

Twin Pines Conservation Education Center near Winona.Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center in Joplin.Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery near Joplin.Springfield Conservation Nature Center in Springfield.Other closed MDC facilities in southern Missouri include: MDC will reassess the situation at that point.

All closures were done to help protect the public amid ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns and are effective through April 15. The staffed shooting range closures add to MDC’s closures of nature centers, visitor centers, and education centers around the state to visitors that started March 19. Parma Woods Range and Training Center in Platte County.Jay Henges Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center in St.Busch Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center in St. Andy Dalton Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center in Greene County.The MDC staffed shooting ranges that have closed are: Visitors with official business will need to notify the office to gain access. While MDC public offices will be closed to general visitation, offices will still be staffed. That includes the MDC regional office in Springfield. On Monday, MDC also announced it will close its regional offices, department headquarters in Jefferson City, and all other public contact offices around the state to visitors starting Monday, March 23, through April 15. To find an unstaffed range, go to .gov/discover-nature/find/places/mdc-ranges. Unstaffed ranges are closed on Mondays for maintenance. The Missouri Department of Conservation has closed its five staffed shooting ranges through April 15, but unstaffed ranges like the ones at Pleasant Hope Conservation Area and Busiek State Forest remain open. Please consider supporting local journalism by subscribing at /subscribe.
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