Image by jmk286 via FlickrConservation Federation of Missouri anniversary celebrations will include party, wildlife exhibit and commemorative issue of magazine.
JEFFERSON CITY MO – The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) will celebrate its 75th anniversary the weekend of Sept. 10-12 with an anniversary party Friday night at the Tiger Hotel in Columbia, a wildlife art exhibit at Bass Pro Sportsman’s Center in Columbia Friday through Sunday and a commemorative issue of CFM’s Missouri Wildlife released Friday.
On Sept. 10, 1935, nearly 100 forward-thinking Missourians gathered in the ballroom of Columbia’s Tiger Hotel to discuss the sad state of Missouri’s fish, forests and wildlife. To retrieve their squandered natural legacy, they formed the Restoration and Conservation Federation of Missouri and launched a movement that revolutionized natural-resource management. This citizen-led effort has become Missouri’s oldest and largest private-citizen conservation organization with more than 90,000 individuals and 80 affiliated organizations.
CFM members and guests will return to the founding location to enjoy a celebration party Friday night at the Tiger Hotel, 23 S. Eighth St. in Columbia. Evening festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. and include social time, dinner and prominent speakers including Bill Crawford, the only known living participant from the founding meeting in 1935. Seating is limited and tickets are $100. For reservations or more information, call CFM at 1-800-575-2322.
The State Historical Society of Missouri will open the weekend activities with the art exhibition Charles Schwartz, Missouri’s Audubon: An Artist in Nature on Friday from 3-8 p.m. at Bass Pro Sportsman’s Center, 3101 Bass Pro Drive in Columbia. A wine and cheese reception, guided tours, and remarks from art, history, and conservation specialists will be part of the events. The cost is $10 per person and can be paid in advance or at the door.
The exhibition will showcase highlights of the Society’s collection of more than 500 drawings and studies by the late Charles Schwartz. Schwartz was a long-time biologist, artist and photographer for the Missouri Department of Conservation who captured people and wildlife in oil, watercolor, pen and ink, charcoal, scratchboard and bronze. Most of his nationally renowned artworks belong to the State Historical Society of Missouri or Conservation Charitable Trust.
The exhibition will remain on display at Bass Pro through Sunday. Children and adults can enjoy free educational and art activities on Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. The exhibition will then move to the Historical Society at 1020 Lowry St. in Columbia, where it will remain through Feb. 12.
For more information on the art exhibit, contact Dr. Joan Stack, Art Curator for the State Historical Society of Missouri, at 573-882-7083.
The CFM will also issue a commemorative issue of its Missouri Wildlife magazine at the Friday events. The special issue will include personal notes on their dreams for the Missouri outdoors from numerous contributors. Additional contributions will be featured on the CFM website at www.confedmo.org and published in future issues of the magazine.
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