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Northland Lifestyle
National parks and outdoor recreation are often associated with the American West, but did you know Missouri has millions of acres of public land? Not only does Missouri have rich natural resources to enjoy, but much of it can also be experienced for free or at very little cost. We’ll look at five types of public land in Missouri and what sorts of activities they are geared towards so that you can find your next adventure!
Northland Lifestyle
If you find yourself at any major river in the Kansas City Metro, from the Missouri River, the Kaw, the Platte, and everywhere in between, you stand a good chance of seeing a tailing common carp. Very few fish embody the contradictions of our local history than this supremely notorious species...
Missouri Independent
Missourians should be ecstatic that the bear season has reopened.
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hind claws scrape mud
bait to hook to steel leader to monofilament to reel to hand
Apalone spinifera: olive colored shell, beak for crushing prey
Relative median empathetic response: low
my hatchet severs its head my knife separates folds of leathery skin
from white meat, orange meat, paper bag brown meat, bone, and offal
blood dries into dirt
stomach thrown into the water. A receptacle of lives taken by Apalone spinifera, ALCHEMIST
crayfish carapaces into life
thoraxes and gill plates transubstantiated
to be consumed by carapaces, thoraxes, gill plates
my hands rest limbs into cooler, my mind prepares for communion
my feet walk silently from the rippling backwaters
my nose breathes the aroma of its stewed flesh
my stomach ALCHEMIST
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torn breast, pierced by fangs, feral, Persian, Maine Coon, chartreux
swishing tail, fence walking ghouls
1.3-3.7 billion dead wild birds
6.3-22.3 billion dead wild mammals
Uses for feral house cats: predator bait, roadkill
Relative median empathetic response: very high
categorical similes: (feral hogs) (axis deer) (bush honeysuckle) (silver and bighead carp) (feral canines)
Human self-medication for loneliness and boredom (except those used to catch rodents, of which are few)
ONE HAND THE OTHER
reduced allergies spread distemper (rabies)
better mental health poorer ecosystem health
companionship native fauna annihilated
Whiskers was buried in a hand thrown urn
Donation was made to US Humane Society
may his memory live in perpetuity
bobcat (lynx Rufus) #347 killed by vehicle collision
swollen abdomen burst on 97°F cement
desiccated remains slowly pulverized