GNPCP CEU(s) -- in-person event

Join James Faupel, Director of Horticulture and Curator of Living Collections at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, for a walking tour exploring spring flowers in bloom on the property. This tour will explore native plants and plant communities and discuss the natural history of BCA and the surrounding region. The tour will highlight the value of […]

Registration for this event is full. Please email outreach@moprairie.org to be added to our waiting list.   Join Mike Leahy with the Missouri Department of Conservation for a special MPF field trip exploration of Ozark dolomite glades at Valley View Glades Natural Area near Hillsboro. Described by some biologists as xeric prairies, we will explore the natural […]

Join MPF MPF Director of Prairie Management Jerod Huebner for an evening spring hike at MPF's Noah Brown's Prairie, a prairie that supports at least 178 native plant species. Enjoy native wildflowers and learn about MPF’s prairie reconstruction project adjacent to the prairie remnant. Minimum registration of 6 people. What to expect: heat, sun, occasional […]

Registration for this event is full. Please email outreach@moprairie.org to be added to our waiting list. Join MPF Board Member, Tracy Lewandowski, for a bird and wildflower walk on MPF’s Snowball Hill Prairie near Harrisonville, Missouri on Friday May 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Discover the difference between an original unplowed prairie remnant and a […]

Registration for this event is full. Please email Jeff at Jeff.Cantrell@mdc.mo.gov to be added to the waiting list. Join MPF Technical Advisor Jeff Cantrell for a look at life and eco-relationships at MPF's Linden's Prairie. Up to 1 mile of walking over flat to moderately rolling terrain. Dress for the weather and walking in a […]

Join MPF Technical Advisor Jeff Cantrell for a bushwhacking, rock-hopping trek to the top of Chute Ridge in the Mark Twain National Forest near Roaring River in Barry County. It’s an ascent worth the effort! This dolomite glade is a regional favorite featuring stunning wildflowers at all levels of the ridge. There are no designated […]

Event Cancelled -- We will advise if there will be a rescheduling soon. The Missouri Bumble Bee Atlas is a statewide citizen science project aimed at tracking and conserving Missouri’s native bumble bees. Join MPF Board Member Doug Helmers and Amanda McColpin to tour MPF’s Morton Family Prairie, on June 21 to receive training on […]

Join James Faupel, Director of Horticulture and Curator of Living Collections at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, for a walking tour exploring summer flowers in bloom on the property. This tour will explore native plants and plant communities and discuss the natural history of BCA and the surrounding region. The tour will highlight the value of […]

Join Lilly Germeroth, MPF’s Conservation Program Associate, for a guided monarch tagging event on a prairie planting owned by John and Elaine Edgar south of Rolla on Sunday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. In late summer, the monarch butterflies you see in Missouri are headed south to overwinter in Mexico. To study their […]

Join James Faupel, Director of Horticulture and Curator of Living Collections at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, for a walking tour exploring the formal horticultural garden space of the arboretum, Wildwood Valley, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 20. From meadow to forest, this tour will explore the native plants used in this […]

September is prime monarch butterfly migration in Missouri. Join us for a monarch tagging event at MPF's Snowball Hill Prairie on Sunday, September 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There is no charge to participants, and no experience is necessary. MPF Board Member Tracy Lewandowski will lead the tagging activity, which entails affixing a […]

Registration for the ticketed dinner at MPF's Annual Evening on the Prairie & Member Meeting at Golden Prairie is now closed. Guests are still welcome to join us for the free guided hikes, member meeting, and social hour with complimentary drinks. Come celebrate MPF's Golden Prairie near Golden City in southwestern Missouri on Saturday, September […]