"Our purpose [for the BioBlitz] is to engage people, to provide a really rich experience that includes an afternoon, an evening, a night and a morning, along with interpretation of what they’re seeing,” said Carol Davit, the foundation’s executive director, who is based in Jefferson City.
Read moreVernon 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 [...]
Read moreColumbia 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, [...]
Read moreArtists 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.
View eventMPF’s annual member meeting and reception. Click event title for details.
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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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