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...
Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen
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,...
A Missouri Bicentennial Project: Protection & Restoration of MPF’s 400-acre Lordi Marker Prairie
An extraordinary $1 million lead gift from Susan Lordi Marker and her husband Dennis Marker, along with other generous gifts and financial backing from MPF, made this new MPF acquisition possible. Your gift of any amount—to be matched up to $25,000 from an additional gift from the Markers—will help us raise the remaining $46,260 of the $1.6 million purchase price of this remarkable 400-acre property.