Missouri Master Naturalists- Kansas City

Osage Trails Trails Chapter (KC Metro Region)

New Master Naturalists for 2025

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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