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, May 29, 2023

Finger Gall Inquiliines

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We found some of these elm leaf finger galls on a tree beside our deck measuring up to 15 mm long. With a magnifier I could see that each ...

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Exploring a Little Gem

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The 5th grade WOLF class explored La Petite Gemme Prairie last week with their usual vigor. We found lots of the usual suspects and some g...

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Micromoths of May

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Umber moth- Hypomecis umbrosaria May is the start of moth season on Bull Creek. Leaving the porch light on Sunday night called in a haul of...

Monday, May 1, 2023

Derecho

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Bull Mills derecho - May 8, 2009 Our own Master Naturalist and retired Springfield meteorologist, Drew Albert, offers a series of monthly co...

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Callery Cedar

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Note: This is an update to a blog story started in 2018 with a chance find of a callery pear tree growing out of a eastern red cedar....

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Dragonhunter

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Gala Keller sent us this photograph of a huge dragonhunter larva she found on their stream. It was left "high and dry" on their c...

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Backyard Heron

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Our fellow Master Naturalist Jean Parker sent us this story of a blue heron in her backyard. _____________________________________ I saw a b...

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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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