Ecology Program Set at Conservation Area

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The August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area is offering a four-week "Eco" Investigators program to teach youngsters ages 8 to 12 about the natural communities of Missouri - its forests, prairies, ponds and streams.

The programs started Friday with a presentation on forest ecology. Programs continue with prairie ecology on July 7, pond ecology on July 14, and stream ecology on July 28, said Nancy Snider, the naturalist who is host of the programs. All sessions run from 1-3 p.m. at the Busch lodge and outdoors.

Up to 25 may attend each session. Snider asks that students coming for prairie ecology bring an old T-shirt for making some prairie prints. Those signed …