The Minnesota Naturalists’ Association (MNA) exists to advance
natural and cultural resource interpretation for the purpose
of fostering wise stewardship of all resources.

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2021 MNA Conference

Start
November 12, 2021
(CST)
End
November 14, 2021
(CST)

Registration

Field Trip Only (member price) – $10.00
Field Trip Only (non member price) – $15.00
Full Conference (+field trip) (member price) – $110.00
Full Conference (+field trip) (non-member price) – $165.00
Full Conference (member price) – $100.00
does not include field trip
Full Conference (non-member price) – $150.00
does not include field trip
Presenter and Conference Committee Pricing (+field trip) (Full Conference) – $85.00
please only choose this if you have either been notified that you will be presenting during this year's conference or if you are an active member of the conference committee helping to plan the conference
Presenter and Conference Committee Pricing (Full Conference) – $75.00
does not include field trip; please only choose this if you have either been notified that you will be presenting during this year's conference or if you are an active member of the conference committee helping to plan the conference
Scholarship Pricing (Full Conference) – $20.00
does not include field trip; please only choose this if you have already been notified by the scholarship committee that you have been selected to get a scholarship
Scholarship Pricing (Full Conference) (+field trip) – $30.00
please only choose this if you have already been notified by the scholarship committee that you have been selected to get a scholarship
Virtual Only Conference (member price) – $50.00
Virtual Only Conference (member price) (+field trip) – $60.00
Virtual Only Conference (non-member price) – $75.00
Virtual Only Conference (non-member price) (+field trip) – $90.00

Welcome to our 2021 MNA Conference! This year's conference is a little different than previous years, as it is hybrid with part of it being in-person and part virtual with no overnight stays.

On Friday, November 12th we will start with our in-person field trip to historic Shepard Farm, which is located in Cottage Grove and is managed by Dodge Nature Center.

We will later kick off the official conference on the evening of Friday, November 12th with a virtual keynote presentation by Bradley E. Harrington titled "The Spiritual History of the Anishinaabe. A virtual JackBox games session will follow.

Saturday, November 13th will be in-person at Dodge Nature Center in West Saint Paul and will contain a large bulk of the standard conference items such as the discussion session, workshop session, 2 concurrent sessions, and in-person extras such as a site tour and a bonfire/social time.

On Sunday November 14th, our conference will continue, however it will be fully virtual this day and will include the member meeting and 2 additional virtual concurrent sessions.

We will wrap up this year's conference with an optional "Choose Your Own Adventure," in which folks can sign up to lead activities in their area or join someone else's activity.

This year for registration, you will have the option to sign up for the full conference (including the virtual stuff on Friday and Sunday and the in-person stuff on Saturday), or if you would prefer, you can just sign up for the virtual part (Friday and Sunday).

For more information on the specific sessions occurring each day, please see our conference guide

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