2008 Pacific Northwest Region Teacher Forestry Tour: Portland, Oregon

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June 24 - 27, 2008 based in Portland, Oregon

	Tuesday June 24	Wednesday June 25	Thursday June 26	Friday June 27
Breakfast	Portland International Airport (PDX)	Breakfast Hotel Atrium begins at 6:00am 7:00 am Bus Departs	Breakfast Hotel Atrium begins at 6:00am 7:00 am Bus Departs	Breakfast Hotel Atrium begins at 6:30am
AM	Stimson Lumber Company Harvesting Operation Tour of Hardboard & Lumber Mills	Weyerhaeuser Nursery Tour ODF State Forests	7:30am - 10:30am Wrap Up Evaluation Adjourn
Lunch	Registration 2:00pm - 3:30pm in hotel lobby	Tillamook Forest Center	Butte Creek Falls w/ ODF
PM	Orientation @ 3:30pm in hotel conference room	Purinton Tree Farm (Private/Family Non-Industrial Forestland)	Rediscovery Forest @ Oregon Gardens Tour of Rediscovery Forest PLT activities
Dinner	World Forestry Center Tour of Discovery Museum Keynote Speaker: Gary Hartshorn, President, World Forestry Center	McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove	The Oregon Gardens Keynote Speaker: Marvin Brown, Oregon State Forester

Lodging and Transportation

Tour participants will be lodged at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Hotel: Crowne Plaza
14811 Kruse Oaks Dr
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
(503) 624-8400
Hotel Website

Designated Airport: (shuttle service provided):

Teachers can arrive at the Portland International (PDX) airport, 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 Portland, OR Airport (PDX):

Arrival flights need to be at the PDX by 2:00pm on Tuesday, June 24th
Return flights need to depart no earlier than 1:30pm on Friday, June 27th
Transportation will be provided to our hotel from the Portland Airport and then back to the Portland Airport on Friday; teachers are asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle arrangements.

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

Please proceed directly to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Oswego, arriving no later than 3:00pm on Tuesday June, 24th.

All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 3:00pm on Tuesday to check in, register with us, and be ready for orientation in the hotel’s meeting room at 3:30pm. We will board our bus immediately after orientation to our dinner event (TBA).

Throughout the Tour, bus transportation is provided by RAZ Transportation.

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 Portland, OR Airport, you will need to make your own transportation arrangements to arrive at the Crowne Plaza in Lake Oswego, Oregon by 3:00pm Tuesday.

Registration and Orientation

Upon arriving to the Crowne Plaza Hotel 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 Crowne Plaza’s meeting room starting at 3:30pm 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 Crowne Plaza Hotel to rest up for the big days ahead!

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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