It's Our Wild Nature

01/20/2026

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12/26/2025

Merry Christmas from some Sanctuary friends! 🐦🎄

12/13/2025

Cold cold cold morning spreading seeds!! ❄️🌱

12/13/2025

We had a great time participating in this event! We cleaned for the St. Louis Zoo, and although they didn't win, it was great getting to contribute! Looking forward to next year 🫡

Wild Waterway Rescue has ended, and this year the traveling trophy goes to a new winner.

This year’s challenge took place over nine days, from November 1 to November 9.

Here are the 2025 WWR stats: 356 participated in 22 cleanup events for five zoos, who spent 923 hours (38.458 days) cleaning up litter, totaling 10.58 tons (21,151 lbs.) of trash.

Let us break that down per zoo/aquarium in ranking order -

1. Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium had 93 volunteers who spent 260 hours cleaning up, totaling 4.99 tons (9980 lbs.) of trash.

2. SEA LIFE Kansas City had 21 volunteers who spent 84 hours cleaning up, totaling 1.49 tons (2980 lbs.) of trash.

3. Dickerson Park Zoo had 81 volunteers who spent 256 hours cleaning up, totaling 1.38 tons (2760 lbs.) of trash.

4. Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium had 84 volunteers who spent 198 hours cleaning up, totaling 1.38 tons (2760 lbs.) of trash.

5. Saint Louis Zoo had 77 volunteers who spent 125 hours cleaning up, totaling 1.34 tons (2671 lbs.) of trash.

12/05/2025

Looking for a great way to spend your chilly Saturday mornings? Come get involved in the sanctuary!

This month, we're focusing on getting native seeds on the ground to replace all the invasive species we removed throughout the summer and fall.

Since it's so cold, we typically have a fire and hot coffee waiting before we get started. It's a great chance to warm up, catch up, and build community.

Our full volunteer schedule is attached. Come spend some time with us! ❄️

12/04/2025

Robert Crumb drew this. Protect our Wild Nature.

11/10/2025

Saturday was stream team day at the sanctuary! Thanks to our volunteers for helping us clean up our section of Hinkson Creek. We collected an estimated 277 pounds of trash from the stream 🤯

Looking forward to the next one 🌊

11/03/2025

Hey everyone,

Wanted to send an update that this Saturday (11/8) we are hosting a trash pickup event in the Hinkson Creek as part of the Missouri Stream Team's Wild Waterways Rescue program. We'll meet from ~9am-12pm.

All are welcome to participate and we'd love to have as many hands on deck as possible! We'll provide the trash bags and gloves, but we ask that you bring shoes that you don't mind getting wet/muddy since we'll be working along the creek.

As per usual, meet at the sanctuary visiting area in the morning for coffee and tea and then we'll walk down to the Hinkson and start cleaning!

Up for another challenge? Let the good times roll as we join Missouri zoos and aquaria to help our streams during our Wild Waterway Rescue litter pickup challenge.

Join us in the rescue mission November 1-9.

Donate your tonnage to your zoo/aquaria of choice by selecting Wild Waterway Rescue on your activity report. Reporting link in the comments.

10/28/2025

Hi everyone! We'd like to share our updated volunteer schedule for the month of November! This month we'll be focusing on removing bush honeysuckle, collecting native seeds, and cleaning up our front entrance. We'll also spend some time giving thanks to Mother Earth the week of Thanksgiving, on November 29th.

Come spend a Saturday morning with us! All are welcome. Dress warm if it's cold and bring some water! We'll provide the coffee and tea.

10/04/2025

10/04/2025