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MISSOURI
PRAIRIE
FOUNDATION
Protecting Native Grasslands
Missouri Prairie Foundation
P.O. Box 200
Columbia, MO 65205
info@moprairie.com • 1-888-843-6739 • www.moprairie.org
Nonprofit Org.
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Columbia, MO
Permit No. 286
Please note that your
MPF membership expiration date
is now printed with your address.
Renewing promptly will save MPF costs
of mailing renewal reminder letters.
To renew, see page 31.
Calendar of Prairie-Related Events
Missouri Prairie Foundation Events
April 12, 2014—MPF Board
Meeting and Rain Garden Tour,
Burns & McDonnell Headquarters,
9400 Ward Parkway, Kansas City,
MO 64114. Members are invited
to tour the rain gardens on the
Burns & McDonnell campus at
2:00 p.m., following the meeting.
RSVP for the tour to 888-843-6739
or info@moprairie.com by April
7. If you plan to attend the board
meeting at 10:00 a.m. as well,
please let us know.
April 19 and 26, 2014—Annual
MPF Native Plant Sale at the City
Market, 5th and Walnut, Kansas
City. Both dates: 8:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. Plants for a variety of
growing conditions will be available.
New this year: On April 19,
plants, shrubs, and trees from
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
and Forrest Keeling Nursery will
be for sale; on April 26, plants,
shrubs, and trees will be supplied
from Missouri Wildflowers
Nursery and Applied Ecological
Services. If you can volunteer at
the sale, please contact MPF Vice
President Doris Sherrick at bjdjsh
er@fairpoint.net or 816-716-9159.
April 19, 2014—Edgar Denison
Day, Kirkwood Farmer’s Market,
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The life
and work of native plant pioneer
and MPF patron Edgar Denison
will be celebrated at Kirkwood’s
Earth Day at the town’s farmer’s
market. For details on this and
other upcoming events organized
in honor of Edgar Denison,
visit http://www.kirkwoodin
bloom.org/calendar.
May 3, 2014—LUSH Charity Pot
Lotion Party Featuring MPF. Noon
to 5:00 p.m. Enjoy shopping at
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
at the Galleria and learn about
MPF’s prairie conservation work
and the importance of native
plant landscaping. 1155 St. Louis
Galleria, St. Louis MO, 63117,
314-725-6333.
May 24, 2014—MPF Field Trip
to Union Ridge Conservation
Area. Free. 10:00 a.m. until
approximately 2:00 p.m.
Biologists Darren Thornhill and
Ryan Jones will be our guides to
this biologically rich area near
Green Castle, MO (22 miles west
of Kirksville). A 3.5-mile walking
tour on a well maintained
field trail of Spring Creek Ranch
Natural Area and its savanna
and stream features is planned.
The hike will be along ridgetops
and on steep gradients. Bring
a sack lunch, plenty of water,
insect repellent, and dress for
the weather. RSVP to Darren
Thornhill at 660-785-2420 or
Darren.Thornhill@mdc.mo.gov.
Directions and a map will be sent
when you RSVP.
lowed by a potluck dinner, stargazing,
and free tent camping.
Registration will be open after all
field study groups have been set.
See moprairie.org, MPF’s e-news,
and Facebook for more details, or
call 888-843-6739 or email info@
moprairie.com.
June 14, 2014—Grow Native!
Workshop: Converting Fescue to
Native Grasses and Wildflowers
with Elizabeth Hamilton-Steele
of Hamilton’s Native Outpost.
University of Missouri’s Bradford
Farm, south of Columbia. 9:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Cost: $40 per
person for non-MPF members;
$30 for MPF members. Lunch
included. Learn how to convert
lawn or fields of fescue or
other non-native vegetation to
a diversity of drought-tolerant
native grasses and wildflowers.
See www.moprairie.org or www.
grownative.org for full details
and registration information,
or call 888-843-6739. RSVP by
June 9, 2014.
June 21, 2014—Grow Native!
Field Tour and Picnic Dinner
at MPF member Bill Ambrose’s
Double T Creek Farm in St.
Elizabeth, 27 miles south of
Jefferson City. 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Tour this 325-acre farm in Miller
County, where Ambrose has
used natives to restore glades,
establish prairie pasture for cattle,
stabilize a stream bank, and
improve water quality with native
trees and shrubs. Native popu-
June 7 & 8, 2014—MPF’s 5th
Annual Prairie BioBlitz, Gayfeather
Prairie, Vernon County. Free.
BioBlitz begins at 2:00 p.m.
on June 7 and lasts until noon
on June 8. Join other nature
enthusiasts and help biologists
document plants and animals of
the prairie. Fieldwork will be follations
of collared lizards and
Niangua darters are known from
Ambrose’s property. Cost: $35
for non-MPF members; $25 for
members. Dinner included. Tours
will be on foot and by wagon.
See www.moprairie.org or www.
grownative.org for full details and
registration information, or call
888-843-6739. RSVP by June 16,
2014.
June 28, 2014—Tour of MPF’s
Welsch Tract Restoration Project.
7:00 p.m. Join MPF Past President
Stan Parrish for an evening walking
tour of the restoration in
progress at MPF’s Welsch Tract,
an 80-acre addition to MPF’s
Coyne Prairie in Dade County.
Directions: At the junction of
State Highways E and D in Dade
County (2 miles north of 160),
go east one mile on E then turn
south on County Road 41. Go
approximately 1 mile and park
along the road. Dress for a walk
through some tall vegetation.
Free. RSVP to 417-788-2308.
August 23, 2014—Save the
Date! MPF Annual Dinner with
Dr. Peter Raven, President
Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, recipient of the National
Medal of Science, former
Guggenheim Fellow, and TIME
magazine “Hero of the Planet,”
among numerous other honors
and achievements. White River
Conference Center, Springfield.
Watch for details.
E-news alerts provide MPF members with news about more events. Send your e-mail address
to info@moprairie.com to be added to the e-news list. MPF does not share e-mail addresses with other groups.
Events are also posted at www.moprairie.org.