Missouri Conservationist

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Missouri Conservationist
Missouri State Conservationist, cartoon on erosion - NARA - 286145.jpg
1930s editorial cartoon from the Missouri Conservationist
EditorAngie Daly Morfeld
Categories Wildlife conservation
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1938
Company Missouri Department of Conservation
CountryUnited States
Based in Jefferson City, Missouri
LanguageEnglish
Website www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/
ISSN 0026-6515

The Missouri Conservationist is a monthly periodical published by the Missouri Department of Conservation. [1] It was first published in 1938 by the department's predecessor, the Missouri Conservation Commission. [2] The magazine focuses on educating the general public on issues pertaining to the conservation and management of Missouri’s natural resources.

Contents

The magazine is free to all residents of the State of Missouri. The cost of its production and postage is supported by a portion of the statewide conservation sales tax. [3] Non-residents can subscribe for a fee. All issues since July 1995 are published online by the Missouri Department of Conservation. [4] Angie Daly Morfeld is the editor as of July 2017. The magazine has an ISSN number of 0026-6515. [5]

History

1938-1943 as a quarterly phamlet

In July 1938 its first issue was published by the Missouri conservation commission it had 8 pages a section of the commissioner's in 1941 they had a short series called conservation briefs in January 1942 issue it had a ding darling cartoon on the cover and the spring and summer 1942 issue only had 4 pages then Autumn 1942 was the last phamlet issue before becoming monthly in 1943

1943-1949 early monthly years

In April 1943 the conservationist went from quarterly to monthly they added a content page and had a new feature called notes from the field this feature was about conservation agents at work. [6] In 1944 a bimonthly feature called letters from readers which showed readers what they think about the magazine and it's features from 1943-1946 they had a feature that showed the conservation commission who served during WW2 years in Aug 1946 they moved the editorial to the inside front cover with the contents in June 1948 the cover honerd a famous conservationist aldo Leopold who died in spring of that year in Aug 1948 they did a change in the format in the letters and in December 1948 the cover had their former Commissioner E Sydney Stephens.

1950-1959

In November 1950 the conservationist changed there letters then in August 1951 they changed the inside front cover removed the contents feature and changed the letters again then in September 1951 they added a cartoon called consy coon and in August 1953 they changed the letters in the conservationist in January 1955 The conservationist went from a 2 column page to a 3 column page and in January 1956 consy's scrapbook appeared on the back cover of the conservationist and in march 1956 notes from the field last appeared and in June 1956 the Missouri's outdoor almanac appears on the conservationist it had quotes on stuff it replaced the old notes from the field and in July 1957 the cover format changed and in July 1958 Missouri's Wildlife trail appears on the conservationist

1960-1969

In July 1962 the 25th anniversary issue of the conservationist in August 1964 the inside front cover changed its format added the contents feature back since its removal in August 1951 in May 1967 the contents feature changed its format in May 1968 a little booklet a prairie is forever was in the conservationist in July 1968 the conservationist turned 30 years old in January 1969 a feature that only lasted for a year was field notes and in may 1969 the cover changed its format.

1970-1979

In June 1970 a special issue called Missouri conservation program report or mcp report for short appeared on the conservationist in August 1971 the conservationist expands it's page from 20 to 24 pages plus 6 pages with full color in September 1971 a special issue called design for Conservation appears on the conservationist in January 1972 the conservationist went from 3 columns to 2 columns in July 1973 the conservationist turned 35 in December 1973 the first conservationist index appeared

List of editors

Circulation history

Photography History


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