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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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....
MoIP Calley Pear "BuyBack" Program Expanded to 15 Cities in 2024 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: Jerod Huebner, Director of Prairie Management, Missouri Prairie Foundation How long have you been with the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) and what are your primary responsibilities? I have been with MPF for 8.5 years. I am in charge...
Update as of March 7, 2024: Committee Hearing on SB 1281 Scheduled for March 12 In February 2024, the Missouri House Conservation & Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed HB 2412, the Invasive Plant Bill, out of committee, and it was subsequently...
2/20/24 Update: This hearing is cancelled. A hearing has been set for Senate Bill (SB) 1281, creating provisions to prohibit the sale of select invasive plants, on Tuesday, February 20 at 9:15 a.m. by the Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor...
The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment, whichever is later, in House Hearing Room 3 in the basement of the Missouri Capitol. (There will be three other...
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a woody, perennial, evergreen to semi-evergreen vine that trails along the ground and can climb to more than 80 ft. in length. Leaves are opposite, oval, and 1 to 2.5 in. long. Flowering occurs from April to July, when showy, fragrant, tubular, whitish-pink flowers develop in the axils of the leaves. The flowers turn cream-yellow as they age. The small, shiny globular fruits turn from green to black as they ripen. Each fruit contains 2 to 3 small brown to black seeds.