As a professional naturalist for the past 20 years, Lisa loves being able to enjoy, share, and teach people about nature. Currently, she is working for the Missouri Department of Conservation at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center in the Kansas City area where she has been conducting and coordinating butterfly surveys for many years. She recently started co-directing the Missouri Butterfly Monitoring Network. As Lisa says, “Butterfly surveys help people look at nature in new ways and to focus on some of the small parts that affect the whole. I’m very passionate about teaching the importance of planting native plants, and butterflies can be a bridge for people to learn ways they can contribute to the biodiversity of their neighborhood.”