MDC summer workshop helps women discover nature
Discover Nature Women summer workshop teaches women practical outdoor skills. Written by Rebecca Maples, MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Some things are better when shared. The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) recent Discover Nature Women summer workshop showed that nature is one of those things. With the program’s highest attendance ever, more than 130 women participated in the 2011 event held at Windermere Conference Center in Roach, Mo., June 3-5. Some attended to gain valuable outdoor experience, some to spend a weekend with friends and family and others to make a grandmother-mother-daughter getaway. “Discover Nature Women (DNW) provides a safe and friendly environment where women experience hands-on outdoor skills training at the beginner level, taught by a team of longtime professionals,” said MDC Education Programs Supervisor Kevin Lohraff. Courses include fishing, basic hunting, an introduction to firearms, archery, shotgun shooting, camping, canoeing, map and c...