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Montana Audubon, in partnership with Last Chance Audubon, is pleased to announce Tiffany Kersten as the keynote presenter for the 2024 Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival!&#xD;
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Tiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native who now resides in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Hooked on birds since age 12, she graduated from Northland College with a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology. She has spent fifteen years of working in conservation and environmental education with organizations including the US Forest Service, US Fish &amp; Wildlife Service, and the Cape May Bird Observatory. After completing her Lower 48 States Big Year in 2021, she founded her own company, Nature Ninja Birding Tours.&#xD;
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