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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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Ant Farmers Use Pesticide

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Leaf-cutter ants- Wikipedia Ants beat us to the discovery of pesticide use by millions of years. A report in Livescience.com describes ...

Friday, November 26, 2010

Bobcat Melodies

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Do you ever hear night time animal cries and wonder what made them? Birds and mammals can make some scary sounds which are difficult to i...

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Complex Mayflies

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Mayfly- Click to enlarge I have been under the impression that the presence of mayfly larvae in a stream is an indicator of high quality ...

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Ain't Nothing Shaking

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National Institute of Biology, Slovenia We think of insects communicating with clicks and chirps, but shaking? A story in livescience.co...

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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This from Bob Ranney On January 22, the MO League of Conservation Voters will hold an open conference on conservation related legislative...

American Burying Beetle

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from Wikimedia I just finished reading an article* by the Director of the Center for American Burying Beetle Conservation (CABBC). In t...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Stream Nutrients

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Determining the health of a stream is complex, especially when you factor in the factors of location, soil, and especially the impact of hum...

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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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