By Teala Sadler (2025)  On June 26th, the Heartland Conservation Alliance’s first Summer Night Hike was held at Alex George Wetland. In preparation for this event, flyers were distributed on community boards throughout the city. People noticed, and almost 40 individuals from around the metro showed up. This is the third hike that I’ve led as…

On June 20th, Osage Trails Master Naturalists visited the Richard L. Sutton Museum of Geosciences located in Miller Nichols Library on the UMKC campus. Our tour of the library was hosted by James Murowchick, professor emeritus of GeoChemistry. The library has a large collection of rocks, agates, crystals, fossils and petrified wood. It includes the…

By Lindsay Hoyt (2025) The Snowball Hill Prairie tour was an absolute hit! The weather was perfect and there was so much in bloom. We had 9 participants attend. Two brothers in the group really knew their birds, which was incredibly helpful since I am more of a plant person! They were sure they spotted…