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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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Giant Water Bug

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While we were out surveying for salamanders with Brian Edmond, his net brought up this bug. It is a member of the genus Belostoma , which ...

Monday, February 22, 2016

Afternoon Bat Flight

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Hiding in plain site We were surveying for salamanders on this warm Sunday when a bat began circling above a tiny pond. There were a ...

Friday, February 19, 2016

Aquatic Worms

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While collecting pond water to feed some damselfly larvae I came across some of these transparent worms. They slither around in the decayi...

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Raptors of Winter

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by Becky Swearingin MN About the time I think that bird photography is over until the spring migrations, I find some new raptors th...

Friday, February 12, 2016

Birds of Winter

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Eastern Towhee - REK I have been sitting by the fireplace at night with my annual re-reading of Bernd Heinrich's Winter World . In ...

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Carnivore Attacks

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Noppadol Paothong - MDC A recent study of carnivore attacks on humans is worth reading. It focuses on attacks by brown and black bears,...

Monday, February 8, 2016

He or She or It

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Timothy Knepp - US Fish and Wildlife Service Sex change is in the news a lot and now the fish are joining in. National Geographic desc...

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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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