Kayla Fisher

Senior Stewardship Associate

Kayla Lindsay Fisher is the Senior Stewardship Associate for Audubon Great Lakes. She works closely with habitat restoration interns, volunteer stewards, landowners, funders, and partner organizations to implement stewardship strategies as a key component to sustainable conservation across Audubon’s key geographies, with a particular focus on the wetland complexes of the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana.

Kayla assists in the development of restoration, science, and management plans across key geographies where stewardship, community science, and seasonal crews will play a critical role. She also recruits, develops, and supports new volunteer stewards and monitors with the specific goal of developing strategies to diversify the volunteer community.

Kayla served as Crew Chief for Audubon Great Lakes’ Habitat Restoration Internship program in 2023, leading a diverse team of interns in ecological restoration work in collaboration with Chicago Park District and Forest Preserves of Cook County.

Kayla is passionate about birds, native plant gardening, and exploring the amazing ecosystems that the Great Lakes region has to offer.