Karla Kinstler, a.k.a. “The Owl Lady,” is the Director/Naturalist of the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN. She lives and works with Alice, a permanently injured Great Horned Owl who forever changed her life when she came to live with Karla. 

The close relationship between Karla and Alice has led to an in-depth vocal study on Great Horned Owls, an annual International Festival of Owls, and plans for a North American Owl Center in Houston, MN. Karla’s owl adventures have taken her to testify before the Minnesota House and Senate environment committees to gain protection for Great Horned Owls in 2005, to The Netherlands to present her research at the World Owl Conference in 2007, and won her a Bush Leadership Fellowship in 2008.