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
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park hosts ‘Howl’-oween Oct. 30	10/18/2021
Wakonda State Park displays the Missouri State Parks bicentennial quilts Oct. 23-24	10/18/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $30,000 grant to Galt	10/17/2021
Crowder State Park hosts North Thompson Fall Hike Oct. 30	10/17/2021
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Bat Stroll and Roll Oct. 30 in celebration of Bat Week	10/16/2021
Missouri State Museum hosts virtual Scary Stories in the Woods Oct. 30	10/16/2021
St. Francois State Park invites the public to a Halloween event Oct. 30	10/15/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $339,559 grant to Ludlow	10/15/2021
Department of Natural Resources issues final hazardous waste permit to Port Authority of Kansas City for corrective-action and post-closure care	10/15/2021
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park hosts fourth annual Fall Festival Oct. 30-31	10/15/2021
Echo Bluff State Park hosts Halloween in the Park with a trick-or-treat parade Oct. 30	10/15/2021
Friends of Washington State Park host Halloween Hootenanny Oct. 23	10/14/2021
Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site hosts Bijou at Bothwell Oct. 23	10/14/2021
Sam A. Baker State Park hosts an evening of frights and fun at the Halloween Bash Oct. 23	10/14/2021
Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park hosts Spooking up the Park Oct. 23	10/14/2021
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site host Historical Haunts at the Homestead Oct. 23	10/13/2021
Missouri State Parks bicentennial quilt on display at Daniel Boone Regional Library Oct. 13-20	10/13/2021
Department of Natural Resources offers millions in savings through wastewater and drinking water project financing	10/13/2021
Crowder State Park hosts Redbud Fall Hike Oct. 23	10/13/2021
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park hosts annual Halloween Happenings event Oct. 23	10/12/2021
Bennett Spring State Park hosts Pictures from Brice: History of an Ozark Town Oct. 16	10/12/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $27 million to Perryville	10/12/2021
Department of Natural Resources awards $25,000 grant to Westboro	10/11/2021
Missouri Department of Natural Resources awards $30,000 grant to Shelby County Public Water Supply District No. 1	10/10/2021
Missouri Department of Natural Resources awards $30,000 grant to Jasper	10/09/2021