On May 15, one day before the close of the 2025 Missouri legislative session, the Missouri House passed Senate Bill 105 to halt the sale of select invasive plants by a vote of 124 to 19. A similar bill, House Bill 60, was introduced during this session as well. Many...
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Success Story: MoIP’s 2025 Callery Pear Buyback Program
MoIP Callery Pear “BuyBack” Program Expanded to 17 Cities in 2025 Looking for a creative way to call attention to the threat that non-native, invasive Callery pear trees pose to Missouri, in 2019 the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) launched the...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Stephen Bybee
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Stephen Bybee Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. Missouri Conservation Corps...
Invasive Plant Success Story: Replacing Tall Fescue with Native Wildflowers on a Tree Farm
Jim & Schatzi Ball at the Ball Tree Farm. Photo by David Stoner / MDC. With the ongoing challenge of controlling invasive plants in native habitats, along roadsides, on working lands, yards, around businesses, schools, and in parks, we can all use some good news!...
Support Missouri Senate Bill 105 to Stop the Sale of Select Invasive Plants in Missouri
Missouri Senate Bill 105, sponsored by Senator Bernskoetter, aims to halt the sale of five invasive plants in Missouri. The bill requires that all nurseries and nursery dealers in Missouri submit to the Missouri Department of Agriculture an affidavit that they will...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Roxie Campbell
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Roxie Campbell Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. Rock Bridge Memorial State...
Accepting Nominations for 2025 Invasive Plant Action Awards
MoIP is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Invasive Plant Action Awards. The deadline is April 30, 2025. The application form and other information are detailed on the Invasive Plant Action page. Since 2019, MoIP has used the Invasive Plant Action Award program to...
2025 Callery Pear Buyback
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Forrest Keeling Nursery, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), will host a Callery (Bradford) pear “buyback” program in locations around the state on April 22....
Invasive Species Management Opportunities through the Missouri Department of Conservation
What can the Private Land Conservationist, Community Forester, and Community Planner provide toMissourians? Meet with landowners and community officials to understand objectives and needs. Provide direction when objectives are not clearly defined. Develop individual...
Invasive Plant Success Story: Local Sierra Club Leads Callery Pear Tree Removal Effort
On October 12, 2024, the Thomas Hart-Benton Group of The Sierra Club (the THB Group), along with its partners, organized the beginnings of a successful Callery pear tree (Pyrus calleryiana) removal project at the interchange of I-470 and Lakeside Drive in the Kansas...
New Invasive Plant Survey of Missouri Natural Areas in Ozark Highlands & Mississippi Lowlands Available
Thanks to funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, MoIP contracted with the Institute of Botanical Training to survey more than 30 designated Missouri Natural Areas in the Ozark Highlands and the Mississippi Lowlands in 2024. These locations were chosen to...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Dylan Jacobs
Photo of Dylan Jacobs taken by Christina Jacobs. Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. The Missouri Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever...
MoIP Webinar: Common General Use Herbicides & How They Relate to Aquatic Use Sites
Webinar on Zoom November 6 4-5pm Central Register here. Join this MoIP online training session on “Common General Use Herbicides & How They Relate to Aquatic Use Sites” to deepen your understanding of the safe and effective application of herbicides in and near...
MEEA Mock Trial
On July 13th, 2024, The Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA), represented by co-director Jamin Bray, conducted a training with Missouri State Parks full time and seasonal staff about interpreting invasive species in Missouri. The training course focused...
2024 Invasive Plant Action Award Winner
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) is pleased to announce the 2024 Invasive Plant Action Award winner. Dr. Csengele Barta is the winner in the Researcher category, awarded to an individual who has published research on invasive plant management relevant...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Valarie Kurre
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Valarie Kurre Photo of Valarie Kurre taken by Chancellor Kurre. What is your job title? How long have you been with SRISP, and what are your primary responsibilities? I am the Coordinator for the Scenic Rivers Invasive...
Invasive Plant Success Story: Kansas City WildLands Sites
With the ongoing challenge of controlling invasive plants in native habitats, along roadsides, on working lands, yards, around businesses, schools, and in parks, we can all use some good news! We hope that in reading these stories, you will have an added spring in...
Status of 2024 Missouri House and Senate Bills to Halt the Sale of Five Invasive Plants
The 2024 Missouri legislative session ended on May 17. Unfortunately, Missouri House Bill 2412 and Missouri Senate Bill 1281, to prohibit the sale of select invasive plants*, are now dead because they were not scheduled for votes on the House or the Senate floors....
Invasive to Watch This Season
Wintercreeper (Euonymous fortunei) can be controlled in spring, when new foliage emerges. When the ground is wet, small vines can be pulled. Large stems climbing up trees can be carefully cut, with the cut stem treated with herbicide (40% triclopyr solution when above freezing). Foliage can be treated with a 3% triclopyr solution, mixed with a non-ionic surfactant along with methylated seed oil or similar crop oil to help the herbicide stay on the foliage for better uptake by the plant.