News Releases

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 573-751-9 392 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 announces $400,000 grant for the Upper Little Sac Implementation Project	11/10/2021
Missouri State Parks offers free tours and night of camping to veterans and active-duty military	11/09/2021
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site hosts Coffee Talks, a new monthly virtual series, beginning Nov. 19	11/05/2021
Mark Twain State Park hosts combined public meeting Nov. 18	11/04/2021
Geologic maps published by Missouri Department of Natural Resources	11/02/2021
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park celebrates National Take a Hike Day Nov. 14	11/01/2021
Ken McCarty receives the 2021 Natural Areas Association’s Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award	11/01/2021
Beazer East, Inc. receives final hazardous waste permit to continue corrective-action and post-closure care	10/29/2021
Missouri State Parks holds virtual Missouri Trails Advisory board meeting Nov. 13	10/29/2021
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site hosts historical chocolate-making demonstration Nov. 13	10/28/2021
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home and Locust Creek Covered Bridge state historic sites host public information meeting Nov. 10	10/27/2021
Seven Missouri state parks scheduled to close for managed deer hunts Nov. 6-7	10/27/2021
Graham Cave State Park hosts the Missouri State Parks Bicentennial Quilt Display Oct. 29-31	10/27/2021
Director Dru Buntin announces 19 grantees for federal parks and recreation grants	10/27/2021
Graham Cave State Park hosts the Missouri Bicentennial Quilt Display Oct. 29-31	10/26/2021
Missouri Department of Natural Resources selects Clare Foster as their Oct. 2021 Team Member of the Month	10/26/2021
Historic Preservation Council to consider nominations for National Register Nov. 5	10/25/2021
Current River State Park hosts Baking Wild workshop Nov. 6 and 7	10/25/2021
Crowder State Park hosts South Thompson Fall Hike Nov. 6	10/25/2021
Bennett Spring State Park invites the public to participate in the Stream Team Cleanup Nov. 5-7	10/24/2021
Prairie State Park hosts Guided ‘Bison-tennial’ Hikes on National Bison Day Nov. 6	10/23/2021
Soil and Water Districts Commission approves new election procedures for districts	10/23/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $30,000 grant to Belle	10/22/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $50,000 grant to Dixon	10/22/2021
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Dickerson Park Zoo for an “Animals of the Night” program Oct. 22	10/22/2021