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...
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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...
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....
Success Story: MoIP’s 2024 Callery Pear Buyback Program
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...
April 24: Grow Native! Master Class: Restoring Remnant Woodlands in a Sea of Bush Honeysuckle
Many natural woodlands and shady landscapes are infested with invasive bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), one of the biggest current threats to native woodland ecosystems. When mature, these highly aggressive invasive shrubs compete with native plants for sunlight,...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Jerod Huebner
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...
HB 2412 & SB 1281: Missouri Bills to Halt the Sale of Five Invasive Plants
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...
Cancelled – Hearing for SB 1281 to prohibit sale of invasive plants
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...
HB 2412 Invasive Plant Hearing – January 23, 2024
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...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Kara Tvedt
Missourians Making a Difference: Kara Tvedt, Fisheries Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation Throughout Missouri, there are many individuals making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their...
Callery Pear Buyback 2024
Thanks to all who made our 2024 Buyback possible! Read a summary about this past event here. Registration and Sign-Up The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Forrest Keeling Nursery, and the Missouri Department of...
New MoIP Video – A Landowner Tour: Controlling Invasives
Identifying and controlling invasive plants on acreages large and small can be daunting. That is why the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), administered by the Missouri Prairie Foundation, created a new landowner tour video to help landowners control invasive...
Invasive to Watch This Season
The non-native, invasive grass tall fescue (Festuca arundinaria) can be treated with glyphosate on warm days during the winter. The recommended control is through a foliar application of glyphosate with surfactant added. Often multiple applications are necessary to eradicate an established stand. One quart of glyphosate per acre in the winter is recommended. For spot treatment of isolated tall fescue plants, use 1% to 2% of glyphosate with surfactant.