Missouri Prairie Foundation

Cancer survivor and OsteoStrong Columbia member HEATHER GEHLERT tells us about her journey from diagnosis (and a "prevention mindset") to signing up for weekly strength training sessions at OsteoStrong: "it's more effective than traditional weight-bearing exercise." Additional guest: DAYNA GLANZ [From October 27, 2022] | Also, Missouri Prairie Foundation executive director CAROL DAVIT tells us why it's a win-win when farmers incorporate prairie strips - planting prairie plants amongst crops - into their farmland. (4:49) July 21, 2023

This year, spruce up your yard with native plants- or, as CAROL DAVIT likes to call them, "the foundation of nature's web of life." Missouri Prairie Foundation is hosting a native plant sale this Saturday, May 20 at Bass Pro Shops in Columbia - get details on today's show! May 15, 2023

Missouri Prairie Foundation executive director CAROL DAVIT joins us on this first full day of spring to talk about some of the more common native plants, like aster and primrose, that you might find in your own backyard! March 21, 2023

Missouri Prairie Foundation executive director CAROL DAVIT, making her first appearance on our show, takes us on a virtual tour of some native plants…

Missouri's prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state's ecosystem, according to a conservation expert.Carol Davit, executive director of…

A conservation group is raising money to pay for unplowed stretch of native prairie on the outskirts of Kansas City.The Snowball Hill Prairie was placed…

Landscape diversity in Missouri has changed since its settlement in the 18th century. Where there was once prairies, forests and savannahs, in many cases…

Most of us are familiar with that icon of the insect world, the black and orange Monarch butterfly.What you might not know is that Monarch numbers are…