Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen

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2022 MPF Marker Match

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...

MPF 2022-2026 Strategic Plan

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

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...

Later-Winter Seeding

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

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...

Planting Prairie Violet Plugs to Help Regals

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),...

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For 60 years, the Missouri Prairie Foundation has been conserving Missouri’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.