will be held Aug 6 and 7 at A L Gustin golf course, with practice rounds Aug 5 and a 5 p.m. golf clinic. Don Faurot of the University of Missouri coordinates inquiries via Hearnes Building, Columbia MO.

Columbia A.L. Gustin University of Missouri Department Missouri Golf Assn Don Faurot Hearnes University of Missouri, Columbia

Geese debate Trimble site replacement near Jackass Bend

Gov Teasdale backs Jackass Bend as Trimble Wildlife Area replacement as Smithville reservoir will flood in about a year. Over 270 Giant Canada geese hatched this spring. predator pressures noted by UM graduate student Bill West. Congress must approve funding to acquire Jackass Bend along the Missouri River near Fort Osage.

Trimble Joseph Teasdale Teasdale Jackass Bend Smithville Reservoir Bill West University of Missouri Missouri Missouri River Jackson Bay Clay Counties Missouri City Orrick Fort Osage

Pilot channel cleared to restore Mississippi River flow near Palmyra

PALMYRA reports wild life biologist and explosives expert Fennel blasted a 900 foot pilot channel to reopen a Mississippi River chute. The Corps notch on a wing dike above redirected flow that had diverted water away, causing Orton-Fabius channel to silt into a backwater. Orton-Fabius is one of three side channels studied by graduate student John Mack Ellis.

Palmyra Jack Fennel Fennel Department of Conservation Ine Corps of Engineers University of Missouri John Mack Ellis

Mississippi River channel work eyed to restore fish habitat

The report details stage alteration of river channels from Cottonwood to Buzzard Island with chutes closing at low water and blasting tests using dynamite to restore habitat. It notes fish species in Buzzard Island and Orton Fabius, the goal to flush silt, and compares Missouri and Mississippi backwater losses, plus historic dikes and dams.

Cottonwood Quincy Buzzard Island Ellis Orton Fabius Bill Dieffenbach The Conservation Department Mississippi River Missouri River Missouri Corps of Engineers Congress Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge Minneapolis St. Louis Corps

Long Cold Winter Tests Missouri Turkey Trapping Efforts

Department of Conservation turkey trappers endured deep snow and cold all winter to catch 168 birds for restocking Missouri and trading with other states. Trapping was average in birds taken, with 16 sent to Wisconsin and 59 to Iowa, plus 24 banded and 69 released at five north Missouri sites. Trappers aim to stock remaining counties Caldwell Daviess Cass Jasper Bates and consider McDonald and Oregon for supplemental releases as winter hunting remains possible.

Jefferson City Conservation Department Table Rock Pomme de Terre Lake of the Ozarks Arvil Ming Ron Dent Larry Belusz Pomme Rehson Department of Conservation Missouri Dan Dicknelle Department Wisconsin Dickneite Iowa Caldwell Daviess Cass Jasper Bates McDonald Oregon Dicknelte

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