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  • 2024

    • July

      • July 10, 2024 — MNA Applies for Renewal of Accreditation
  • 2023

    • October

      • October 9, 2023 — 13th Annual Photo Contest Winners Announced!
    • September

      • September 15, 2023 — Celebrating its 50th year, Estivant Pines Inducted into the National Old-Growth Forest Network
    • July

      • July 5, 2023 — Education Mini-Grants Applications Now Open
    • June

      • June 1, 2023 — 13th Annual Photo Contest
    • May

      • May 17, 2023 — 2022 Year in Review Available Now
    • January

      • January 23, 2023 — Michigan Nature Association and International Partners Help Conserve Rare Butterfly
  • 2022

    • November

      • November 10, 2022 — 12th Annual Photo Contest Winners Announced
    • April

      • April 6, 2022 — 2021 Year in Review Now Available
      • April 1, 2022 — MNA Provides Updated Sanctuary Visitation Guidance
    • March

      • March 11, 2022 — Keep the U.P. Wild Coalition Passes 300 Members
    • February

      • February 22, 2022 — Massasauga Collaboration Advances
  • 2021

    • October

      • October 14, 2021 — Announcing the 2021 Annual Photo Contest Winners!
      • October 7, 2021 — Volunteers Make 'Swift' Work
    • May

      • May 21, 2021 — MNA Announces 11th Annual Photo Contest
    • April

      • April 30, 2021 — Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve Closed through 2023
  • 2020

    • December

      • December 16, 2020 — MNA Announces Virtual Events in 2021
    • October

      • October 30, 2020 — New Property Acquisitions in 2020 Protect Land for Future Generations
      • October 23, 2020 — 10th Annual Photo Contest Winners Announced!
    • August

      • August 5, 2020 — Victory for Land and Water Conservation Fund
    • June

      • June 12, 2020 — MNA Provides Guidance on Sanctuary Visitation During COVID-19
      • June 5, 2020 — 10th Annual Photo Contest Opens June 15th!
    • April

      • April 23, 2020 — 2019 Year in Review Released
    • March

      • March 13, 2020 — MNA Response to COVID-19 Concerns
    • January

      • January 21, 2020 — MNA Adds to Swamp Lakes Moose Refuge Nature Sanctuary
  • 2019

    • November

      • November 18, 2019 — 2019 Photo Contest Winners Announced!
      • November 8, 2019 — MNA Earns National Recognition
    • September

      • September 16, 2019 — Announcing the 2019 Annual Fall Recognition Dinner
    • July

      • July 22, 2019 — Recovering America's Wildlife Act Introduced to Congress
    • June

      • June 15, 2019 — 2019 Photo Contest Officially Open for Entries!
      • June 7, 2019 — Critical Wildlife Habitat Protected in Newaygo County
    • April

      • April 22, 2019 — Michigan Nature Association Receives Inaugural Planet Award from the Consumers Energy Foundation
      • April 9, 2019 — Wildflower Association of Michigan Partners with MNA/Michigan Audubon
    • March

      • March 12, 2019 — Annual Members' Meeting Features Big Cats
    • February

      • February 1, 2019 — MNA Applies for Renewal of Accreditation
  • 2018

    • December

      • December 20, 2018 — 2018 Year in Review
      • December 17, 2018 — The Importance of Environmental Stewardship in Fighting Phragmites
      • December 7, 2018 — 2018 Photo Contest Winners Announced!
    • November

      • November 27, 2018 — Recognizing Outstanding Volunteers in 2018
      • November 21, 2018 — Estivant Pines 45th Anniversary Challenge
      • November 9, 2018 — A Special Night of Music and Celebration
    • October

      • October 18, 2018 — MNA Expands with Room to Collaborate
      • October 9, 2018 — The Natural Fall Transition
    • September

      • September 21, 2018 — Fall 2018 Magazine
      • September 13, 2018 — Protecting Michigan Turtles
    • August

      • August 3, 2018 — Invasive Species Spotlight: Japanese Stiltgrass
    • July

      • July 24, 2018 — Walk to Big Valley
      • July 10, 2018 — Pulling Spotted Knapweed at Five Lakes Muskegon Nature Sanctuary
    • June

      • June 18, 2018 — Celebrate National Pollinator Week!
      • June 14, 2018 — 8th Annual Photo Contest Now Open!
    • May

      • May 31, 2018 — Protecting Wetlands
    • April

      • April 27, 2018 — Estivant Pines: A Living Museum
      • April 13, 2018 — 2018 Race for Michigan Nature
      • April 9, 2018 — Spring has Sprung?
    • March

      • March 30, 2018 — Vernal Pool Patrol Training Workshops
      • March 28, 2018 — Join MNA at our Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids
      • March 9, 2018 — Winter 2018 Michigan Nature Magazine
    • February

      • February 23, 2018 — Invasive Profile: Dame's Rocket
    • January

      • January 18, 2018 — Species Spotlight: Kirtland's Warbler
      • January 2, 2018 — 2017 Year in Review
  • 2017

    • December

      • December 28, 2017 — Ring in the New Year with a New MNA Sanctuary
      • December 12, 2017 — MNA's Guide to Gifts for Nature
      • December 6, 2017 — Field Experience at Dauner Martin Nature Sanctuary
    • November

      • November 21, 2017 — Give to Michigan Species this Holiday Season!
      • November 20, 2017 — 2017 Photo Contest Winners Announced!
      • November 8, 2017 — What’s the Scoop with Michigan’s Soil?
      • November 3, 2017 — Recognizing Outstanding Volunteers in 2017
    • October

      • October 13, 2017 — Fall Into Fun With MNA
      • October 4, 2017 — Species Spotlight: Lake Sturgeon
    • September

      • September 27, 2017 — Species Spotlight: Monarch Butterfly
      • September 20, 2017 — Species Spotlight: Eastern Box Turtle
      • September 5, 2017 — Fall 2017 Michigan Nature Magazine
    • August

      • August 24, 2017 — Running for Michigan Moose
      • August 23, 2017 — Working Together to Protect Michigan's Species
    • July

      • July 18, 2017 — MNA Achieving the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency
      • July 14, 2017 — Mammals in the Great Lakes State
      • July 13, 2017 — 5Ks to Protect Endangered Species
    • June

      • June 30, 2017 — Species Spotlight: the rufa red knot
      • June 20, 2017 — Happy National Pollinator Week
      • June 16, 2017 — 3rd Edition of Walking Paths Release
      • June 14, 2017 — Spring 2017 Michigan Nature Magazine
      • June 9, 2017 — 7th Annual Photo Contest Now Open!
      • June 8, 2017 — Go Birding on MNA Sanctuaries
      • June 5, 2017 — Goose Creek Grasslands Prescribed Burn
    • May

      • May 19, 2017 — Endangered Species Day - A Celebration of Species Protection and a Day of Action
      • May 17, 2017 — 2017 Race for Michigan Nature Schedule Released!
      • May 12, 2017 — Species Spotlight: Karner Blue Butterfly
      • May 4, 2017 — 2016 Year In Review
      • May 3, 2017 — Visitor Improvements Underway for Nature Sanctuary in Fenton
    • April

      • April 28, 2017 — Timberland Swamp Nature Sanctuary: A Wilder Side Adventure
      • April 21, 2017 — Celebrate Earth Day with MNA!
      • April 17, 2017 — Learn about monarch protection at the Annual Meeting on April 29 in Grand Rapids
    • March

      • March 28, 2017 — Celebrate Spring with MNA!
      • March 24, 2017 — Expanding Protection at Carlton Lake Wetlands
      • March 10, 2017 — MNA turns 65!
      • March 2, 2017 — Dolan Nature Sanctuary: the gem of Kent County
    • February

      • February 28, 2017 — Fourth Annual Bloomfield Regional Members' Meeting
      • February 15, 2017 — Lakeville Swamp Sanctuary: A Sacred Place of Cedars
      • February 2, 2017 — Species Spotlight: Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
    • January

      • January 19, 2017 — Announcing the new McCulley-Bastian Nature Sanctuary in Southeast Michigan!
  • 2016

    • December

      • December 15, 2016 — Saw-Whet Owl Banding at Lefglen Nature Sanctuary
    • November

      • November 3, 2016 — 2016 Photo Contest Winners Announced!
    • October

      • October 12, 2016 — Timberland Swamp Nature Sanctuary Deer Management Program
    • September

      • September 26, 2016 — 2016 Volunteer & Donor Recognition Dinner and Silent Auction
    • August

      • August 12, 2016 — Falcon Naming Contest Winners
    • July

      • July 6, 2016 — Rachel in Michigan Runner Girl Podcast
    • June

      • June 30, 2016 — 2016 Race for Michigan Nature with MNA!
      • June 30, 2016 — 2016 Photo Contest
  • 2015

    • April

      • April 22, 2015 — Enter the 2015 Photo Contest
      • April 22, 2015 — Kayak the Les Cheneaux Islands This Summer
      • April 22, 2015 — The Wildflower Walkabout Begins in May
    • March

      • March 2, 2015 — Opening: Land Protection Specialist
      • March 2, 2015 — Double the Impact of Your Donation
      • March 2, 2015 — Volunteer & Donor Recognition Dinner

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