2022 Conference Updates:

We are excited to share our theme for the 2022 conference: Get It Together!
Our hope with this year's theme is to place the focus on coming together as an inclusive community working toward our shared mission of environmental education and stewardship.

Conference registration closes Friday, November 4th! Register at the link below.

We want to celebrate our return to in-person conferences and a little more
normalcy within our individual sites and day to day work. Our best moments are
collaborative and we can't wait to get together with you in November!

Our 2022 conference will be held at Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade, MN on November 11th - 13th. The preconference field trip will be hosted the morning of Friday, November 11th. 

Please give a grand welcome to our Keynote Speaker for this year’s
conference,  Radious Guess!

Radious Guess is the Race, Equity, and Inclusion Director for the City of St. Louis Park. Before joining SLP, Radious was the Director of Equity & Inclusion for Intermediate District 287 in Plymouth. Prior to 287 she was the manager of equity and inclusion for the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Radious also serves as chair of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee's USA Track & Field - Diversity & Leadership Committee.

Radious received her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from an HBCU, Jackson State University, in Jackson, MS.  She received her master’s degree in Adult Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.