Outdoors

Hundreds of paddlers from around the world will undertake the MR340 next year, a grueling 340-mile race on the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Charles. Get a taste for the adventure from these veteran competitors, and pick a point along the river to watch.

Things you see, places you go, and people you meet hiking the Ozark Trail.

What The Katy Trail can teach about the Rock Island.

You voted. We counted. Now you can discover some best-kept secrets and surprises around the state in eight different categories, such as culture, destinations, food, lore and legend, and more.

Missouri Coalition for the Environment is an independent, grassroots citizens’ group, that works to address a broad range of environmental policy issues.

Donating property helps safeguard Missouri’s bountiful natural resources.

Go for the birds, leave with serenity.

Faced with an enemy capable of prolific breeding, extensive property destruction, and potentially dangerous to humans, the Missouri Department of Conservation wages war in southern Missouri.

Photographer Matt Faupel and his friend in adventure, Brian Grace, spent three days last spring floating the Upper Jacks Fork River, from the Prongs to Bay Creek, a river distance of 25 miles. Come along, and let Matt be your guide to the discoveries.