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Prairie plantings provide multiple benefits including wildlife and pollinator habitat, cattle forage, stormwater management and erosion control, and beauty. In this free Q&A webinar, MPF Director of Prairie Management Jerod Huebner will briefly lay out the basics of site preparation, seeding, invasive species control, and prescribed fire, and devote the rest of the webinar to […]
MPF is offering a free prairie and woodland stewardship training opportunity at MPF's Carver Prairie near Joplin, Missouri open to the general public and organized specifically for college students, young people entering the field of natural resource management, and landowners. Training will include: • Two days of mechanical thinning of undesirable woody growth. Training will […]
Join MPF Board Member Vernon Elsberry and a small group of fellow learners for a Native Seed Winter Sowing Workshop at his property in Warrensburg, MO on Saturday, January 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Participants will sow seeds collected from the City of Warrensburg's Turkeyfoot Prairie garden into custom blends of topsoil, sand, […]
Do you have too much lawn? Is your grass lousy from tree shade? Are you trying to cut the grass on a steep slope? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, now would be a good time to plan on transforming your mediocre area of turf from a mundane chore to a shimmering […]
Join Jeff Cantrell, MPF Technical Advisor, on Friday, February 7, 2025 for a short-eared owl hike at Pleasant Run Creek Prairie (Vernon County). Limited to 12 participants. We will be walking across prairie terrain that may be muddy, depending on the weather. Plan to park on the side of the gravel road near the west […]
Join Jeff Cantrell, MPF Technical Advisor, on Friday, February 28, 2025 for a short-eared owl hike at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area (Barton County), 160 SW 160th Lane, Mindenmines, MO 64769. Limited to 12 participants. We will be walking maintenance roads, which may be muddy, depending on the weather. Meet at Pin Oak Lake at 4:30 […]
