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=Drover's Prairie Conservation Area= Ionia, Missouri 65335 Drover's Prairie Conservation Area Web Site Drover's Prairie Conservation Area Map Drover's Prairie Conservation Area Brochure

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Drover's Prairie CA
Coordinates: 38.5335974, -93.293066 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Drover's Prairie Conservation Area
Located 10 miles south of Sedalia on US-65 and 0.5 mile west on MO-52, then south on Hoffman Road.

This 80-acre native prairie remnant is owned by the Missouri Prairie Foundation and is jointly managed with the Conservation Department. The Conservation Department assumed management responsibilities in 1985. Management objectives have focused on preserving and enhancing the native prairie flora and fauna found on the area.

This area has been designated by Audubon Missouri as an Important Bird Area (IBA). IBAs are sites that have been identified by Audubon as those that are most crucial for bird populations, due to their abundance and/or diversity of birds present.

High quality grasslands are important habitat for many species. This area is a remnant of a once vast prairie ecosytem that provides habitat for a diverse group of plants and animals. Because less than one-half of one percent of our original prairie remains, some of these species have become increasingly rare.

Area managers use prescribed fire, grazing and other management practices to maintain healthy grasslands, simulate historic disturbances, and limit the negative impacts of invasive plants. Species of conservation concern which find a home on this area include Henslow sparrows, Grasshopper sparrows, and pink katydids. From Drover's Prairie Conservation Area Web Site

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