Membership
Donate
Shop
MPF is organizing a volunteer work day on Tuesday, Dec. 8 (inclement weather back-up date of Dec. 10) at 10:00 a.m. at its Polson Loess Bluff Prairie near Rock Port, MO near the Nebraska state line. This 20-acre property atop a steep bluff contains rare loess hill prairie and harbors 10 species of conservation concern. […]
Thanks to a grant from the L-A-D Foundation, MPF is offering a training opportunity specifically aimed at young people entering the field of natural resource management, but open to all, including woodland landowners, to gain hands-on experience managing woodlands, with the goal to increase the pool of future professionals and landowners who can manage and […]
MPF volunteer Ric Mayer is organizing a volunteer workday to remove radweed from the Kickapoo Edge Prairie Garden within the Springfield Botanic Garden, on Friday, Sept. 3 from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Volunteers should wear long sleeves and long pants, bring hand and/or limb lopper, and a water bottle. Help appreciated for any part of […]
MPF invites volunteers to become involved in a new initiative: an MPF group to provide stewardship to the grasslands at Cuivre River State Park north of St. Louis near Troy, MO. The first opportunity to become involved is a prairie seed-collecting volunteer day at the park for future prairie restoration projects at the park. Participants […]
MPF volunteers can help steward the open woodlands at Cuivre River State Park near Troy, MO on Sunday, November 12 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. by helping to create a fire break for a prescribed burn, clearing brush, and collecting native seed. The fire break work includes using backpack blowers, rakes, and loppers to create […]
Seed collection is a vital component of MPF's prairie reconstruction projects. We use carefully collected seed from remnant prairies to establish prairie plantings, which increase habitat for grassland birds and many pollinating insects, improve watershed health, increase carbon storage in soil, and buffer prairie remnants. Please consider joining us for an upcoming volunteer seed collection opportunity on MPF prairies on June 5, […]
MPF volunteers can help steward the open woodlands at Cuivre River State Park near Troy, MO on Sunday, October 20 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Volunteers will be able to collect native grassland seeds, and support brush clearing and/or fireline prep work. All equipment will be provided by the park, but volunteers should bring and […]