September 2020 vol 81 no 5

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Feature Story

Conservation Through the Ages In 1935, sportsmen from throughout Missouri came together at the Tiger Hotel in Columbia, Missouri to form the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM). They organized with the purpose of taking conservation out of politics. Their initiative petition campaign resulted in the creation of the Missouri Department of Conservation, a non-political conservation agency that has been a model for other states. Through the years, CFM has prevailed as one of the most important conservation entitites in the state. CFM consistently fights to protect Missouri's outdoors and stands up for the best insterests of our members. Let't take a walk down memory lane and re-live some of the highlights of the past 85 years of CFM.

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