MO-Gay+Feather+Prairie+Conservation+Area


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=Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area= Milo, Missouri 64767 Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area web site Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area map Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area brochure

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Gay Feather Prairie CA
Coordinates: 37.7287, -94.1738 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area
From Nevada, take I-49 and US-71 south 7 miles, then Route E east 7.50 miles, then 2530 Road south 2 miles, and Union Track Road east.

This area is mostly prairie with a small stand of hardwoods.

This 116 acre native prairie is jointly owned by the Missouri Prairie Foundation (76 acres) and the Missouri Conservation Department (40 acres). The area is managed by the Conservation Department with objectives focused on enhancing and maintaining the native prairie plants and animals found on the area.

Gayfeather Prairie is a remnant of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem that once covered more than one-quarter of Missouri. It is also home to plants and animals that are specially adapted for life on the open prairie. Less than one-half of one percent of original prairie remains in Missouri making some of these species increasingly rare.

Managers use prescribed burning and a variety of other practices to provide disturbances that maintain healthy grasslands and limit the negative impacts of invasive plants. From Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area web site

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