Three Creeks Conservation Area
| Three Creeks Conservation Area | |
|---|---|
  Location in Missouri  Three Creeks Conservation Area (the United States) | |
| Location | Boone, Missouri, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°50′29.19″N 92°17′17.87″W / 38.8414417°N 92.2882972°W |
| Area | 1,497.4 acres (6.060 km2) |
| Governing body | Missouri Department of Conservation |
| Website | Three Creeks Conservation Area |
Three Creeks Conservation Area is a nature preserve in Boone County, Missouri. Its Ozark terrain has many karst features including caves, springs, and sinkholes. It is located south of Columbia, Missouri and the more well-known Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. The conservation area is named after the three streams which flow through it: Turkey Creek, Bass Creek, and Bonne Femme Creek.[1] Its nearly 1500 acres are mostly forested and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation.[2] There are numerous trails for hiking.[3]
In 2019, former Columbia Daily Tribune owners Hank Waters and Vicki Russell donated 207 acres adjacent to the park for the construction of a nature school.[4] The school will be a cooperative effort between Columbia Public Schools and the Missouri Department of Conservation.[4][5] Much of the land around and in Three Creeks was purchased and farmed by African-Americans after the American Civil War.[6]
The area is part of the Bonne Femme Watershed Project.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Three Creeks Conservation Area" (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Three Creeks CA". Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Morrison, Sean (July 14, 2014). "Get up and go: Three Creeks Conservation Area". Vox Magazine. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Finnerty, Katharine (July 1, 2019). "Columbia nature school to be placed next to Three Creeks Conservation Area". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Garlich, Julia (May 30, 2019). "New partnership allows for revival of Columbia's nature school program". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Sneed, Jones Francis, (1991) "The Bottom of Heaven: A Social and Cultural History of African Americans in Three Creeks, Boone County, Missouri"
- ^ http://www.cavewatershed.org/ Archived 2019-01-18 at the Wayback Machine Boone Femme Watershed Project
