Natural History Club Welcomes Speaker

The newly formed Kirksville Natural History Club will host speaker John Lorenzen, a fisheries management biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, to discuss “Monitoring Topeka Shiners in the Spring Creek Watershed” at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in Magruder Hall 1098. Topeka shiners are an endangered species, and MDC has tried to improve their prospects by introducing them to favorable habitats in north Missouri. Among these is Spring Creek, a small stream at Union Ridge Conservation Area just northwest of town.