Date: 3/18/25 8:51 am From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: CACHE/SPARKS Program—Your Birding Visits are Needed!
The Missouri Birding Society (MBS) has long-standing agreements with the Missouri Department of Conservation (CACHE) and Missouri State Parks (SPARKS). The SPARKS program includes a requirement for MBS members to bird State Parks for a minimum of 1,000 hours per year. We are well below the pace of former years in fulfilling this basic requirement. PLEASE, plan to bird in a Missouri State Park for at least an hour in April!
With the funds MBS earns participating in the CACHE/SPARKS we are able to be funding partners in many activities. (see https://mobirds.org/MBS/Conservation.aspx for the record of MBS partnership projects.
Visits to any Missouri State Park or State Historic Site by an MBS member help us fulfill our contracual commitment.
Your visit is especially important in one of the state parks of special interest (focus parks) for 2024-25. These are:
