by Erika Van Vranken | June 9, 2022 | Blog, Prairie Research
By Carol Davit, MPF Executive Director Thanks to supporters, MPF owns and manages some of the most biologically significant prairie remnants in the state. Key to sustaining the biological integrity of these sites is establishing baseline biological data and collecting...
by MoPrairieOps | April 12, 2021 | Education, News
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) is hosting a free Zoom webinar on Wednesday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. with author and cyclist Sara Dykman about her journey cycling alongside the monarch butterfly migration from Mexico to Canada, and back. In 2017, Sara Dykman...
by MoPrairieOps | December 14, 2020
Native Predatory Wasps: Their Role as Beneficial Insects and Incidental Pollinators of Native Plants Predatory wasps are the most misunderstood and overlooked flower-visiting insects. Heather will highlight wasp diversity, nesting strategies, prey specificity, and...
by MoPrairieOps | September 4, 2020 | News
The National Park Service and the City of St. Louis have invited our Grow Native! professional members to sell pre-ordered native plants and deliver them to the Gateway Arch National Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The Gateway...
by MoPrairieOps | September 2, 2020 | Blog
By Bruce Schuette, MPF’s Vice President of Science and Management Photo: Adult cloudless sulphur by Bruce Schuette The epic migration of the monarch butterfly between eastern North America and Mexico is well known. There are other butterflies that migrate too....
