List of Missouri conservation areas – Southwest region

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas

Map of Missouri conservation areas with the Southwest region highlighted

The Southwest administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation encompasses Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Polk, Stone, and Taney counties. The regional conservation office is in Springfield.

Conservation Area	Description	Size		County	Location
Adams (Anna M) Access	This is a forest area offering access to the Gasconade River. [1]	18 acres	7.3 ha	Laclede	37°37′44.25″N 92°19′34.08″W
Allen Bridge Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. There is a boat ramp. [2]	12 acres	4.9 ha	Newton	36°55′11.21″N 94°20′35.35″W
Ashe Juniper Natural Area	This glade contains an almost pure stand of Ashe Juniper (Ozark white cedar). [3]	32 acres	13 ha	Stone	36°35′32.43″N 93°20′29.94″W
Barclay Conservation Area	Area subject to flash flooding [4]	393 acres	159 ha	Dallas	37°47′28.99″N 92°52′11.62″W
Bear Creek Conservation Area	This is a mostly forested area. [5]	731 acres	296 ha	Laclede	37°44′1.59″N 92°32′39.27″W
Bennett Spring Access	This area offers access to the Niangua River. There are 2 boat ramps. [6]	170 acres	69 ha	Dallas	37°44′28.36″N 92°51′44.86″W
Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery	The park contains a stretch of the Niangua River and Bennett Spring Branch. Facilities include hiking trails, picnic areas, a nature center, overnight lodging, a restaurant, primitive and improved camping areas, hatchery tours, and a bait-and-tackle shop.[7]	708 acres	287 ha	Laclede, Dallas	37°43′25.94″N 92°51′31.50″W
Bethel Prairie Conservation Area	The area is mostly prairie. [8]	259 acres	105 ha	Barton	37°23′30.30″N 94°22′42.10″W
Bicentennial Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. [9]	706 acres	286 ha	Newton	36°50′13.84″N 94°20′46.00″W
Big John Access	This is a forest area. Facilities/features: permanent stream (Niangua River). [10]	17 acres	6.9 ha	Dallas	37°38′35.10″N 93°2′36.26″W
Bluff Springs Conservation Area	This area is about 1/2 savanna and 1/2 forest with some old fields and glades. Facilities/features: primitive camping and a fishable pond (1/2 acre). [11]	415 acres	168 ha	Cedar	37°47′41.02″N 93°45′35.81″W
Bois D'Arc Conservation Area	Cropland, old fields, forest, grassland, and some wetlands. Facilities/features: staffed firearms range, archery range, dove blind, and numerous fishing ponds (4.5 acres total).[12]	3,202 acres	1,296 ha	Greene	37°17′10.77″N 93°30′44.62″W
Boston Ferry Conservation Area	Near Lake Taneycomo, this area is mostly forest with some prairie. [13]	172 acres	70 ha	Taney	36°41′27.40″N 93°11′57.61″W
Brush Creek Conservation Area	This is a forest area with a permanent stream (Brush Creek). [14]	149 acres	60 ha	Polk	37°48′38.92″N 93°37′25.35″W
Buffalo Hills Natural Area	This area is largely forest. [15]	494 acres	200 ha	McDonald	36°44′20.02″N 94°33′37.12″W
Buffalo Wallow Prairie Conservation Area	Facilities/features: about 400 acres (1.6 km2) of native prairie, including prairie chicken habitat. The area also has forest, old fields, cropland, and 2 fishable ponds.[16]	1,144 acres	463 ha	Barton	37°37′32.91″N 94°17′48.53″W
Bull Shoals Lake Management Lands	Bull Shoals Lake ML has more than 16,000 acres (65 km2) of fishable water. Permanent streams in the area include Swan Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Creek, Pond Fork, Little Norfork, and Spring Creek. The area also contains large tracts of forest and wetlands in additio [17]	37,350 acres	15,120 ha	Taney, Ozark	36°34′9.17″N 92°51′43.27″W
Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area	This area contains prairie, forest, old fields, cropland, grassland and savanna. Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, 3 fishing jetties, fishing dock, archery range, Bushwhacker, and Willow lakes (196 acres total), and a permanent stream [18]	4,774 acres	1,932 ha	Vernon, Barton	37°40′14.62″N 94°24′42.26″W
Busiek State Forest and WA	This area is mainly forest with savannas, glades, and old fields. Facilities/features: primitive camping by Special Use Permit only, picnic areas, firearms range, intermittent stream (Camp Creek), and a permanent stream (Woods Fork). [19]	2,494 acres	1,009 ha	Christian	36°51′55.52″N 93°14′4.59″W
Capps Creek Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, cropland, and some wetlands. Facilities/features: 2 permanent streams (Capps Creek, Shoal Creek). [20]	707 acres	286 ha	Newton	36°53′21.00″N 94°5′7.57″W
Carl Junction Access	This area offers access to Center Creek. There is a boat ramp.[21]	4 acres	1.6 ha	Jasper	37°9′37.05″N 94°34′50.47″W
Charity Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishable pond (1/4 acre), and a permanent stream (Niangua River). [22]	145 acres	59 ha	Dallas	37°31′14.78″N 92°59′4.77″W
Cherry Corner Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. [23]	6 acres	2.4 ha	Newton	36°55′47.32″N 94°18′39.84″W
Chesapeake Fish Hatchery	The hatchery raises a variety of warm-water species, including channel catfish, grass carp, largemouth bass, walleye, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, and fathead minnows. Tours are available. [24]	120 acres	49 ha	Lawrence	37°7′10.43″N 93°40′42.48″W
Clear Creek Conservation Area	This area is mostly prairie with more than 200 acres (0.81 km2) of woodlands. Facilities/features: 5 fishable ponds (5.2 acres total) and an intermittent stream (Clear Creek). This area has excellent deer and turkey hunting opportunities. [25]	979 acres	396 ha	Vernon, Barton	37°38′42.88″N 94°14′5.62″W
Coffin Cave Conservation Area	Cave entrance closed to public for safety reasons.[26]	73 acres	30 ha	Laclede	37°46′51.11″N 92°51′10.96″W
Coleman Memorial Conservation Area	From I-44 south of Lebanon, take exit 127, then south on Morgan Rd, then Evergreen Pky east off the traffic circle, then .60-mile (97 km) to the area. [27]	65 acres	26 ha	Laclede	37°38′57.72″N 92°39′47.15″W
Compton Hollow Conservation Area	This is a mostly forest area. Facilities/features: archery range. [28]	837 acres	339 ha	Webster	37°13′51.18″N 93°0′4.97″W
Comstock Prairie Conservation Area	This area is mostly prairie. Facilities/features: 2 fishable ponds (1.8 acres total) and a permanent stream (Comstock Creek). [29]	313 acres	127 ha	Barton	37°38′33.32″N 94°29′49.43″W
Cooper Creek Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, boat dock, fishing dock, and Lake Taneycomo (2,080 acres). [30]	49 acres	20 ha	Taney	36°37′16.26″N 93°14′51.83″W
Cowskin Access	This is a forest area with a boat ramp on the Elk River. [31]	44 acres	18 ha	McDonald	36°38′4.52″N 94°35′9.85″W
Cox (Ralph) Memorial Access	This area offers access to the James River. There is a boat ramp. [32]	11 acres	4.5 ha	Stone	36°48′23.66″N 93°27′40.70″W
Crighton (Joe) Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, picnic area, and a permanent stream (James River). [33]	8 acres	3.2 ha	Greene	37°9′13.82″N 93°12′2.14″W
Cross Timbers Access	This forest and old fields area offers access to the Pomme de Terre River. There is a boat ramp.[34]	48 acres	19 ha	Hickory	37°58′53.74″N 93°18′50.19″W
Davis (The Lester R) Memorial Forest	This is an 85-acre (340,000 m2) forest with 5 acres (20,000 m2) of strip pits. The area was mined land that was planted with trees by Lester Davis, the previous owner. There are over 50 species of native and non-native trees and shrubs.[35]	79 acres	32 ha	Barton	37°30′7.72″N 94°34′25.52″W
Davis Ford Access	This area offers access to the Osage Fork River. [36]	17 acres	6.9 ha	Laclede	37°39′29.19″N 92°29′20.29″W
Deep Ford Access	This area includes old fields and forest. It offers access to Big Sugar Creek. [37]	42 acres	17 ha	McDonald	36°36′54.18″N 94°21′4.01″W
Delaware Town Access	This area is mostly old fields planted in trees. Facilities/features: boat ramp and a permanent stream (James River). [38]	20 acres	8.1 ha	Christian	37°3′1.91″N 93°23′24.93″W
Diamond Grove Prairie Conservation Area	This area is predominantly prairie. [39]	861 acres	348 ha	Newton	37°0′55.82″N 94°22′8.89″W
Dorris Creek Prairie Conservation Area	This area is mostly native prairie with 3 fishable ponds (12 acres total). [40]	158 acres	64 ha	Barton	37°23′5.74″N 94°13′50.87″W
Drury-Mincy Conservation Area	This area, which borders Bull Shoals Reservoir, contains 3,400 acres (14 km2) of forest. [41]	6,304 acres	2,551 ha	Taney	36°32′28.81″N 93°4′16.32″W
Drynob Access	Access to the Osage Fork River within a special management area for smallmouth and goggle-eye. [42]	16 acres	6.5 ha	Laclede	37°38′1.09″N 92°27′2.93″W
Drywood Conservation Area	This area is 1/2 old fields with some forest and cropland. Includes a small lake (2.5 acres), and an intermittent stream.[43]	98 acres	40 ha	Barton	37°37′10.38″N 94°33′0.14″W
Fiddlers Ford Access	This area has access to Turnback Creek. [44]	52 acres	21 ha	Dade	37°23′1.46″N 93°48′16.86″W
Flag Spring Conservation Area	This area is mainly forestland. Facilities/features: primitive camping, firearms range, 13 fishless ponds, and Flag Spring. [45]	3,988 acres	1,614 ha	Barry, McDonald	36°37′3.05″N 94°2′54.65″W
Fort Crowder Conservation Area	Forest, grassland, and old fields. Facilities/features: picnic areas, shooting range, and an archery range. [46]	2,323 acres	940 ha	Newton	36°49′6.09″N 94°19′29.06″W
Goodman Towersite	Goodman Towersite is south of Neosho on Highway 59, then west on Sorrel Road for 3/4-mile.[47]	38 acres	15 ha	Newton	36°46′19.46″N 94°25′4.52″W
Goose Creek Conservation Area	This is a predominantly forest area.[48]	881 acres	357 ha	Laclede, Dallas	37°33′12.68″N 92°51′5.87″W
Hayes Spring Conservation Area	From Hurley, east on Rte A 1.5 miles (2.4 km), then east on Twilight Dr. 1.3 miles (2.1 km), and south on Hayes Spring Rd. 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to area. [49]	97 acres	39 ha	Stone	36°55′15.02″N 93°26′27.98″W
Henning (Ruth and Paul) Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: hiking trails, White River Balds Natural Area, and a permanent stream (Roark Creek). [50]	1,536 acres	622 ha	Taney, Stone	36°40′7.21″N 93°17′42.35″W
Hermitage Access	This area offers access to the Pomme de Terre River. There is a boat ramp.[51]	3 acres	1.2 ha	Hickory	37°56′12.79″N 93°18′55.65″W
Holland State Forest	From Ponce de Leon at intersection of Medical Springs Rd. and V Hwy travel east on V Hwy .4-mile (6.4 km), then north on Pleasant View Rd. 1.3 miles (2.1 km), then west on Great View Road .8-mile (13 km) to parking area on south side of road.[52]	158 acres	64 ha	Stone	36°53′50.97″N 93°22′2.00″W
Hollister Towersite	This is a mostly forest area. [53]	200 acres	81 ha	Taney	36°33′46.67″N 93°15′19.98″W
Hooten Town Access	This area offers access to the James River. There is a boat ramp. [54]	5 acres	2.0 ha	Stone	36°56′24.72″N 93°23′10.89″W
Horse Creek Prairie Conservation Area	This is a native prairie area. [55]	77 acres	31 ha	Dade	37°24′24.06″N 93°59′33.85″W
Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area	This is a forest area with several small ponds. [56]	2,065 acres	836 ha	McDonald	36°35′46.53″N 94°19′8.43″W
Hull Ford Access	This area offers access to the Osage Fork River. [57]	11 acres	4.5 ha	Laclede	37°42′9.48″N 92°29′7.64″W
Indigo Prairie Conservation Area	This is a native prairie area. [58]	41 acres	17 ha	Dade	37°22′21.93″N 93°54′16.86″W
Jessie Hollow Conservation Area	This is a forest area. [59]	117 acres	47 ha	Stone	36°45′56.09″N 93°28′18.77″W
Kerr (H L) Access	This area offers access to the James River. There is a boat ramp. [60]	50 acres	20 ha	Stone	36°49′50.63″N 93°27′18.18″W
Kickapoo Prairie Conservation Area	This is a native prairie area.[61]	157 acres	64 ha	Lawrence	37°13′23.71″N 93°57′32.27″W
La Petite Gemme Prairie Conservation Area	This is a Designated Natural Area. [62]	40 acres	16 ha	Polk	37°33′45.70″N 93°24′40.51″W
Lanagan Towersite	This is a forest area. [63]	54 acres	22 ha	McDonald	36°36′30.88″N 94°28′12.40″W
Lead Mine Conservation Area	This forested area contains savanna, glades, and old fields. Facilities and features include boat ramps, an unmanned firearms range, fishable ponds, several intermittent streams, and 2 permanent streams (Niangua River, Jakes Creek). [64]	7,031 acres	2,845 ha	Dallas	37°50′57.71″N 92°54′2.63″W
Lime Kiln Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. There are 2 boat ramps. [65]	9 acres	3.6 ha	Newton	36°53′45.79″N 94°22′6.17″W
Little Sac Woods Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping and a permanent stream (Little Sac River). [66]	771 acres	312 ha	Greene	37°23′26.96″N 93°23′23.16″W
Long Ford Access	Area Not Developed Area Subject to Flash Flooding [67]	40 acres	16 ha	Laclede	37°35′14.98″N 92°30′52.43″W
Lower Flat Creek Access	This area consists of gravel bar and lawn along Flat Creek. There is no boat ramp. [68]	4 acres	1.6 ha	Barry	36°45′4.14″N 93°37′2.08″W
Mo-No-I Prairie Conservation Area	This entire area is native prairie. During May and June the area has many showy native wildflowers in bloom.[69]	302 acres	122 ha	Barton	37°32′59.04″N 94°22′31.91″W
Mon-Shon Prairie Conservation Area	This is a native prairie area with a small shrubby drainage. [70]	80 acres	32 ha	Barton	37°22′1.88″N 94°36′53.30″W
Monegaw Prairie Conservation Area	This is a prairie area.[71]	267 acres	108 ha	Cedar	37°51′13.58″N 93°57′41.17″W
Moon Valley Access	This area offers access to the Niangua River. There is a boat ramp. [72]	4 acres	1.6 ha	Dallas	37°42′11.74″N 92°52′57.17″W
Mount Shira Access	This old fields area offers access to the Elk River.[73]	31 acres	13 ha	McDonald	36°34′35.92″N 94°27′49.92″W
Mount Vernon Prairie	This is a Designated Natural Area featuring dry-mesic sandstone and shale prairie. [74]	40 acres	16 ha	Lawrence	37°8′18.55″N 93°47′18.47″W
Mule Shoe Conservation Area	This tract is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping and 3 permanent streams. [75]	2,477 acres	1,002 ha	Hickory	38°0′4.47″N 93°5′39.33″W
Murphy (John F) Memorial State Forest and WA	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping. [76]	325 acres	132 ha	Hickory	37°57′6.89″N 93°23′4.68″W
Neosho Towersite	Neosho Towersite is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Neosho on Business Highway 60. [77]	44 acres	18 ha	Newton	36°54′8.84″N 94°19′9.64″W
Niangua Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. [78]	819 acres	331 ha	Webster	37°25′2.54″N 92°52′46.23″W
Niawathe Prairie Conservation Area	This is a 320-acre (1.3 km2) Designated Natural Area. [79]	315 acres	127 ha	Dade	37°30′49.23″N 93°58′18.01″W
Osage Fork Conservation Area	This is a forest area with an archery range. [80]	281 acres	114 ha	Laclede	37°34′42.69″N 92°40′27.76″W
Pa Sole Prairie Conservation Area	The area has native prairie, cropland, grassland, and old fields. There are 2 ponds (totaling 1.5 acres), the north pond is not fishable.  [81]	238 acres	96 ha	Barton	37°25′6.62″N 94°12′7.50″W
Paris Springs Access	This area contains forest, cropland, old fields, and grassland. Facilities/features: 3 small ponds, permanent stream (Turnback Creek). [82]	209 acres	85 ha	Lawrence	37°11′33.59″N 93°41′39.32″W
Pawhuska Prairie	This prairie is a Designated Natural Area. [83]	74 acres	30 ha	Barton	37°32′14.84″N 94°9′39.07″W
Phenix Access	This is a forest with old fields offering access to Clear Creek.[84]	149 acres	60 ha	Greene	37°21′49.84″N 93°34′28.02″W
Pilot Knob Conservation Area	This is a predominantly forest area.[85]	1,350 acres	550 ha	Stone	36°32′26.68″N 93°33′20.34″W
Pleasant Hope Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: firearms range and intermittent stream (Bear Creek). [86]	1,110 acres	450 ha	Polk	37°26′3.80″N 93°18′5.49″W
Pomme De Terre Lake Management Lands	The Missouri Department of Conservation manages the fishery in Pomme de Terre Lake in cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers. See regulations. Bank fishing access is available on management lands at various locations around the lake.[87]	5,132 acres	2,077 ha	Polk, Hickory	37°48′19.89″N 93°21′13.34″W
Powell Towersite	This is a forest area.[88]	80 acres	32 ha	McDonald	36°32′40.87″N 94°11′25.06″W
Prosperine Access	This forest area offers access to the Niangua River. [89]	7 acres	2.8 ha	Laclede	37°47′57.13″N 92°50′11.60″W
Providence Prairie Conservation Area	This area is mostly prairie with some cropland. [90]	190 acres	77 ha	Lawrence	37°16′7.21″N 93°59′8.39″W
Rader Access	This area contains grassland, old fields, forest, and offers access to the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River.[91]	66 acres	27 ha	Webster	37°27′34.16″N 92°43′44.15″W
Redwing Prairie Conservation Area	The area is mostly prairie with a small fishing pond. [92]	166 acres	67 ha	Barton	37°33′4.31″N 94°25′36.04″W
Risch (Edward B and Marie O) Conservation Area	The area is mostly prairie with some cropland and a wooded intermittent stream that traverses the area. [93]	173 acres	70 ha	Barton	37°38′11.63″N 94°12′29.01″W
Roaring River Conservation Area	The area is mostly forest with some old fields and grassland. Facilities/features: primitive camping and a permanent stream (Roaring River). [94]	434 acres	176 ha	Barry	36°34′29.06″N 93°49′41.14″W
Roaring River Fish Hatchery	The hatchery grounds are located at the source of Roaring River. A 7.5-mile (12.1 km) stretch of Roaring River and associated park lands are managed cooperatively with Missouri Department of Natural Resources to provide a trout fishery. Natural features include Roa [95]	3 acres	1.2 ha	Barry	36°35′32.70″N 93°49′59.06″W
Rocky Barrens Conservation Area	This area contains forest, glades, and old fields.[96]	275 acres	111 ha	Greene	37°18′53.70″N 93°23′47.63″W
Sare (Dale) Conservation Area	North of Springfield 5 miles (8.0 km) on Rte 13, then east on Farm Rd 56, and north on N. Farm Rd 141.[97]	316 acres	128 ha	Greene	37°22′5.55″N 93°19′33.07″W
Sentinel Conservation Area	This area contains savanna and glades. [98]	160 acres	65 ha	Polk	37°47′13.50″N 93°20′24.14″W
Shawnee Trail Conservation Area	This area is mostly cropland and grassland with some native prairie plus wetlands, old fields, and pasture. Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishing dock, 3 fishing jetties, and 11 fishable lakes and ponds (40 acres total). [99]	3,683 acres	1,490 ha	Barton	37°26′37.87″N 94°34′45.52″W
Shelvin Rock Access	This area provides access to the James River. There is a boat ramp.[100]	20 acres	8.1 ha	Christian	36°59′43.00″N 93°22′0.63″W
Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery	Facilities/features: boat ramp (onto Lake Taneycomo), picnic areas and a pavilion, hiking trails, 2 viewing blinds, 2 viewing decks, nature center, hatchery tours, and exhibits. [101]	159 acres	64 ha	Taney	36°35′55.25″N 93°18′5.01″W
Sky Prairie Conservation Area	This area is mostly prairie with some forest. [102]	203 acres	82 ha	Cedar	37°41′30.03″N 93°57′4.85″W
Sloan (Dr O E and Eloise) Conservation Area	Grassland, old fields, cropland, and some prairie. There are 2 fishable ponds (1.5 acres total). [103]	314 acres	127 ha	Dade	37°23′39.31″N 93°53′46.98″W
Smack-Out Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. [104]	1.7 acres	0.69 ha	Newton	36°54′59.12″N 94°7′58.83″W
Springfield Conservation Nature Center	Outside – explore 80 acres (320,000 m2) of habitat including forest [105]	72 acres	29 ha	Greene	37°7′31.40″N 93°14′28.04″W
Stockton Lake Management Lands	This information relates to the portion of the land on the arms of the Little and Big Sac River of Stockton Lake that the Missouri Department of Conservation manages under a license agreement for fish and wildlife management. [106]	16,868 acres	6,826 ha	Polk, Dade, Cedar	37°30′17.85″N 93°43′39.79″W
Stones Corner Access	This area offers access to Center Creek. There is a boat ramp.  [107]	10 acres	4.0 ha	Jasper	37°10′2.59″N 94°30′44.11″W
Stony Point Prairie Conservation Area	This 960-acre (3.9 km2) area is nearly all native prairie and has a 1/2 acre fishable pond. [108]	980 acres	400 ha	Dade	37°31′40.48″N 94°1′20.22″W
Stubblefield Access	The area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: Gravel boat ramp and permanent stream (Flat Creek). [109]	49 acres	20 ha	Barry	36°47′18.25″N 93°43′16.98″W
Sunset Park Access	This area offers access to the Pomme de Terre River. There is a boat ramp. [110]	19 acres	7.7 ha	Polk	37°33′21.01″N 93°18′24.52″W
Talbot (Robert E) Conservation Area	This area contains old fields, grassland, cropland, woodlands, savanna, prairie, and wetlands. Facilities/features: a fishing jetty, fishable lakes and a permanent stream (Spring River). [111]	4,350 acres	1,760 ha	Lawrence	37°9′12.08″N 93°55′11.14″W
Tipton Ford Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. [112]	88 acres	36 ha	Newton	36°58′48.51″N 94°26′20.07″W
Treaty Line Prairie Conservation Area	This is a prairie area.  [113]	167 acres	68 ha	Barton	37°27′52.96″N 94°12′35.97″W
Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Cross Timbers)	This information relates to the portion of the land around Harry S. Truman Lake that the Missouri Department of Conservation manages under a license agreement for fish and wildlife management. [114]	4,781 acres	1,935 ha	Hickory	38°0′40.89″N 93°18′58.03″W
Turkey Creek Conservation Area	This is a forest area. [115]	158 acres	64 ha	Cedar	37°46′57.91″N 93°40′48.87″W
Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Conservation Area	This is a native prairie area. [116]	340 acres	140 ha	Polk	37°46′29.64″N 93°31′37.85″W
Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie	This is a prairie area with 2 small, fishable ponds. [117]	3,067 acres	1,241 ha	Cedar, St. Clair	37°54′9.89″N 94°0′9.51″W
Wah-Sha-She Prairie	This is a native prairie area with a small wetland. This is a designated Natural Area. Native grasses and wildflowers are very diverse and abundant. [118]	154 acres	62 ha	Jasper	37°18′31.39″N 94°35′55.90″W
Wildcat Access	This area offers access to Shoal Creek. There is a boat ramp. [119]	0.8 acres	0.32 ha	Newton	37°1′47.34″N 94°31′14.49″W
Wildcat Glade Natural Area	Wildcat Glade Natural Area is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of Joplin on Highway 86 to the Shoal Creek Bridge. Cross the bridge, then turn west immediately on Castle Drive and go 2.5 miles (4.0 km). [120]	18 acres	7.3 ha	Newton	37°1′25.45″N 94°31′23.52″W
Williams Ford Access	This area offers access to the Niangua River. [121]	37 acres	15 ha	Dallas	37°41′27.19″N 92°57′15.19″W
Wire Road Conservation Area	This area is about half forest with old fields, pasture and some grassland. Facilities/features: permanent stream (Crane Creek). [122]	805 acres	326 ha	Stone	36°54′16.35″N 93°34′4.13″W

Notes

• Acreage and counties from MDCLand GIS file
• Names, descriptions, and locations from Conservation Atlas Online GIS file

References

• "MDCland" (shapefile). Missouri Department of Conservation. 2007-01-01.
• "Google Earth File". Conservation Atlas Online. Missouri Department of Conservation. 2007-06-18. Archived from the original on 2010-08-12.