FINS, FEATHERS AND FUR

WICKLIFFE, Ky. Westvaco Corporation, a major manufacturer of paper, packaging and chemical products, has received the corporate National Wetlands Conservation Award from the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.

Westvaco was honored for its work with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to establish the Westvaco Wildlife Management Area in Western Kentucky.

The area includes 3,000 acres owned by the company and is located south of Westvaco's Wickliffe, Ky. mill, adjacent to the Mississippi River. The area is managed as key wintering habitat for waterfowl that migrate along the Mississippi Flyway.

John A. Luke, president and chief executive officer of Westvaco, headquartered in New York, accepted the award in a ceremony held at Washington D.C.

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The 1992-93 Federal Duck Stamp, the nation's oldest conservation stamp, is now on sale.

All waterfowl hunters, 16 years of age or older, are required to carry a current, signed Federal Duck Stamp.

The stamp is also popular with non-hunters simply wanting to make a contribution to conservation, and to stamp collectors who are adding the duck Stamps to collections.

The stamp is available at most U.S. Post Offices, sporting goods outlets, and many national wildlife refuges.

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NEW MADRID The Missouri Department of Conservation recently received an "Outstanding Maintenance Award" from the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The DOC received the award during a ceremony at the conservation department's New Madrid office.

The award is presented to organizations that exceed the Corps' maintenance requirements for levees, channels and other flood control structures, and certain recreational and public use facilities

The DOC received the award for the department's maintenance of the Dorena Boat Ramp, approximately five acres of parking area and park, and an 800 foot access road from the frontline levee of the Mississippi river, located near Dorena in Mississippi County.

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BROOKFIELD You might not want a one-ton truck or a utility vehicle, but there are a lot more things to choose from at the Missouri Department of Conservation's upcoming auction.

The auction will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 15 at the MDC's Brookfield Maintenance Center, 19 Pershing Road in Brookfield.

Items to be auctioned include automobiles, utility vehicles, tractors, lawn mowers, boats, office equipment, computer equipment, cameras, outdoor equipment and calculators.

A complete listing of items will be available at the registration desk the day of the sale. All property must be paid for on the day of sale and before removal. Personal checks with proper identification are acceptable payment.

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The Missouri Conservation Commission will hold its August meeting Cape Girardeau.

The Aug. 28 session will get under way at 8:30 a.m.

Officers of the commission include Jay G. Henges, St. Louis, Chairman; Jerry Paul Combs, Kennett, Vice Chairman; and John Powell, Rolla, Secretary.

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Coming up:

Aug. 8-9 National Rifle Association Whitetail SuperClinic, Clarion Hotel, St. Louis, 1-800-324-9293.

Aug. 15 Missouri Department of Conservation auction,

10 a.m. Brookfield Maintenance Center, Brookfield.

Aug. 15 Old Greenville Days, Aug. 15-16, Greenville Area, Wappapello Lake, 9 to 4 p.m. both days.

Aug. 28 Missouri Conservation Commission meeting, Cape Girardeau.

Sept. 27 Winchester World Open Goose Calling Championships, John A. Logan College, Carterville, 1-800-GEESE-99.

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JEFFERSON CITY Hunters can hunt deer using muzzle-loading firearms, longbows or compound bows in managed deer hunts administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) if they're the pick of the draw.

Managed deer hunts on state, federal and private areas begin as early as October and run through January. Individuals or groups of up to six people can apply. MDC will accept applications through August 15 for special hunts in October, November and December. Hunters drawing into these hunts are ineligible for managed hunts in January.

Applications for the January hunts will be accepted from November 23 through December 4.

"These managed deer hunts are very popular and attract people who appreciate a quality deer hunt well enough to forego the regular deer season," said Gene Kell, MDC's wildlife division supervisor for special programs.

MDC will hold managed deer hunts at: August A. Busch Memorial Wildlife Area and Weldon Spring, St. Charles County; Peck Ranch, Carter County; James A. Reed, Jackson County; Drury-Mincy, Taney County; Caney Mountain, Ozark County; Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Stoddard and Wayne counties; Squaw Creek, Holt County; Swan Lake, Chariton County; Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County; Shaw Arbortum, Franklin County; Pershing State Park, Linn County; and Knob Noster State Park, Johnson County.

Individuals permanently confined to wheelchairs can hunt at August A. Busch, Caney Mountain, James A. Reed and Weldon Spring. A separate application with a physician's statement is required, along with a $3 fee.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds special hunts for persons with disabilities at Smithville and Mark Twain lakes and Truman Reservoir.

Hunters can pick up applications for MDC hunts at MDC metro or regional offices and at the areas where the managed huts will occur, or write to: Missouri Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, Mo., 65102-0180.

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CHARLESTON Robert G. DeLaney, who served on the Missouri Conservation Commission for more than a decade, died at his home in Charleston June 30.

Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed DeLaney to the Commission in 1965 and again in 1971. During his second term, he played an important role in securing voter approval of Missouri's unprecedented one-eighth of one percent sales tax for conservation programs. Although DeLaney left his seat on the Conservation Commission in 1977, he remains familiar to Missourians through the MDC film "Downstream." He appears in the 1969 film, which now is available on video cassette at many Missouri libraries.