Primarily with support from the St. Louis Audubon Cathleen Creley Memorial Grant Fund, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has purchased a selection of books on landscaping with native plants and related subjects for the St. Louis Public Library (SLPL). The books were...
Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen
Education
Author Who Biked the 10,000+ Mile Monarch Migration Route to Speak April 28
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) is hosting a free Zoom webinar on Wednesday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. with author and cyclist Sara Dykman about her journey cycling alongside the monarch butterfly migration from Mexico to Canada, and back. In 2017, Sara Dykman...
Look out for Lilies in our Prairies this Spring
We have entered the month in which spring officially begins! Original, unplowed prairies and prairie plantings will soon have hints of green as plant shoots emerge. One of many special plants to look out for on original prairies, and some glades and savannas, is...
MPF 2021 Geology and Native Grasslands Tours
From ancient seas and volcanoes to drifting continents, the broad sweep of earth’s history is written in the rocks and soils that directly influence the structure and composition of Missouri’s native grasslands. In this tour series, MPF Technical Advisor Mike Leahy...
MPF Prairie & Woodland Management Training, January 2021
Thanks to a grant from the L-A-D Foundation, MPF organized a prairie and woodland management training opportunity Jan. 5–7, 2021 at its Stark Family Prairie in Hickory County. MPF specifically invited young people entering the field of natural resource management to...
Missouri Prairie Sounds
Thank you to our partners at the Missouri Department of Conservation for providing this sound recording of Missouri Tallgrass Prairie. You will hear many different sounds, and feel like you are walking through one of our many prairies across the state. Some of...
View Past Webinars on the MPF YouTube Channel
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and Grow Native! webinars are now available for viewing on the MO Prairie YouTube Channel. Follow us on YouTube to see the latest videos! Bruce Schuette: The Conservation Significance of Missouri's Prairies Mike Leahy: A Tour of...
Prairies are a Suitable Learning Stage for the Five Es: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate
By Jeff Cantrell, Missouri Prairie Foundation Technical Advisor Educators prove to be academic and mentoring champions when they have a passion for their mission to educate and inform, and added ingenuity to make lessons especially meaningful. A Missouri...
Prairie Remnants, Restorations & Reconstructions
By Carol Davit, Executive Director, Missouri Prairie Foundation Photo: Bruce Schuette MPF's mission is to protect and restore original, unplowed prairie and other native grassland communities, like glades and savannas. Our properties contain remnants of original,...