2025 Webinars

New master classes and webinars

Citizen Science

Take part in our iNaturalist Citizen Science Biodiversity Project

Adopt a Regal Fritillary Butterfly

Explore A Prairie

Visit one of our properties

Education

Learn about Missouri’s prairie heritage

Photos: Yellow crownbeard (Verbesina helianthoides) and Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on a mima mound at Carver Prairie by Bruce Schuette, butterfly art by Katherine Fratti, Linden’s Prairie walk by Lloyd Grotjan, MPF prairie burn by Jerod Huebner, La Petite Gemme Prairie Bioblitz by Christine Chiu, Dickcissel Nest by Sara Scheill

For 59 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslandsโ€”some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.

We are also home to the Grow Native! plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.

Upcoming Events

For 59 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’s prairies and other native grasslandsโ€”some of the most imperiled habitats on the planet.

We are also home to the Grow Native! native plant education and marketing program and the Missouri Invasive Plant Council.

Upcoming Events

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News

MPF Applies for Land Trust Reaccreditation: Public Input Invited

The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands in perpetuity. The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) became a nationally accredited land...

Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2025 Awards

The Missouri Prairie Foundationโ€™s Annual Dinner, this year held on August 16, is a celebration of Missouriโ€™s prairie legacy. During the event, the 59-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust paid tribute to six total awardees. โ€œMissouriโ€™s remaining...

MPF/Grow Native! Job Announcement: Part-Time Clerical Assistant

The mission of the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) is to protect and restore prairie and other native grassland communities through land acquisition, management, education, and research; to promote the use of native plants through itsย Grow Native! program; and to...

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For 59 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouriโ€™s prairies and other native grasslands. Donate now to help conserve prairie in Missouri, one of the most imperiled, beautiful, and biologically diverse habitat types on earth. Donate, become a member, and find other ways to support our work.

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