Projects

The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) is a long-term, landscape-level experiment measuring the living (i.e. birds, plants, trees) and non-living (i.e. soil, water, weather) parts of a forested ecosystem. MOFEP provides science-based information to forest managers so they may employ management practices that ensure healthy and sustainable forest, fish and wildlife resources while also providing opportunities to all citizens to use, enjoy and learn about their forest resource.

Land managers of both public and private lands need rapid and repeatable assessment and monitoring tools to gauge the health of the natural communities they are restoring such as tallgrass prairies or glades.
A multi-agency, multi-discipline partnership designed to develop a land classification model based on biotic and abiotic factors.

MDC’s Resource Science Division (RSD), Fisheries Division and others have been involved in collecting information on aquatic systems for over 60 years.  Much of this information has been entered into electronic databases maintained by RSD staff.  Recent advances in electronic database management and communication makes it practical to combine elements of these multiple databases into a single aquatic database.  The advantage of accessing information through the RSD-IAD compared to past practices is that access will be instantaneous and the information will be the most current