The August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area
was purchased by the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1947
from the federal government. A donation of $70,000 toward the
purchase of the area was made by Mrs. August A. Busch, Sr. as a
memorial to her late husband. The conservation area includes
a wide range of outdoor facilities, including a public lodge
building that houses a visitor and activity center, a shooting
range, a field archery range, and 38 numbered fishing lakes.
It also allows (with license) public fishing, hunting, and dog
training and hosts field and retriever trials during winter
months.
The cache is placed at the entrance to Lake
21, one of 38 numbered lakes in the conservation area. Lake
21 is a multi-species fishing area, like most of the lakes in the
park. The area also sports five catfish lakes and three
catch-and-release lakes. All fishing in the conservation area
requires an appropriate permit.
This cache placed with permission from the
Missouri Department of Conservation. For more information
about the August A. Busch Conservation Area, please visit the
MO Dept of Conservation web site.
NOTE: PLEASE LOG YOUR
DNF! I know some geocachers are reluctant to log
unsuccessful attempts so that they don't spoil their find
ratio. However, without DNF log entries the owners (like me)
can't determine whether to raise the difficulty, describe the cache
more explicitly, and/or add more hints.
FTF honors go to
HappyKraut who found both new caches I placed on Halloween
within minutes of their posting in the wee hours of the next
morning. Congrats to HappyKraut and good hunting!