Valley View Glades Natural Area Guided Hike
Join guides Bill and Joyce Davit for a walk through this 225-acre complex of glades in Jefferson County. Click event title for details.
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We help children and adults discover their prairie legacy
Credit: MPF’s Golden Prairie/Noppadol Paothong MDC Learn more
Credit: MPF’s Golden Prairie/Noppadol Paothong MDC Learn more
We own and manage 2,600 acres of prairie, and with partners, help steward thousands more; Credit: © Glenn D. Chambers
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MPF prairies protect thousands of native plant and animal species
Credit: Kevin Sink/MPF’s Schwartz Prairie Learn more
Credit: Kevin Sink/MPF’s Schwartz Prairie Learn more
News
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4th Annual Prairie BioBlitz Set for June 1 & 2
2013 BioBlitz Press Release June 1 & 2, 2013—Summer MPF board meeting and 4th Annual Prairie BioBlitz Board meeting: June 1, 10:00am BioBlitz begins on June 1 at 2:00pm Free event–great for families, scouts, and nature enthusiasts of all ages! You are invited to participate in the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Fourth Annual Prairie BioBlitz on [...]
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Prairie View Farm Nominated a State Natural Area
Vernon County jewel is nominated for state recognition and highlights the rich prairie legacy of southwestern Missouri. Mrs. Bonnie Teel of Vernon County received some wonderful news on May 18: The previous day, the Missouri Natural Areas Committee, made up of professional biologists from conservation agencies and other groups, had nominated 178 acres of her [...]
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Columbia Tribune Features MPF
Columbia Tribune Features MPF When French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet mapped their way down the upper Mississippi River in 1674, fully 15 million acres of Missouri were prairie. European settlement of the state began in Ste. Genevieve in 1735, and by 1860, more than 1 million people had set down roots in Missouri, [...]
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Events
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May 25
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Jun 1
Summer MPF Board Meeting and 4th Annual Prairie BioBlitz
Help biologists document as many plants and animals as possible from the prairie. Click event title for details.
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Jun 22
2nd Annual Bethany Springs Prairie Festival
Artists Theresa Long and Jan Trager have organized this 2nd annual plein air artist event near Hermann, where 30 percent of sales will benefit MPF’s prairie conservation work. Click event title for details.
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Why Prairie Matters
Whenever I am in a tallgrass prairie, I am astounded by the diversity and complexity surrounding me—uncounted numbers of organisms, interacting at multiple levels, both visible and invisible to the human eye, above and below ground, shaping and in turn being shaped by the physical environment.
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