2008 Lake States Region Teacher Forestry Tour: Escanaba, Michigan

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July 16 - 19, 2008 based in Escanaba, Michigan

	Wednesday July 16	Thursday July 17	Friday July 18	Saturday July 19
Breakfast		Breakfast Hotel	Breakfast Hotel	Breakfast Hotel
AM	Registration Best Western Lobby	NewPage Corp Paper/Pulp Mill Sampo Club (non-industrial private forest)	Verso/American Forest Mgmt Forest Management Silviculture SFI	7:30am - 10:00am Wrap Up Evaluation Adjourn
Lunch	Gwinn Pavilion Sponsored by NewPage	Bewabic State Park
PM	Orientation 5:00pm at Bay College	Potlatch Sawmill Marquette County Forest	Connor Sports Flooring LP Sagola, OSB Mill Harvesting
Dinner	Hereford & Hops	Upfront & Company	Blind Duck Inn

Lodging and Transportation

Tour participants will be lodged at the Best Western Pioneer Inn Hotel in Escanaba, Michigan.

Hotel: Best Western Pioneer Inn & Suites
2635 Ludington Street
Escanaba, MI 49829
(906) 786-0602
Hotel website

Designated Airports: (shuttle service provided):

Teachers can arrive at the Sawyer International (SAW) airport in Marquette, MI, or the Delta County Airport in Escanaba, MI where transportation from and then back to the airport is provided; teachers are asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle arrangements.

For those flying into the Sawyer International Airport in Marquette, MI (SAW):

Arrival flights need to arrive by 2:15pm on Wednesday, July 16th
Return flights need to depart no earlier than 1:30pm on Saturday, July 19th
Transportation will be provided to our hotel from the Sawyer Airport and then back to the Sawyer Airport on Saturday; teachers are asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle arrangements.

For those flying into the Delta County Airport in Escanaba, MI (ESC):

Arrival flights need to be at the airport by 3:30pm on Wednesday, July 16th
Return flights need to depart no earlier than 12:00pm on Saturday, July 19th
Transportation will be provided by a free hotel shuttle to the Best Western Pioneer Inn from the Escanaba Airport and then back to the Escanaba Airport on Saturday; teachers are asked to make arrangements with the hotel upon arrival for their return airport shuttle.

For those driving to Escanaba, or coming from another airport:

Please proceed directly to the Best Western Pioneer Inn in Escanaba, arriving no later than 4:15pm on Wednesday July, 16th.

All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 4:15pm on Wednesday to check in, register with us, and be ready to board our bus at 4:45pm for orientation and dinner. We will meet in the hotel lobby at 4:45pm.

Throughout the Tour, bus transportation is provided by Gold Star Tours.

Please remember that any hotel or transportation expenses incurred prior to Wednesday or after Saturday afternoon are the responsibility of you and your sponsor. If you choose to fly to an airport other than the Marquette or Escanaba Airport, you will need to make your own transportation arrangements to arrive at the Best Western in Escanaba, Michigan by 4:15pm on Wednesday.

Registration and Orientation

Upon arriving to the Best Western Pioneer Inn on Wednesday, participants can first check in to their hotel rooms, and then stop by the registration table in the lobby to receive tour registration packets and to meet the Foundation's staff.

The Tour officially begins when we board the bus for Bay College for an orientation and introductions at 4:45pm for all participants. You will receive an overview of the tour from the Foundation's President/CEO and get an opportunity to meet facilitators and fellow participants.

Following orientation, Tour participants will board a bus and head to dinner. We will begin the dinner event with a keynote speaker, beverages and appetizers. Following dinner, participants return to the Best Western Pioneer Inn to rest up for the big days ahead!

Saturday Morning Wrap-Up and Evaluations

The Tour concludes on Saturday, usually around 10:30am, following a wrap-up presentation and written and oral evaluations. Within a few weeks, all Teacher Forestry 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, Teacher Forestry Tour graduates are eligible to receive continuing education credits from their school and may apply for one undergraduate or graduate level credit from the University of Idaho.

Some Resources for Tour Participants

Here is an electronic copy (MS Word file) of the Teacher information sheets you received in your packet. If you have not sent this in yet, or cannot locate the pages in your packet, please download, print, complete and return these two forms to Temperate Forest Foundation.

Questions?

Call our office at (503) 579-6762 or send an e-mail to office@forestinfo.org.

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