Amanda Stenjem
How does a midwest girl end up in the Southwest? Well, because of trout of course. Amanda fell in love with the mountains and deserts of the Southwest and now calls Durango home. She is a biologist working for Durango based company, Ecosphere.

She has her undergraduate degree in Natural Resource Management, Master of Science in Sustainable Community Development and Wildlife Recreation, Nature Tourism. She currently serves as a biologist studying federally listed threatened and endangered species in NM and CO, writes National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. She has 10 plus years of experience teaching, evaluating and developing management plans for wildlife habitat. She also spends a lot of time in the field; hooting at owls or calling in mountain lions (unintentionally).

Amanda will be leading wildlife/bird watching hikes for AVA guests. Stay tuned for more info.

Afternoons she can be found fishing, hiking or running with Kispa and Chloe, her fun lovin' labs. She also enjoys cooking, running dog sleds, travel and steelheading.