Great Blue Heron in wetlands

About Audubon Great Plains

Audubon Great Plains is the regional office of the National Audubon Society for Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. 

Our Region

Audubon Great Plains is the regional office of the National Audubon Society for Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Through our two nature centers, Spring Creek Prairie and Rowe Sanctuary, we connect thousands of people each year to the beauty, wildlife, and conservation stories of the Great Plains.

Regional Staff

Kristal Stoner

Vice President and Executive Director, Great Plains

Amanda Booher

Communications Manager

Juliana Bosmoe

Working Lands Program Manager

Adam Brendemuhl

Range Ecologist

Stephen Brenner

Avian Biologist

Traci Bruckner

Senior Manager, Policy

Maggie Figura

Range Ecologist

Lizzy Gilbert

Lizzy Gilbert

Senior Director of Leadership Giving, National Audubon Society

Lindsey Lee

Operations Manager

Joshua Lefers

Director of Conservation

Thomas Leicester

Range Ecologist

Melissa Mosier

Platte River Program Manager

Kelly Tebben

Senior Coordinator, Outreach

Sam Kiley

Sam Kiley

Director of Leadership Giving

Spring Creek Prairie Staff

Meghan Sittler

Center Director

Ed Hubbs

Habitat and Private Lands Manager

Brady Karg

Senior Education Coordinator

Wyatt Koehler

Senior Habitat Management Coordinator 

Amy Plettner

Caretaker

Kevin Poague

Operations Manager

Jason “the Birdnerd” St. Sauver

Senior Manager, Education

Rowe Sanctuary Staff

Marcos Stoltzfus

Center Director

Kass Goentzel

Facilities Assistant

Amanda Hefner

Education Manager

Amanda Hegg

Senior Conservation Associate

Ashley Jarmin

Operations Manager

Katie Moore

Volunteer Coordinator

Anne Troyer

Senior Coordinator, Outreach

Cody Wagner

Conservation Program Manager

How We're Making a Difference
Learn about local work happening on the ground.
Sign in grassland field with blue skies
Conservation Forage Program
Putting grassland back on the landscape for grassland birds and livestock producers.
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Audubon Conservation Ranching in the Great Plains
Stabilize declining grassland bird populations in partnership with farmers and ranchers.
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Debra Herst/Audubon Photography Awards
Prairie Management Toolbox
Improve critical grasslands for birds and communities in the Great Plains.
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Sandhill Cranes at sunset, viewed from a discovery station along the Platte River at Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska, March 14, 2022. Every March, over a million Sandhill Cranes converge on the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska to fuel up before continuing north to their nesting grounds.
Platte River Initiative
Build a riverscape throughout the Platte River Basin that sustains thriving local communities and ...
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Workers on a prescribed burn at Spring Creek Prairie
Prescribed Fire in the Great Plains
Improve biodiversity and health of Great Plains Grasslands.
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young child looking at nature items
Education in the Great Plains
Engage diverse audiences to inspire environmental stewardship, foster responsibility for natural ...
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Denton Hills Initiative
Promote tallgrass prairie conservation on private lands in a three-county area by working with local ...
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