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, June 29, 2015

Goatbeard - Not a Dandelion

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Tragopogon dubius - Changing beauty by focusing deeper Ever since we first walked the fields of Bull Mills in spring, I have been intr...

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Milkweed Tussock Moth

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Milkweed Tussock cats - Kelly Bigbee Kelly Bigbee of Fassnight Creek Farms is one of a number of volunteers at the B...

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Mosquito Laser

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Feeding on a human - Wikimedia The rain and high humidity the last two weeks has been a perfect storm for the mosquito population. Wh...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Attack of the Hummingbirds

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Long-billed hermit - Dennis Skogsbergh On our recent birding trip to Honduras, Janice Reynolds told the story of an acquaintance who h...

Friday, June 19, 2015

Walk in the Park

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Growing in furrows in the bark of a large willow tree With the forecast of heavy rain and the threat of being flooded in by Bull Creek, ...

Friday, June 12, 2015

Snake Weaving

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Black but not Rat* Coming off a busy week without time to sit down and create a blog, I received this gift from Gala Keller along with ...

Monday, June 1, 2015

One Cool Insect

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Geina periscelidactylus The creature above looks like an illustration from a science fiction magazine, but Kevin Firth assures me that...

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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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