Photos: Yellow crownbeard (Verbesina helianthoides) and Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on a mima mound at Carver Prairie by Bruce Schuette, butterfly art by Katherine Fratti, Linden’s Prairie walk by Lloyd Grotjan, MPF prairie burn by Jerod Huebner, La Petite Gemme Prairie Bioblitz by Christine Chiu, Dickcissel Nest by Sara Scheill
For 58 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslands—some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.
We are also home to the Grow Native! plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.
Upcoming Events
February 2025
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Pleasant Run Creek Prairie – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Pleasant Run Creek Prairie – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
For 58 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslands—some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.
We are also home to the Grow Native! native plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.
Upcoming Events
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Pleasant Run Creek Prairie – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Pleasant Run Creek Prairie – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
Short-Eared Owl Hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area – REGISTRATION FULL
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Call for 2025 Award Nominations
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF), its Grow Native! program, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), which MPF administers, is now accepting nominations for its Missouri Prairie Foundation awards (prairie pioneer, prairie professional, prairie...
2024 End of Year Giving and Accomplishments
Thanks to supporters, the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) and its Grow Native! program accomplish a sustained, high level of conservation activity to benefit prairie and people, and to promote the use of native plants. We invite you to make a year-end contribution...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2024 Awards
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, this year held on August 17, is a celebration of Missouri’s prairie legacy. During the 2024 event, the 58-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust paid tribute to three awardees. “Missouri’s remaining...