Thanks to many generous and creative supporters to our online silent auction, MPF offers you the opportunity to bid on an array of items and experiences from August 23 to 27, including during our virtual Annual Dinner event on August 27. Viewing is open now. If you...
Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen
2022 MPF Marker Match
Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker will match gifts of any amount up to a total of $25,000 to create a special prairie stewardship fund this year. In 2021, the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) acquired five additional properties, including three donated by the...
Now Hiring: Missouri Prairie Foundation and Grow Native! Operations Assistant
Missouri Prairie Foundation and Grow Native! Operations Assistant Full-time (40 hours a week) or 3/4-time (30 hours a week) position, the duties of which involve supporting the work of the Missouri Prairie Foundation's (MPF’s) Executive Director, Director of Prairie...
MPF 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
In spring 2022, MPF finalized its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, with updated goals as well as supporting strategies and action items. The plan also includes updated mission and vision statements and refined guiding values and principles. MPF annotates the plan quarterly...
June 4, 2022: Rural Land Stewardship Field Day
9 a.m. - noon @ 300 East Fox Hollow Road (4 miles west of Ashland, MO) Presented and hosted by Grow Native! Professional Member Bill Ruppert on behalf of Blue Fox Farm, Fox Hollow Forest, and Three Creeks Farm & Forest. Admission is free but pre-registration by...
MPF Part of Target Circle Giving Program through June 30, 2022
MPF is honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. MPF is featured online and in stores in Branson, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin, Springfield,...
Later-Winter Seeding
Last week's snow and cold snap provided perfect conditions for a later-winter seeding that MPF's Director of Prairie Management carried out at MPF's Noah Brown's Prairie near Joplin. This site includes a 19-acre prairie remnant and an adjacent 40 acres of degraded...
End of the Year Giving 2021
Thanks to you and other supporters, the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) and its Grow Native! program accomplish a sustained, high level of conservation activity for prairie, people, and native plants. One of our many accomplishments this year was the launching of a...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Honored with a National Lewis & Clark Award
At its sixth annual National Lewis & Clark Conservation Awards ceremony on November 4, 2021 in Jefferson City, the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF) honored the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) with the Sacagawea Community and Partnership...
Planting Prairie Violet Plugs to Help Regals
In October, volunteers assisted MPF Director of Prairie Management Jerod Huebner with the planting of at least 1,200 plugs (small plants) of a variety of prairie-restricted wildflower species over three properties. These plants—including royal catchfly (Silene regia),...










