Association of Nature Center Administrators. We promote and support best leadership and management practices for nature & environmental learning centers.
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ALT An aerial view of many buildings that are connected by curving driveways and pathways. Trees with green, yellow, and orange foliage adorn much of the landscape. In the top-right are mowed fields and a glimpse of a river. Strong yellow sunlight shines and casts long shadows.
ALT Five children stand at the edge of a body of water, holding fishing poles.
ALT A woman in a black shirt faces another long-haired person, speaking and gesturing with her hands to herself.
ALT An aerial view of the MAC Lodge at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center. A building is surrounded by green, yellow, and orange trees in an evening sunlight. A lake's edge is in the background.
ALT Cover of the journal: A group of children sits and looks at an adult in the middle of an open indoor space. Text at top reads: "Directions — Journal of the Association of Nature Center Administrators // Winter 2022" Text at bottom reads: "Innovation at Nature Centers / Director's Notes / Sustainable Construction / Pareidolia"
ALT A bearded White man smiles and stands next to a large tree trunk. More trees are in the background. The man wears jeans, a blue hoodie, a jacket, and a ball cap.
ALT A gray and white building stands in a winter scene, with a light cover of snow on the roof. Morning sunshine illuminates the building and surrounding trees in an orange light. Blue sky shows above while the ground is covered by mounds of snow.
ALT Abbotts Pond. A landscape photo of the pond; green plants in the water in the foreground. In the distance are trees at the edge of the pond. Blue skies above.
ALT 2021 ANCA Summit Logo at the top of a blue-based graphic. Text to the right, “Featured Speaker / Brendan Ciecko / Virtual Programs & Revenue Generation / August 25th.” Picture of Brendan Ciecko to the left.
ALT An assortment of products on a table, including plant field presses, bandanas featuring constellations, Urban Water kits, Family Science Adventure Kits, Wildlife Discovery Kit, a coyote puppet, a magnifying lens box, a bandana with mammal tracks, and more
ALT Graphic: “2021 ANCA Outstanding New Leader Award — Mark McKnight / Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center.” A young white man stands on a boardwalk, looking up towards the camera; he wears a bright yellow rain jacket. Photo by Tim Barber, courtesy of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
ALT Graphic: Drew Dumsch / The Ecology School — 2021 ANCA Nature Center Leadership Award. A middle-aged White man in a red shirt, black vest, and dark ball cap smiles.
ALT Graphic: Thank you Linda Loring Nature Foundation, sponsor of the 2021 ANCA Summit. White text against a dark blue background, and yellow and light blue interspersed.
ALT Graphic: Thank you Irvine Nature Center, sponsor of the 2021 ANCA Summit. Green elm leaves are in the background.
ALT Graphic: "Thank you — The Kubala Washatko Architects — sponsor of the 2021 ANCA Summit." Jewelweed (an herbaceous plant) is in the background, with a blue filter.