
By Jim Hinds 2017
On November 1, the 2025 class of Osage Trails Master Naturalist trainees graduated to becoming interns.
The students and their capstone projects of the class of 2025 are:
Alanna Treu – Loess Bluffs honeysuckle management
Alex Gareis – KCP&R native landscaping
Amelia McDaniel – HTA education tree walk
Briana Anderson – HTA champion tree photography
Danny Cady – Lakeside tree Information signage
Erin Turner – KC Wild Lands Alex George wetland management
Gabi Exendine – KC Wild Lands Jerry Smith prairie management
Gretchen Thum – Discovery Center educational booth
Janée Church – KC Wild Lands Jerry Smith prairie management
Jess Magaña – KC Wild Lands Alex George wetland management
John Church – Wild Souls build bat houses
Kathy Smith – Deep Roots plant signs for garden tours
Katie Correa- KCP&R native landscaping
Lindsay Hoyt – MPF Snowball Hill guided hike
Matt Bunch – HTA tree inventory
Max Eiberger – Wild Souls complete eagle enclosure
Mike Stofiel – Wild Souls complete eagle enclosure
Nate Blanton – Stream Team north of the river site selection and activity
Nate Yates- Loess Bluffs Honeysuckle Management
Nicole Martin – Burroughs Audubon wind curtain workshop
Nikki Gaylord – MDC Regional Office clean and replant garden beds
Owen Smith- JCP+R prothonotary warbler nest boxes
Sarah Mayerhofer- Lakeside invasive species education wall
Shannen Cisneros- Stream Team research and write habitat information for webpage
Sharon Ramsey- Lakeside coyote information signage
Sophia Hahn – HTA tree inventory
Stephanie Spacek – Discovery Center Educational Booth
Susan Brisch – MDC Regional Office clean and replant garden beds
Teala Sadler – HCA Blue River Nature Guide guided hike
Trisha Reilly- Platte Land Trust tree inventory
If you see any of them at their projects, be sure to say hello!


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