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