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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
Missouri State Parks enthusiasts can share the love with a December gift card special
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site offers candlelit 1860s Victorian Christmas tours Dec. 10-11
Three Missouri state parks scheduled to close for managed deer hunts Dec. 11-12
Deutschheim State Historic Site hosts Weihnachtsfest Dec. 4, 5, 11 and 12
Echo Bluff State Park provides a new Christmas craft each Saturday in December
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park hosts winter wreath workshop Dec. 4
Felix Vallé House State Historic Site celebrates Le Réveillon, a French Christmas, Dec. 4
Missouri Department of Natural Resources shares green tips for the holiday season
Echo Bluff State Park hosts annual tree lighting and Salem Chamber Choir Dec. 3
Department of Natural Resources encourages mercury awareness and safety
The Friends of Washington State Park host Breakfast with Santa Nov. 27
Prairie State Park hosts Guided ‘Bison-tennial’ Hike Dec. 4
Missouri State Museum hosts virtual “Landing After Hours” featuring Jesse James Dec. 1
Department of Natural Resources extends the deadline to submit information on water infrastructure funding needs
Missouri State Parks announces the 2022 Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Round
Department of Natural Resources awards nearly $2.6 million in assistance to Miller
Department of Natural Resources announces $400,000 grant for the Upper Little Sac Implementation Project
Missouri State Parks offers free tours and night of camping to veterans and active-duty military
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site hosts Coffee Talks, a new monthly virtual series, beginning Nov. 19
Mark Twain State Park hosts combined public meeting Nov. 18
Geologic maps published by Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park celebrates National Take a Hike Day Nov. 14
Ken McCarty receives the 2021 Natural Areas Association’s Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award
Beazer East, Inc. receives final hazardous waste permit to continue corrective-action and post-closure care
Missouri State Parks holds virtual Missouri Trails Advisory board meeting Nov. 13

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