Katie Byrd-Moore

Originally from Oklahoma, Katie has lived in Kearney the last 10 years with her husband Patrick and their two kids, James and Norah. Her background is in biology from Oklahoma State University, and she loves insects! She spent some time in Nebraska for a summer before she graduated college working with wetland birds in Wilcox, that’s where her love of birds started!

“Working with a grad student in college set me on this career path. We did bird surveys, vegetation surveys, mapped nests, took invertebrate samples and it was some of the best times of my life.”

Katie worked in Portland, OR in Primatology for seven years before moving back to Kearney to start a business and extend her family. Katie believes in making her community better and she and her family have tried to do that by restoring buildings in downtown Kearney. Her family loves being a part of the community and believes it’s important to teach the next generation how important it is to volunteer for the things you love. Katie and her family also volunteer at the World Theater every chance they get!