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]

Three Creeks Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Location in Missouri
Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Three Creeks Conservation Area (the United States)
LocationBoone, Missouri, United States
Coordinates38°50′29.19″N 92°17′17.87″W
Area1,497.4 acres (6.060 km2)
Governing bodyMissouri Department of Conservation
WebsiteThree Creeks Conservation Area

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

References
  1. "Three Creeks Conservation Area" (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. "Three Creeks CA". Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  3. Morrison, Sean (July 14, 2014). "Get up and go: Three Creeks Conservation Area". Vox Magazine. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Sneed, Jones Francis, (1991) "The Bottom of Heaven: A Social and Cultural History of African Americans in Three Creeks, Boone County, Missouri"
  7. http://www.cavewatershed.org/ Archived 2019-01-18 at the Wayback Machine Boone Femme Watershed Project
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