Jessica Jackson, of Crane, helps her sons, Brayden Walker, 11, and Thompson Jackson, 5, with their lines at Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park Saturday. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
Rick Horton, right, fisheries biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation; Sterling Horton, front left; and Caleb Beuterbaugh, back left, facilities management technician at Roaring River State Park, prepare the stream table exhibit for Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park on Saturday. Horton said the table, geared toward 10- and 11-year-olds, provides children with an understanding of stream function and factors that contribute to poor water quality and erosion. “The presence of mussels are an indication of good water quality,” Horton said. “You want to find them in streams, but they are becoming more scarce.”. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comRozlyn Jackson, 7, of Crane, prepares to cast a line into Roaring River at Kids’ Fishing Day Saturday at Roaring River State Park. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comLakelynn Senters, 7, pauses for the camera while keeping a firm grip on her little sister, Ridgley, 16 months, at Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park Saturday. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comRyan Jones, of Springfield, sorts out gear while his son, Cedar Jones, fishes during Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park Saturday. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comRoaring River campground host David Cusick, left, visits with Roaring River State Park assistant superintendent Forrest Brumm, right, during Kids’ Fishing Day at the park Saturday. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
Anna Buckley Schoelzel, of Buckley’s Bees LLC, near Cassville, teaches children and adults about the habits of bees during Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park Saturday. Schoelzel, who accepts calls for swarm relocations, says she has assisted with about 12 relocations so far this year. The latest assist, she said, was to relocate a swarm which had assembled in an old couch that had been left outdoors. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comCassville resident and dutch oven cooking aficionado Larry Quinalty, assembles the ingredients for his signature peach enchiladas to be served up during Kids’ Fishing Day Saturday, at Roaring River State Park. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comBobbie Sapp, of Joplin, supervises her children, Abigail Sapp, 7, and Jaxon Sapp, 4, as they fish at Roaring River State Park, during Kids’ Fishing Day Saturday. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
