Missouri Conservation Deparment at the SEMO Fair

Children make tree cookie necklaces at the Missouri Conservation Department's exhibit at the Southeast Missouri District Fair.

Children make tree cookie necklaces at the Missouri Conservation Department's exhibit at the Southeast Missouri District Fair.

The historic Showboat truck on display at the Missouri Conservation Department's exhibit at the Southeast Missouri District Fair. The truck, equipped with a movie projector, was used in the 1930's and 1940's to educate people in rural areas about the danger of wildfires.

Children explore the traps the Missouri Conservation Department uses to trap bears at the department's exhibit at the Southeast Missouri District Fair.

Fair attendees look several species of turtles on display at the turtle pond at the Missouri Conservation Department's exhibit at the Southeast Missouri District Fair.