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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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Bee Plant Wise

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Urban plantings frequently include non-native plants that may not provide nectar for our native species of bees, butterflies and moths. ...

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Wildflower Walk 2018

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Hannah Parker and her new pet - April 14! The Wildflower Walk II got off to a roaring start 3 hours early with a visit from Greater Ozar...

Monday, April 9, 2018

Bank Stabilization

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After a moderate flood - Click to enlarge Like many other streams, Bull Creek is challenged in recent years by larger rain events and in...

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Hydra Microblog

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Microblog from Linda Bower MN Green Hydra - Wikimedia Linda Bower sent me this fascinating video she filmed of a green hydra in ...

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Blueberry Stem Gall

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Mark Bower sent me this picture of a "weird thing" he found while out photographing mushrooms. He described it as being hard an...

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Ephemeral Mayfly

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We were standing near the creek when my wife, Barb, started giving me a strange look. I get a lot of those looks from her but in this ca...

Friday, March 23, 2018

Microblog Volvox

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Our micro-videographer Linda Bower is producing fantastic videos with her microscope at a rate I will never be able to keep up with. We ...

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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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