Apr. 13—The Missouri Prairie Foundation is offering a number of ecology hikes with guides this spring and summer, and several of those are in Southwest Missouri. They also will have their annual ...

A group working to preserve prairie and other native grasslands in Missouri was recently honored for its efforts. The Missouri Prairie Foundation was presented with the Sacajawea Community and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Conservationists are set to host a sale in Kansas City for residents to beautify and fortify their ...

Bonnie Teel inherited a landscape that many would call boring. Hardly any shade, for one thing. But Teel plans to spend much time and money in retirement to keep more than 600 acres of virgin ...

DIAMOND, Mo. — Purple blazing star jabbed above the surrounding field of wildflowers, as if to say, even among this visual brawl of prairie color, “You don’t want to miss our show.” The Missouri ...

The Missouri Prairie Foundation is set to open up a 19-acre track of native prairie grassland to the public this weekend. Activities for the weekend include a dedication ceremony, moth gathering event ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri Prairie Foundation hosted a native plant sale on Saturday at Mother’s Brewing Company. The purpose of the sale was to help protect and restore the state’s prairie and ...

Jul. 21—SARCOXIE, Mo. — With purple blazing star swaying in the summer breeze on a recent morning, Jerod Huebner scouted the 68 acres of native tallgrass prairie just southwest of Sarcoxie High School ...

May 27—The Missouri Prairie Foundation's 13th annual Prairie BioBlitz will be held Saturday and Sunday at Shelton L. Cook Memorial Meadow in Barton County. Participants can join biologists, volunteer ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Jerod Huebner stepped through the tree line along Lark Road, past the sassafras and other trees that had taken hold, and in doing so stepped back in time. On the far side, Huebner ...

Vast stretches of Missouri once looked like this swath of native prairie on Bonnie Teel’s land in Vernon County. She is devoted to preserving it because “soon as you turn your back on this ground, you ...

At one time, Missouri had approximately 15 million acres of prairie, which have have some of the richest soils on Earth and are important habitat for wildlife. A parcel of land southeast of Bolivar, ...