2022 MPF Marker Match

Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker will match gifts of any amount up to a total of $25,000 to create a special prairie stewardship fund this year.

In 2021, the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) acquired five additional properties, including three donated by the Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. With these additional holdings, MPF’s stewardship costs will increase, but the conservation values of these stunning prairies is priceless.

When The Nature Conservancy donated Goodnight-Henry, Rockhill, and
Shelton L. Cook Memorial Meadow prairies to MPF, the organization also donated $50,000 for future stewardship costs. This year, MPF invites supporters to grow this amount to $100,000. MPF lifetime members Susan Lordi Marker and her husband Dennis Marker will match all gifts, of any amount, to a total of $25,000. Our goal is to raise a total of $50,000, including the match to create a special $100,000 stewardship fund for these three prairies.

“Because we are prairie owners ourselves, we know first-hand about stewardship costs,
and we want to help MPF build this special fund to sustain the rich diversity of these three
prairies well into the future,” said Susan Lordi Marker. “Prairie protection is not inexpensive, but
we all know it is worth it. Please join Dennis and me in making a gift for MPF’s 2022 campaign.”

This campaign’s goal has been met!

2022 Stewardship Campaign Donors as of January 2, 2023

whose contributions total more than $52,000:

Photo of Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker by Rick Kraft