Sarah Parker Pauley, director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, visited Hannibal recently to tour the Huckleberry Park Lake and Sodalis Nature Preserve. Hannibal Parks & Recreation recently earned a $100,000 matching grant to build a shelter at the entrance of Sodalis. From left, A.J. Campbell, regional recreational use specialist; Pauley; HPR recreation supervisor Mary Lynne Richards; Chris Williamson, community and private lands district supervisor for the Mark Twain and Fabius Districts; Brent Vandeloecht, community and private lands regional supervisor for the Northeast Region; Chad Smith, regional resource management supervisor for the Northeast Region; Shelby Lovelace, community and private lands fisheries biologist of the Mark Twain and Fabius Districts; Jenna McDonald, HPR recreation supervisor; and Chad Collier, HPR assistant director.