Mark your calendar and make plans to join the Missouri Native Plant Society for these field trips in 2011.

2011 Field Trips and MONPS State Board Meetings

Friday-Sunday, April 29 - May 2 - Spring Field Trip and Board Meeting
Time: Friday meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Walter Woods Conservation Area in Joplin.
Details: We will travel to Joplin in southwestern Missouri. Our tour sites will include Diamond Grove Prairie Natural Area, an outstanding example of a dry mesic chert prairie, and Wildcat Glade Natural Area, the best example of a chert glade in Missouri (a very rare habitat for us). See Petal Pusher for details.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12 - Summer Field Trip and Board Meeting
Time: TBA
Location: Johnson's Shut-in State Park.
Details: We will tour Johnson's Shut-in State Park, to see the results of restoration work done there after the big reservoir break five years ago. We'll also tour nearby fens, and perhaps even spot a federally endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly!

Friday-Sunday, September 9-11 - Fall Field Trip and Board Meeting
Location: Sedalia, MO.
Details: We meet in Sedalia and view some of the close-by outstanding prairies in the region.

Saturday, December 3 - Winter Board Meeting
Location: Columbia, MO.
Details: Agenda items to be determined.