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MCC Collaborates with Local Golf Course for Monarch Awareness
Missouri Conservation Corps partnered with a local golf course to bring awareness of the importance of pollinator plots in supporting the Monarch butterfly migration.
Stephens Lake Park Arboretum Winter Lecture Series
Stephens Lake Park Arboretum in Columbia, Missouri is host to a winter lecture series on native plants. The lectures will take place on Wednesday evenings starting at 6 p.m. in Riechmann Pavilion at Stephens Lake Park.
Honeysuckle Cutting/Environmental Education Event at Garth Nature Area–Family Oriented
Missouri Conservation Corps is organizing its second honeysuckle cutting event of 2025 on Saturday, March 22nd in Columbia’s Garth Nature Area, 2799 North Garth. Volunteers will be cutting, hacking and pulling invasive honeysuckle in this 52-acre park in north Columbia.
Winter Lecture Series at Stephens Lake Park Arboretum
Stephens Lake Arboretum, Columbia’s Level II Arboretum, will be hosting a winter speaker’s series dedicated to discussions of native plants, planting for pollinators, and edible urban landscapes. Speakers will include Dr. Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Ryan Russell, Matthew Dolan and Dr. Mark Coggeshall. This event on February 12th will be the first lecture in the series.
Stephens Lake Park Arboretum
Winter Speaker Series 2025 Stephens Lake Arboretum, Columbia’s Level II Arboretum, will be hosting a winter speaker’s series dedicated to discussions of native plants, planting for pollinators, and edible urban […]
