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
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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...
Moth Species New to Missouri Found on Prairie
On June 1, 2019, MPF held its annual Prairie BioBlitz on the 400-acre original prairie in Benton County owned by Dr. Wayne Morton, a former MPF board president. In the evening, lepidopterist Phil Koenig led a nocturnal insect session, using a blacklight to attract...
2023 MPF Marker Match
MPF carries out a robust outreach and education program—offering hikes, frequent online programming, workshops, in-person presentations, a presence at festivals and tradeshows, and other outreach activities—to help introduce more people to the importance of prairie...
Enjoy the Nation’s Prairie Legacy on 2023 National Prairie Day—June 3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol Davit, 573-356-7828 or info@moprairie.org Web link: Events - Missouri Prairie Foundation (moprairie.org) Enjoy the Nation’s Prairie Legacy on 2023 National Prairie Day—June 3 The Missouri Prairie Foundation® invites all to...
APA Virtual Luncheon on Land Trusts & Communities April 19
Members of the Missouri Land Trust Coalition, of which MPF serves on the Steering Committee, as well as the Marlborough Community Land Trust, will present on how communities can use land trusts for community planning. If you would like to attend, here is the link,...
Spring and Summer Wildflower Walks with Dr. James Trager at Shaw Nature Reserve
Grow Native! Professional Member the Missouri Botanical Garden is hosting several wildflower walks this spring and summer of its Shaw Nature Reserve located at 307 Pinetum Loop Rd., Gray Summit, MO 63039. Join Dr. James Trager for 1-mile walks to learn identification,...
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 Executive Director Receives Conservationist of the Year Award
On February 24, during its 87th convention, the Conservation Federation of Missouri bestowed the award to Carol Davit of Jefferson City, Missouri. The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) annual awards ceremony, part of CFM’s Annual Convention, recognizes...