Welcome to the 2005 Northeastern Teachers' Tour Homepage
August 10-13 based in Saranac Lake, New York
Schedule
Lodging and Transportation
Tour participants will be lodged at
The Hotel Saranac.
-Teachers can arrive at the Albany, NY (ALB) or the Saranac Lake, NY (SLK)
Airports
-Transportation will be provided to Hotel Saranac from either of these airports; teachers are
asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle
arrangements.
-For those flying into Albany:
Arrival flights need to be in Albany no later than 1:30pm on Wednesday, August
10th
Return flights need to be departing no earlier than 3:00pm on Saturday, August
13th
-For those of you flying
into Saranac Lake:
Arrival flights need to be in no later than 3:30pm on
Wednesday
Return flights need to be departing no earlier than 1:00pm on
Saturday
-All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 4:30pm on Wednesday to check-in, register with us, and be ready for orientation starting at 5:00pm.
-Please remember that any hotel or transportation expenses incurred
prior to Wednesday or after Saturday afternoon are the responsibility of you and
your sponsor.
Registration and Orientation
Upon arriving to
The Hotel Saranac on Wednesday, participants can first check-in to
their hotel rooms, and then stop by the ballroom, one floor up from the main
level, to
receive tour registration packets and to meet the Foundation's
staff.
The Tour officially begins with orientation in the ballroom at 5:00pm for all participants. You'll receive an overview of the tour
from the Foundation's Product-Market Development Manager, Morgan
Holen, and get an opportunity to meet hosts and fellow participants.
Following
orientation, Tour participants will enjoy dinner, sponsored by the Northeastern
Retail Lumber Association.
Saturday Morning Wrap-Up and Evaluations
The
Tour concludes on Saturday, usually around 10am, following a wrap-up
presentation and written and oral evaluations. Within a few weeks, all
Teachers' Tour graduates receive a Certificate of Participation and an
interactive CD scrapbook containing images from their trip, as well as contact
information for everyone they met on Tour, and much, much more. In
addition, Teachers' Tour graduates are eligible to receive continuing education
credits from their schools and may apply for one undergraduate or graduate level
credit from the University of Idaho.
Some Resources for Tour Participants
-Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce
-Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau
-Adirondack Chamber of Commerce
-Northeastern Retail Lumber Association
-Empire State Forest Products Association
-Adirondack Ecological Center/SUNY-ESF
Pictures from the 2004 Northeastern Teachers' Tour based in Saranac Lake, British Columbia
From
top left, clockwise: Tour participants learn about forest management at
the Huntington Wildlife Forest; At the International Paper Ticonderoga Paper
Mill, participants tour pulp machines; Tour participants visit the bat cave in
Graphite, an IP Special Place; Teachers get up close with white pine at
the Ward Sawmill; The 2004 Northeastern Teachers' Tour graduates pose for a
photo at Ward Lumber; Participants learn about white pine regeneration with Jeff
Ward.
Questions?
Call
our office at (503) 579-6762 or send an e-mail to office@forestinfo.org.
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