{"id":9587,"date":"2020-03-08T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T22:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9587"},"modified":"2020-04-15T17:11:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:11:47","slug":"news-press-now-missouri-western-creates-a-prairie-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/08\/news-press-now-missouri-western-creates-a-prairie-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"News-Press NOW: Missouri Western creates a prairie on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Slayton, News-Press NOW, March 8, 2020<\/p>\n

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Missouri Western State University has partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation on a prairie restoration project in St. Joseph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jeff Powelson, private land conservationist, said the project will provide a native grassland habitat for research and educational purposes and for the enjoyment of the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The conservation department helped plant 26 acres of native warm season grasses and wildflowers on the northeast corner of the campus this winter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The prairie will be named in honor of longtime biology professor Dr. John Rushin. The area will be named the Dr. John Rushin Teaching & Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The planting is part of a 38-acre tract that includes the MWSU athletic department\u2019s cross country running course and a trail that is open to the public.<\/p>\n

Read more at newspressnow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Slayton, News-Press NOW, March 8, 2020 Missouri Western State University has partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation on a prairie restoration project in St. Joseph. Jeff Powelson, private land conservationist, said the project will provide a native grassland habitat for research and educational purposes and for the enjoyment of the public. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[68,970],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9588,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions\/9588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}