Springfield Plateau

Springfield Plateau Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalist™ is a community based natural resource education and volunteer program. Its purpose is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities for the State of Missouri.

Missouri Master Naturalists- Springfield Plateau Chapter

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Black Cherry Trees Invade Europe

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Black Cherry flowers We have long known that plant and animal species are successful in becoming invasive when they arrive in a new land ...

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Egg Shell White?

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Wild Turkey Eggs What looks like a white egg shell to us may be an egg of a different color to a bird. This is because birds see more co...

Friday, August 27, 2010

Horsehair Worm

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You may recall the amazing video we previously posted showing multiple parasitic wasp larvae emerging from caterpillars like something out ...

Dobsonfly is not a Fly

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Dobsonfly- click to enlarge When is a "fly" not a fly? When its name runs together, such as dobsonfly, mayfly, dragonfly, etc. ...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Insect Eggs

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Zebra longwing butterfly egg- NG The latest issue of National Geographic has an story on insect eggs. You can argue that insect eggs are...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Butterfly House

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The Bill Roston Butterfly House at Close Memorial Park has been humming with activity since May. Actually the hum is more a murmur of amaze...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Plastics Potpouri

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Our Oceanic Garbage Patch We have all heard of the Great Garbage Patches floating in the oceans. One question has been why the patches ar...

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Bob and Barb: We are a retired physician and nurse, writing to advance the cause of nature through education. We are active in Missouri Master Naturalists as well as a wide variety of like minded Conservation organizations.

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