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The department's Office of Communications releases notices to the media throughout the day. These news releases are posted to our website as soon as possible. If you have questions about a specific news release, please email or call the department contact listed in the news release. 

The most recent issued news releases may be found below. To view past news releases, select a year from the dropdown filter. Only the four most recent years of news releases are available on our website. To review or obtain copies of older news releases, please contact the department's Communications office at 573-751-1010 or 800-361-4827. For Missouri State Parks related topics call 573-751-9392 or 800-334-6946. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals may reach us through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

Be sure to visit our main Communications webpage to learn more about our various communications resources. 

Current News

News Release Date
Department of Natural Resources issues final hazardous waste permit to Eaton Hydraulics
Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site hosts Living History Saturdays and event passport April to September
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Savanna Trail hike April 9
Department of Natural Resources awards more than $11.2 million to Missouri American Water Company in Jefferson City
Bennett Spring State Park hosts How to Build a Fly Rod workshop April 8 and 9
Jefferson Landing hosts April 6 Landing After Hours: German Missourians at Statehood
Crowder State Park hosts spring hike April 3
Learn the why, what and how of controlling invasive plants at Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Savanna Trail hike April 2
Thousand Hills State Park offers Petroglyph Tours April through October
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park hosts spring wildflower hikes
Prairie State Park hosts Guided Bison Saunter April 2
Missouri Department of Natural Resources makes new Well Data System available for applying for permits, locating water well contractors and more
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park hosts a wildflower hike April 2
Roaring River State Park hosts Wildflower Workshop April 2
Knob Noster State Park seeks volunteers for spring park beautification day April 2
Sam A. Baker State Park hosts a Wildflower Scavenger Hunt in April
Crowder State Park hosts an Easter Egg Hunt during April
Department of Natural Resources awards $50,000 grant to Iberia
Department of Natural Resources awards $50,000 grant to Battlefield
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Pictures from Brice: History of an Ozark Town March 26
Department of Natural Resources hosting free pesticide collection event in Appleton City March 26
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site hosts Living History Saturdays: Women's Chores in the Home March 26
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Bennett Traditions, an educational and quilting program about historic structures March 24
Department of Natural Resources releases 2022 Census of Missouri Public Water Systems

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