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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Friday, August 31, 2018

Speckled King Snake

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Wrestling copperhead and king snake - Photo by BH's grandpa One of the students in the new WOLF School Class (BH) shared these photo...

Friday, August 24, 2018

Fungi Finds

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Between rains this weekend I took off for a vigorous hike in the woods, only to be slowed to a snail's pace by all the little fungi th...

Friday, August 17, 2018

Syrphid Fly

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Airplane plant blossom I noticed a tiny dark fly hovering around the blossoms of Barb's airplane plant, Chlorophytum comosum, ...

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Brown Widow

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Alee Huerta of our Master Naturalist chapter sent me this picture of a Brown Widow spider. Although somewhat blurry when she photographed ...

Monday, August 13, 2018

Paper Wasp Nest

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When I started to check out a bluebird box last week I was greeted by a red wasp which nailed me in the abdomen through my T-shirt. I go...

Friday, August 3, 2018

Singing Ants

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I stopped along our road to checkout curled leaves on a young ash tree and once again found lots of ants crawling over the leaves to prot...

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Badger Lodging

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On school field trips we are frequently asked, "What lives in that hole." A better question might be "what doesn't....

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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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