2008 Northeastern Region Teacher Forestry Tour: Catskills, New York

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August 5 - 8, 2008 based in Catskills, New York

Schedule

	Tuesday August 5	Wednesday August 6	Thursday August 7	Friday August 8
Breakfast		Club House Breakfast begins at 6:00am	Club House Breakfast begins at 6:00am	Club House Breakfast begins at 6:30am
AM		Frost Valley YMCA Geyer Hall - Intros Model Forest	Beaver Mt. Log Homes Log Homes Mill Tour Cannonsville Lumber	7:30am - 10:30am Wrap Up Evaluation Adjourn
Lunch		Frost Valley YMCA	Eagles Nest Cannonsville Lumber
PM	Registration Tennanah Lake Golf Resort (3pm - 5pm) Orientation @ 5:00pm Guest Speaker @ 5:30pm Hotel: Tennanah Lake Golf Resort 100 Fairway View Dr. Roscoe, NY 12776 Phone: 607.498.5000 Hotel Website	Neversink Reservoir-WAC & Active Logging Operation	Norbord MDF Mill Baxter Tree Farm
Dinner	Tennanah Lake Golf Resort	Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum	Oquaga Creek State Park

Lodging and Transportation

Tour participants will be lodged at the Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Club in Roscoe, New York:

Hotel: Tennanah Lake Golf and Tennis Club
100 Fairway View Drive
Roscoe, New York 12776
(607) 498-5000
Hotel Website

Designated Airport: (shuttle service provided):

Teachers can arrive at the Stewart Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, New York 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 Stewart Airport in Newburgh, NY (SWF):

Arrival flights need to be at the SWF by 2:30pm on Tuesday, August 5th
Return flights need to depart no earlier than 2:00pm on Friday, August 8th
Transportation will be provided to our hotel from the Stewart Airport and then back to the Stewart Airport on Friday; teachers are asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle arrangements.

For those driving to Roscoe, New York or coming from another airport:

Please proceed directly to the Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Club, arriving no later than 4:30pm on Tuesday August, 5th.

All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 4:30pm on Tuesday to check in, register with us, and be ready for orientation in the hotel’s meeting room at 5:00pm. We will continue our evening with a social hour, keynote speaker and dinner at the hotel.

Throughout the Tour, bus transportation is provided by Oneonta Tours.

Please remember that any hotel or transportation expenses incurred prior to Tuesday or after Friday afternoon are the responsibility of you and your sponsor. If you choose to fly to an airport other than the designated airports you will need to make your own transportation arrangements to arrive at the Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Club in Roscoe, New York by 4:30pm on Tuesday.

Registration and Orientation

Upon arriving to the Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Club on Tuesday, 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 with an orientation and introductions in the Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Club’s meeting room starting at 5:00pm 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 head to dinner at the hotel. We will begin the dinner event with a keynote speaker, beverages and appetizers.

Friday Morning Wrap-Up and Evaluations

The Tour concludes on Friday, usually around 10:30 am, 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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