Central Missouri / Missouri River Corridor
Reform Conservation Area sits next to Callaway's energy map
MDC's Reform Conservation Area page ties public access to the Callaway nuclear-plant area and tells visitors to check current boundaries before going.
Nine miles east of Fulton on Route O, Reform Conservation Area sits in the same landscape as the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant. AmerenUE bought the land in the 1970s for electric generation, and a portion is leased to MDC for public recreation.
The area also carries older Callaway County history. Coats’ Prairie took its name from Reverend William Coats, who settled there in 1817, and the Reform community had mail service, three churches, a saw and flour mill, a general store, a blacksmith, a wagon maker, and about 150 residents by 1884.
The present access rule is the part to slow down for. Since July 1, 2025, public access is allowed only south of the plant. Hunt, hike, fish, or scout from the current MDC map, not from an old memory of the boundary.
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