MDC Research

Human Dimension Survey Methods
MDC managers and decision makers often need information on what “the public” thinks about resource management issues—from how users like a new trail or exhibit to how the state should manage the deer population.
Missouri Black Bear Project
MDC is conducting research to determine the growth rate and size of the black bear population and to also examine bear habitat use and movement patterns.
Missouri's Deer Hunters
The MDC Deer Program surveys deer hunters to gauge public opinion regarding deer numbers and management strategies and for indicators of deer population trends in each county.
Missouri Ecological Site Project
A multi-agency, multi-discipline partnership designed to develop a land classification model based on biotic and abiotic factors.

Grasslands LiDAR Learning Project

MDC is exploring the use of LiDAR to model headcuts, bank instability, and riparian corridor condition assessment within the Grand River Grasslands.

Clockwise from upper right- indigo bunting, Site 6 sunrise, golden mouse, ground flora quadrat, spotted salamanders, rough green snake

MOFEP

The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project is a long-term, landscape-scale experiment that measures how the living and non-living parts of a forested ecosystem respond to forest management.

Eagle Watch Program

The Missouri Eagle Watch Program allows volunteers to contribute to the conservation of bald eagles in the state by reporting eagle and eagle nest sightings and collecting other information.

Picture of American Bittern in vegetation

Secretive Marsh Birds (SMBs) are a group of wetland birds including rails, bitterns and moorhens. They get their name because the dense vegetation they live in and their coloration make them very hard to detect in the wild.