Please consider making a tax-deductible, year-end gift to MPF today or before the end of the year. Donate now and help us continue our important work. (Please read about the CARES Act of 2020 and how it benefits donors and nonprofits like MPF). MPF owns and manages...
Maxmillian sunflowers (Helianthus maximilianii). Photo: Pat Whalen
Another Prairie Saved by MPF
On Nov. 23, 2020, MPF closed on its second* prairie acquisition of 2020: a 40-acre original, unplowed prairie in Polk County. This newest MPF property is east of Hwy. 13 and south of Bolivar, MO. This new acquisition is a limestone/dolomite prairie–a rare natural...
MPF Receives Conservation Impact Award
The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation have recognized the Missouri Prairie Foundation for its commitment to Missouri’s native grasslands. JEFFERSON CITY (October 19, 2020)—During the virtual Missouri...
MPF Invites the Public to Enjoy “Picnics on the Prairie” October 24th and 31st
The Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) will be hosting multiple “Picnics on the Prairie” events at five different MPF prairies around the state. These events will take place on Saturdays, October 24th and 31st, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and are free and open to the...
MPF’s Northwest Lawrence County Prairie
By Carol Davit, MPF's Executive Director In 2018, MPF purchased this northwest Lawrence County property, which features dry-mesic chert prairie and a small swale. MPF invites prairie supporters to provide a permanent name for the prairie by purchasing naming rights...
MPF and Grow Native! Webinars and Master Classes
Get excited for our new MPF and Grow Native! webinars! Thanks to your post-webinar survey feedback we learned that you want more, so we are bringing back our free webinars as well as new master class webinars! These master classes will give a more in-depth look at...
Get Your Monarch Garden in a Box Kit at STL Great MonArch Migration Event Sept 26
The National Park Service and the City of St. Louis have invited our Grow Native! professional members to sell pre-ordered native plants and deliver them to the Gateway Arch National Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The Gateway...
Missouri Prairie Foundation Bestows 2020 Awards
The 54-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust honored champions of prairie conservation on August 28 during its virtual Annual Dinner. The Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Annual Dinner, held virtually on August 28, 2020, is a celebration of Missouri’s...
MPF’s Virtual Annual Dinner to be held August 28, 2020
The 54-year-old prairie conservation organization and land trust welcomes everyone to this free event to celebrate Missouri’s prairies.
MPF Virtual Annual Dinner Silent Auction Items—Viewing Now Available
Thanks to many generous and creative supporters to our online silent auction—including the Missouri-born, California artist Katherine Fratti, who created and donated this original, mixed media drawing of a meadowlark—MPF offers you the opportunity to bid on an array...








