State of Missouri
July 2010
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) protects and manages the fish, forest and wildlife resources of the State of Missouri. They seek opportunities for all citizens to use, enjoy and learn about these resources as well as participate in their management.
MDC came to Gorton Studios with a massive website that was in disarray. Out of tens-of-thousands of pages and articles online, the most-viewed page on the site was the 'Page Not Found' error.
Gorton Studios worked with our excellent friends and colleagues from Treehouse Agency and MDC staff to plan, design and develop a completely new site based on the mockups MDC had already started. The new site contains comprehensive information about wildlife, regulations, recreational areas, land and water care, educational resources and much more. A large media gallery contains videos, photos and audio recordings from MDC's extensive archive. The site is connected to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, and also uses a backend email notifications system to communicate press releases with members of the media throughout the state.
In addition to these site-building tasks, a significant part of our 18-month (and counting) engagement has been the training of MDC technical and editorial staff. We've worked closely with our colleagues at MDC and have seen them progress from Drupal-newbies to full-fledged partners and peers. Their skills and efforts have carried the site forward to the point where they are now self-sufficient and rarely need our guidance.
It's been a wonderful partnership and it's great to see the site launch successfully and show off the work of so many talented people!
