Missouri Invasive Plant Council

17/06/2026

Another photo contest this month with our partners! While you’re out in the field removing invasive plants, consider snapping some shots of the natives and enter the contest!

10/06/2026

Finish out the week but entering the contest! Not sure what to take pictures of? Check out our shared post from yesterday and PlayCleanGo’s other posts for ideas of keeping invasive species out of areas. Not into taking pictures? Vote for others until the end of the month.

09/06/2026

How do we protect the places we go? Check out PlayCleanGo for all the ways to protect our areas from invasive species.

🛶 We protect the places we love by cleaning, draining, and drying our boats and gear before every launch.

Aquatic invasive species can hitchhike in water, mud, and plant fragments hidden on kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, life jackets, paddles, and other equipment. Taking a few minutes to clean, drain, and dry your gear helps prevent them from spreading to new lakes, rivers, and waterways.

Before heading home or to your next adventure, remember to:

✅ Clean off mud, plants, and debris
✅ Drain all water from your boat and equipment
✅ Allow your gear to dry completely whenever possible

Together, these simple actions help protect the waterways we love.

09/06/2026

Missed the earlier webinars? There are still two to go, register for some amazing invasive species knowledge.

08/06/2026

There’s still time to register for the free seminar today! Continue celebrating playcleango week with knowledge and action of cleaning before you go into and out of nature to help preserve the areas.

🌾 PlayCleanGo Awareness Week begins tomorrow, and one of the first webinars in our series highlights the power of partnership in invasive species prevention.

📅 June 8, 2026
⏰ 1:00–2:00 p.m. Central
🎤 Jan Fore, Washington Invasive Species Council
📍 Saving the Sagebrush Sea: Protecting Washington's Sagebrush Biome from Noxious Weeds

How do you turn one prevention idea into a statewide initiative?

Learn how the Washington Invasive Species Council partnered with agencies, nonprofits, land managers, and local organizations across Washington to help protect the state's fragile shrub steppe ecosystem from invasive plants. Through collaboration with PlayCleanGo, these efforts led to the installation of more than 50 educational boot brush stations across the state.

Whether you're interested in invasive species prevention, visitor engagement, partnership development, or installing boot brush stations in your own community, this webinar offers valuable lessons and real world examples you can apply to your own work.

Discover how collaboration can help protect the places we love.

🔗 Register today: https://naisma.org/event/saving-the-sagebrush-sea-protecting-washingtons-sagebrush-biome-from-noxious-weeds/

02/06/2026

PlayCleanGo awareness week starts on the 6th Sharing their webinar including information on invasive species.

WHAT ARE THOSE... on your boots? 👇🥾

Join us during Awareness Week for a free webinar with Parks Canada exploring how boot brush stations at Elk Island National Park are helping researchers better understand invasive species spread through recreation.

🎤 “What’s on Your Boots? Seeds, Invasive Species, and Landscape-Level Patterns from Boot Brush Stations at Elk Island National Park”
📅 Wednesday, June 10
⏰ 2 PM ET

Learn how simple prevention actions can help reduce invasive species spread and support healthier ecosystems.

🔗 Learn more & sign up at: https://www.invasivescanada.ca/playcleango-awareness-week/

31/05/2026

Good work managing invasive plants!

31/05/2026

How to safely remove invasive plants.

31/05/2026

Virtual conference on restoring prairies.

Once covering vast areas of the Midwest, most tallgrass prairies have disappeared. Some intact remnants of ancient prairies still exist, providing vital habitat for prairie-dependent life forms, seed sources for the native seed industry, and an extremely complex soil microbiome.

Join Dr. Sam Lord (Mizzou) and Carol Davit (Missouri Prairie Foundation) to learn about some of the most biologically diverse old-growth natural communities in North America.

📅 June 16, 2026
💚 This program is possible due to support from the Central Indiana Land Trust
🔗https://bit.ly/4beVIhO

27/05/2026

We are so thrilled to see Matt and Bill's hard work recognized and honored!

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