Make an end-of-year charitable donation. 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...
Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen
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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...
2024 MPF Marker Match
Match exceeded! Many thanks to Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker for their generous $25,000 match gift in 2024, and to all the donors listed below who collectively donated $28,685.55. Thanks to these gifts, donors have created a special prairie acquisition fund...
Now Hiring: Missouri Prairie Foundation and Grow Native! Events & Communication Coordinator
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program seek an assertive self-starter who enjoys a fast-paced work environment and event coordination, and takes the initiative to carry out a wide variety of event and communication coordination tasks as part of a...
Missouri Native Grassland Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations Due February 20
The Native Grassland Summit Planning Committee is now accepting nominations for a Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions for the cause of prairies, prairie flora and fauna and/or expanding native grassland plantings...
HB 2412 Invasive Plant Hearing – RESCHEDULED to January 23, 2024
**Please note the new date and time for this hearing.** The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in House Hearing Room 3 in the basement of the Missouri Capitol. (There will be...
2023 End of Year Giving and Accomplishments
Make an end-of-year charitable donation. 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...
MPF Donates Nature Books to St. Louis Public Library
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...
MPF/GN! Approved Provider for Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System
The Missouri Prairie Foundation / Grow Native! is now an approved provider for the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LACES)! LACES establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2023 Awards
The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, held on August 19, 2023, is a celebration of Missouri’s prairie legacy. During the event, the 57-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust paid tribute to six awardees. “Missouri’s remaining prairies are...