Call for Award Nominations

Call for 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...
MPF’s 2022 Accomplishments & End-of-Year Giving

MPF’s 2022 Accomplishments & End-of-Year Giving

Make an end-of-year charitable donation. Thanks to you and other 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...
Later-Winter Seeding

Later-Winter Seeding

Last week’s snow and cold snap provided perfect conditions for a later-winter seeding that MPF’s Director of Prairie Management carried out at MPF’s Noah Brown’s Prairie near Joplin. This site includes a 19-acre prairie remnant and an adjacent...
Prescribed Burns on MPF Prairies

Prescribed Burns on MPF Prairies

Why does MPF burn its prairies? Prairies and other native grasslands in the Midwest and many other areas of North America evolved with fire. In this geography, relatively ample rainfall supports more than herbaceous vegetation—it also encourages woody plant growth....