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Annual Meeting 2021

A view of the water from Creek Farm.
(Photo: Kate Wilcox)

Registration is now CLOSED.

 

We look forward to welcoming members and friends to our 120th Annual Meeting!

This year we will gather on Saturday, September 25 at Creek Farm in Portsmouth for an in-person, outdoor, afternoon presentation. There will be no live video feed.

Also new this year, if you prefer to bring your own picnic lunch, please do and enjoy a reduced registration rate. And please, bring the kids and grandkids! (Kids 12 and under attend free)

Registration: $35 per person or $25 early bird* (including optional field trip) + $15 per meal ordered.

*Early Bird Registration: Aug. 9-Sept. 7; Full Price Registration Sept. 8-Sept. 20.*

 

Please join us for morning field trips in the Seacoast region, followed by an outdoor gathering at Creek Farm in Portsmouth. 

  • 9 AM: Field trips (Read more about the choices here. You will receive additional information about what to bring and where to meet following registration.)
  • 12 Noon: Registration and picnic lunch on the lawn and under the tent at Creek Farm
  • 1 PM: Business Meeting and Conservationist of the Year Award Presentation
  • 2 PM: Conversation about identity, land, and belonging with Dr. Carolyn Finney, author of Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of Black Americans to the Great Outdoors and Environmental Studies Professor of Practice at Middlebury College's Franklin Environmental Center.

Note: Because parking is limited at Creek Farm, guests will park at the Portsmouth High School back lot and take a shuttle to Creek Farm (5 min). Directions will be provided when you register. Some reserved parking is available - please contact us to arrange this if needed.

 

About Carolyn Finney

Carolyn Finney poses for a photo.
Carolyn Finney. (Photo courtesy of Middlebury College)
Carolyn Finney, PhD is a storyteller, author and a cultural geographer. She is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity, and resilience. Carolyn is grounded in both artistic and intellectual ways of knowing - she pursued an acting career for 11 years, but five years of backpacking trips through Africa and Asia, and living in Nepal changed the course of her life. Motivated by these experiences, Carolyn returned to school after a 15-year absence to complete a B.A., M.A. and a Ph.D. Along with public speaking, writing, media engagements, consulting & teaching, she served on the U.S. National Parks Advisory Board for eight years which assists the National Park Service in building relationships of reciprocity with diverse communities. Her first book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors was released in 2014 (UNC Press). For more information, visit: http://carolynfinney.com/
 

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