Kirsten N. Hines
Research Associate
kirstennaturetravel@gmail.com

Kirsten Hines is a writer, photographer and environmental educator. With a master’s degree in biology, she has studied tropical frogs, South Florida plants and animals, and Bahamian iguanas, and is a member of the IUCN Iguana Specialist Group. Kirsten currently is a Research Associate at IRC and is coauthor of our Natives for Your Neighborhood, the online plant conservation resource. Her award-winning photography has appeared in numerous publications, websites, and brochures and is featured in the Birds of Fairchild, and Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens, which she co-authored. She also is coauthor of Images of America: Key Biscayne. Through her writing and photography, she aims to expose the intricacies of the natural world, to lure readers and viewers into the lives of plants and animals. She attributes her interest in South Florida’s native plants and the re-greening of the urban corridor (both championed in her Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens book) to her experiences at IRC. More of her work can be seen at www.KirstenNatureTravel.com.