Jan
17
Classroom with a view: Missouri State Parks as classrooms
By Tom UhlenbrockMissouri State ParksKNOB NOSTER, Mo. – Stephanie Payne led the way through the bottomland forest at Knob Noster State Park. She turned as the path went between two tall pin oaks and said: “This is the gate to my garden.”Payne is a graduate student specializing in wetland ecology at the University of Central Missouri in nearby Warrensburg. Biologists call her “garden” a vernal pool, which is a slight depression in the forest floor that holds water in the spring months. She is... Read more »
