Michael Forsberg is a Nebraska native and acclaimed conservation photographer who has focused much of his work in North America's Great Plains, once one of the greatest grassland ecosystems on Earth. Forsberg's work has appeared in publications including Audubon, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Natural History, and NEBRASKAland and recognized in the Pictures of the Year and Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions. In 2001, his image of a Nebraska tallgrass prairie was selected for use on an international postage stamp. In 2004, he was awarded a Conservation Education Award from The Wildlife Society. Recently, he was featured in the PBS documentary Crane Song, and was the 2009 recipient of the North American Nature Photographer's Association Mission Award. He is also a 2010 recipient of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is currently in production with NET on a documentary following his work in the Great Plains, to be out Spring 2012. Mike is a charter member of the North American Nature Photographer's Association and a fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Forsberg earned a degree in geography with an emphasis in environmental studies at UNL. He is currently an assistant professor or practice within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL.