Grow Native! Master Class: Prairie Garden Primer … for Town and Country

Much of the entire lower Midwest was once brimming with tallgrass prairie. Many prairie plants are suitable for home landscaping, adding beauty and ecological functionality to your yard or property. This class will focus on methods for planting, seeding, and maintaining an urban prairie planting, along with providing ideas for making them enticing and educational […]

MPF Webinar: The Tallgrass Prairie of Missouri Above and Below the Soil Surface

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The tallgrass prairie ecosystem exhibits some of the most complex relationships between what we see above ground and the soil below. By evaluating plant-soil feedback in Missouri’s prairies, we strive to understand the efficiency of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that drive productivity, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling in the prairie soil ecosystem. What can […]

MPF Webinar: Spring Into Action for Declining Birds

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In 2019, an article in the journal Science quantified a net loss in North American birds of 29% in the last 50 years – WHOA. In this free webinar presented by Sarah Kendrick, Migratory Bird Biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, learn about the declines—especially of grassland birds—but also gain insights on what […]

MPF Webinar: Invasive Plant ID and Control Methods

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Invasive plants can be found everywhere in Missouri, from urban backyards to sprawling pastures. This webinar will focus on some of the most common invasives that can be found across the state, how to distinguish them from other plants, and what control strategies can be used on them. The fundamentals of integrative pest management (IPM) will […]

MPF Webinar: Take a (Virtual) Hike on the Prairie

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What can you see, hear, and experience on a Missouri tallgrass prairie at this time of year? Join MPF Vice President of Science and Management Bruce Schuette as he leads a virtual tour of one of MPF's original prairies. We'll learn about life on the prairie in late spring, including what flora and fauna you […]

MPF Master Class: Hover Flies: Pollinators, Predators, and Master Mimics

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The control of aphids in agriculture has been a significant force in learning more about a group of flies in the family Syrphidae—the hover flies/flower flies. The larval stage of many hover fly species are direct predators of aphids, a major pest in agriculture and sometimes in the garden, especially on milkweed. Their benefit is […]

MPF Webinar: The Nature of Things: Botany, Ecology, and Medieval Art

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Medieval art was deeply linked to the environment through both material and symbolism. Learn more about how artists of the Middle Ages drew inspiration from plants and trees, capitalizing on their distinct properties to create extraordinary sculptures, cloth, and books. This talk will also reveal how the cultivation of plants for artmaking materials transformed the […]

MPF Master Class: Moths in and Around Grasslands

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Much conservation and public attention has been given to butterflies. Moths, however, outnumber butterflies by ten to one in number of species. Being primarily nocturnal and frequently very small, moths are mostly unseen creatures, yet moths of both grasslands and eastern deciduous forests play important ecological roles. Join entomologist Betsy Betros as she presents about the complex world […]

Grow Native! Webinar: Learning to Grow Native: Four Seasons of Transformation in a Residential Landscape

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In this webinar, MPF/Grow Native! staff member Emily Gustafson will share the transformation of her Columbia yard from a landscape of turf grass, boxwoods, and day lilies -- and a whole lot of invasive bush honeysuckle, burning bush, wintercreeper, and privet -- to a space dominated by native plants. She'll discuss the opportunities and challenges […]

Grow Native! Webinar: Soft Landings: Providing Year-Round Sanctuary for Pollinators

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Landscaping with keystone native tree species that host many insects as larvae is critically important to their survival, however, moths, butterflies, and other insects also need shelter throughout the year, including fallen leaves and natives planted under trees. In this webinar presented by veteran native landscaper Paula Diaz, learn how you can make your native […]

MPF Webinar: The Significance of Missouri’s Natural Areas System

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Since the 1970s, Missouri’s inter-agency Natural Areas System has striven to protect, conserve, and restore the best remaining examples of the state’s varied natural communities from swamps to chert glades. The effort has also been instrumental in introducing new restoration concepts that are taken for granted today. While designated natural areas make up just 0.2 […]

MPF Webinar: Take a (Virtual) Hike on the Prairie – Fall Edition

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What can you see, hear, and experience on a Missouri tallgrass prairie at this time of year? Join MPF Vice President of Science and Management Bruce Schuette as he leads a virtual tour of Golden Prairie in Barton County, MO, a National Natural Landmark. We'll learn about life on the prairie in early fall, including […]

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