Heidi Mehl

Heidi is the Freshwater Director for The Nature Conservancy's Great Plains Division. She has a strong interdisciplinary background spanning the fields of fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, biogeochemistry and human-environment interactions.

Heidi received her Ph.D. from Kansas State University with a dissertation titled “A cultural ecology of riparian systems on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: understanding stream incision, riparian function, and Indigenous Knowledge to increase best management plan adoption.”