Driving DirectionsIn Nevada, take I-49/Highway 71 exit 101, then Route K east and south and then east again for 6.50 miles, then 2100 Road south 0.50 mile.
HighlightsThis area contains cropland, grassland, with prairie, and some forest and wetlands.
About This AreaBristow Conservation Area was once part of a vast prairie ecosystem that covered more than one-quarter of Missouri. The majority of the native prairie here was plowed or converted in the past to make way for other land uses. Bristow still has three native prairie remnants in the northwest portion of the area.Managment practices include prescribed burning, haying, and other tools to simulate historic disturbances that maintain healthy grasslands and limit the negative impacts of invasive plants, including trees, which were historically uncommon here.Management priorities include providing nesting and brood-rearing habitat for bobwhite quail and grassland birds along with providing early successional habitat through cropping.