Maps
Mid-Missouri is a wonderfully diverse place. We sit at the southern limit of the Ice Age, where deep glacier-deposited till thins over the limestones of the Ozarks, all blanketed with rich, silty windblown loess deposits. As a result we have productive agricultural lands, diverse forests, tall prairies, wildflower-studded rocky glades, and karst plains. Our rivers and streams range from the mighty, muddy Missouri, to the silt-laden Perche Creek system draining the agricultural till plains, to pristine spring-fed Gans Creek.
Lewis and Clark traveled through here, as did Daniel Boone. People continue to come here, and to prosper, as evidenced by Columbia’s enviable growth rate and legendary low unemployment. But short-term economic vitality and growth are not without long-term dangers. We believe that a network of conservation areas, both public and private, is a key component to the sustained economic health of central Missouri. Through a carefully designed program of conservation and appropriate land use, we hope to preserve the diversity of the mid Missouri landscape for generations to come.