Missouri Master Naturalists Nature Journal: Tingler Prairie
 
 
Nature Journal

Tingler Prairie Field Trip, Missouri Master Naturalist class
April 17, 2004, 10AM - 2PM, sunny and warm. The trails at Tingler Prairie Conservation Area in southern Howell County meander through prairie, woodland, bottomland hardwood forest and around a sinkhole lake. This is one of very few remaining prairie examples left in the Ozark Region.

 

This field trip was led by Rhonda Rimer, natural history biologist with the local Missouri Department of Conservation. The focus of study was identification and collection of some of the native plant species.

 
360-degree view of a 2-week old burn area. Prescribed burns encourage the restoration of native prairie species.
   



Identifying trees with Melanie Carden-Jessen, educational consultant with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
  Group exploring a woodland burn plot
   



Hidden moth.






Always look close!
Identifying a turtle shell. The consensus: red-eared slider.


More >> photos taken 2 months later

To read more about Tingler Prairie, visit this link on the MDC site:
Natural diversity returning to Ozarks



Photos by James Ware, Missouri Master Naturalist class, and Susie Coobs, BWP webkeeper
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