The Missouri Native Plant Society Board of Directors typically holds four meetings per year: three during the spring, summer, and fall, planned around field activities; and one during the winter (usually December) for extended business discussions and planning for the next year. The following table documents the general areas the Board has met since its inception.
Year | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
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2022 | Bolivar Area: Twenty-five Mile Prairie Conservation Area, Schuette Prairie, Rocky Barrens Conservation Area, Corry Flatrocks Conservation Area, Niangua River Hills Natural Area | Pevely Area: Hickory Canyons Natural Area, Valley View Glades Natural Area, Sandy Creek State Historic Site, Don Robinson State Park (LaBarque Hills Trail) | TBD | TBD |
2021 | No Field Trip (COVID) | Kansas City Area: Snowball Hill Prairie, Rocky Point Glade (Swope Park), Jerry Smith Park | Eminence Area: Pioneer Forest, Alley Spring Natural Area, Mill Mountain Shut In, Angeline Conservation Area (Lick Log Hollow Trail) | On-Line |
2020 | No Field Trip (COVID) | No Field Trip (COVID) | No Field Trip (COVID) | On-Line |
2019 | Sullivan Area: Vilander Bluff NA (Onondaga Cave SP), Copper Hollow (Meramec SP), Walking Fern Trail (Meramec SP), Deer Run Trail (Onondaga Cave SP) | Fulton Area: Prairie Garden Trust, Tucker Prairie, Graham Cave, Danville Conservation Area |
Poplar Bluff Area: Wappapello Training Site, Mingo NWR, Big Cane Conservation Area, Bradyville Natural Area at Otter Slough Conservation Area | Columbia MDC Office |
2018 | Illinois, Shawnee NF with Chris Benda | Rolla, Clifty Creek, Lane Springs | Sedalia, Western Prairies | Columbia MDC Office |
2017 | West Plains, Carmen Springs, Tingler Prairie | Kahoka, Battle of Athens, Steyermark Sand Prairie | Ava, Glade Top Trail, Taney Mtn, McClurg Glade | Columbia (USFWS) |
2016 | Poplar Bluff, Otter Slough, Allred Lake | Poplar Bluff, Rocky Falls, Pump Hollow | Saint Joseph, Loess Hills, Rulo Bluffs | Columbia (USFWS) |
2015 | Clinton, Lichen Glade, Prairies | Kirksville, Morris Prairie | Jefferson City, Earthquake Hollow, Auxvasse NA | Columbia (USFWS) |
2014 | Potosi, Washington SP, Saint Joe SP | Bethany, Helton, Pawnee Prairies, Chloe Lowry Marsh | Cape Girardeau, Sand Prairie, Trail of Tears SP, Mingo NWR | Columbia |
2013 | Pineville | Salem Dent Co. Indian Trail CA | Fulton, Tucker Prairie, Prairie Garden Trust | Columbia |
2012 | Branson, Bull Shoals Field Station | Camdenton, HaHa Tonka SP, Ozark Caverns | Cuivre River SP | Columbia |
2011 | Joplin, Chert Glade, Prairies | Ironton, Johnson’s Shut-ins | Sedalia, Prairies | Columbia |
2010 | Farmington, Hawn SP, Hickory Canyon | Chillicothe, Prairies | Kansas City, KC Wildlands Areas | Columbia |
2009 | Sikeston | Springfield, Prairies 14 | Fulton (30th Anniversary) | Columbia |
2008 | Harrison AR 13 | Squaw Creek NWR | LaBarque Creek Watershed | Columbia |
2007 | Oregon County, Springs of MO | Dexter, Mingo NWR, Duck Creek CA | Ha Ha Tonka SP, Ozark Caverns | Columbia |
2006 | Roaring River SP | Peck Ranch CA | Dexter, Mingo NWR, Crowley’s Ridge | Columbia |
2005 | Pere Marquette SP 12 | Kirksville | Prairie SP | Columbia |
2004 | Caney Mountain | West Plains | Saint Joseph | Columbia |
2003 | Springfield | Clinton | Cape Girardeau | Columbia |
2002 | Montauk SP | Warrensburg | Kahoka | Columbia |
2001 | Columbia | Bethany | Kansas City | Columbia |
2000 | West Plains | Carthage | Salem | Columbia |
1999 | Roaring River SP | Houston | Ironton | Columbia |
1998 | Columbia | Bethany 11 | Kirksville | Jefferson City |
1997 | Cuivre River SP | Stockton Lake SP | Poplar Bluff | Rolla |
1996 | Montauk SP | Cape Girardeau 10 | Clinton | Columbia |
1995 | Van Buren | Chillicothe | Springfield | Jefferson City |
1994 | Roaring River SP | Saint Joseph | Joplin | Rolla |
1993 | Pickle Springs | Fulton (Prairie Garden Trust) | Saint Louis 9 | Jefferson City |
1992 | Reis Biological Station | Lake of the Ozarks SP | Blue Springs 8 | Columbia |
1991 | Rolla 7 | Caney Mountain | Dexter | Columbia 6 |
1990 | Ha Ha Tonka SP | Stockton Lake SP | Van Buren (Big Spring) | Rolla |
1989 | Saint Louis | Fulton (10th Anniversary) | Springfield (Henning CA) | Columbia |
1988 | Roaring River SP | Brookfield | West Plains | Columbia |
1987 | Holly Ridge CA | Cherokee Pass | Ted Shanks CA | Jefferson City |
1986 | Warrensburg 5 | Big Lake SP | Sainte Genevieve | Jefferson City |
1985 | Springfield | Alley Spring | Lake of the Ozarks SP | Blue Springs |
1984 | Cape Girardeau 4 | Columbia | Missouri Botanical Garden (Jan 1985) | |
1983 | Alley Spring | Cuivre River SP | Jefferson City (Jan 1984) | |
1982 | Cape Girardeau | Warrensburg | Big Lake SP | Missouri Botanical Garden (Feb 1983) 3 |
1981 | Columbia 2 | Rolla | Joplin | Missouri Botanical Garden |
1980 | Point Lookout | Lake of the Ozarks SP | Thousand Hills SP | Kansas City |
1979 | Fulton 1 | Montauk SP | Babler SP |
- 14 Joint meeting with the Arkansas Native Plant Society
- 13 Joint meeting with the Arkansas Native Plant Society
- 12 Joint meeting with the Illinois Native Plant Society
- 11 Joint meeting with the Iowa Native Plant Society
- 10 Joint meeting with the Illinois Native Plant Society
- 9 Joint meeting with the Eastern Native Plant Alliance
- 8 Joint meeting with the Kansas Wildflower Society
- 7 Joint meeting with the Audubon Society
- 6 On February 29, 1992, at the Powder Valley Nature Center, Saint Louis, there was a special session of the Board to examine the Society’s objectives, priorities, and short- and long-term goals. This meeting was in addition to the four regular quarterly meetings.
- 5 Joint meeting with the Missouri Academy of Science
- 4 Joint meeting with the Missouri Academy of Science
- 3 Joint meeting with the Missouri Prairie Foundation
- 2 Joint meeting with the Ozark Wilderness Conference
- 1 The Missouri Native Plant Society was officially formed on June 2, 1979.