Arrive To: LODGE CHECK-IN: Check in to accommodations after 3:00 p.m. Registration will take place at the main office where your welcome packet containing the most up-to-date schedule and program information. Please be aware that various circumstances may require adjusting programming. ORIENTATION: Participants will meet at the Seminar Building for a walking tour of Base Camp. A wine and cheese social is to follow. A shuttle pick-up service from Toronto is available with pre-registration. Please phone Haliburton Forest for more details.

Dinner: Following our wine and cheese social (adult) and our signature scavenger hunt (children) dinner will be served at the Cookhouse Restaurant, a 60 seat restaurant overlooking the picturesque Kennisis Lake. Cash bar, beer and coolers available. MEALS NOTE: Low Fat, Vegetarian, Low Salt, Gluten Free, Peanut Free. We can accommodate most food allergies/preferences.

Evening: PRESENTATION: Adults will attend a Slide show highlighting the philosophy behind the management of this privately owned 77,000 acre reserve. Topics include forestry, wildlife, ecotourism and education. EXCURSION: Youth will join our Outdoor Education staff on the Low Ropes Course.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Morning: PRESENTATION: Introduction to Wolves, general presentation on wolves including topic areas such as territory, social structure, life cycle as well as comparisons to dogs and coyotes. By David Bishop, General Manager. FIELD TRIP: Short hike to elevated observation deck affords a possible viewing of our resident pack.

Lunch: Lunch is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Meet the Wolf Centre's resident pack of wolves with our onsite wildlife biologist. You will have a more in depth look at the wolf including myths and legends, wolves and media. View an interpreted feeding through one way glass. The centre has a theatre, displays, games, viewing area and gift shop. Free time after field trip.

Dinner: Dinner is at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size. Cash bar, beer and coolers available.

Evening: EXCURSION/PRESENTATION: Astronomy program. Led by a local astronomer, participants are guided through a short solar system walk, then given a presentation in our planetarium followed by some open, dark skies observation looking through 3 high-powered telescopes.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Learn from our wildlife biologist and outdoor education staff about the fascinating life in a pond. We are searching for nymphs, larvae, beetles and minnows that we can capture, identify and release back into their valuable habitat. You will also learn about the importance of DOM (dead organic matter)!

Lunch: Lunch is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Afternoon: EXCURSION: Outdoor pursuits afternoon. Education staff available to teach/supervise canoeing on beautiful MacDonald Lake. Great swim spot also with outhouse facilities. Option to go on self guided hike on nearby trails.

Dinner: Dinner is at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size. Cash bar, beer and coolers available.

Evening: PRESENTATION: During the summer months Haliburton Forest hosts Tuesday evening Natural History Presentations. Each week is a unique and exciting topic. Most presentations are made by students conducting research within the Forest. On occasion special guests are called in from the local community.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Walk in the Clouds Canopy Tour. This guided experience includes a 10 minute hike along the Pelaw River, a 15 minute paddle in a voyageur-style canoe to get to the undeveloped site where we have built 600 meters (520 yards) of suspension bridges in an old growth White Pine forest. The platform is suspended 13 meters (42 feet) above the forest floor. Shorter boardwalk route available or participants can opt out of boardwalk hike and just enjoy the site. See web page www.haliburtonforest.com for more details. More information given in Pre-Arrival package and orientation video.

Lunch: Lunch is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Afternoon: FREE TIME: Free time in the afternoon to explore on your own, go swimming or canoeing, play games or just relax.

Dinner: Cookhouse Restaurant.

Evening: PRESENTATION: Birding is a rewarding, and fun past time that is enjoyed throughout the world. Birding brings people outdoors, builds interest ranging from photography and illustration to species identification. Birds are beautiful and delights to watch as they socialize, nest, and simply enjoy their surroundings. It is very easy to become hooked on birding once initial steps are taken. Enjoy this Introduction to Bird Watching and you may become hooked as well.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Join our staff for an early morning birding hike. On occasion if scheduling permits we are lucky enough to arrange for a bird banding session with ornithologist Bruce Murphy. The evening before mist nets will be set-up. In the morning you will have the opportunity to watch as Bruce bands the birds that have been captured and possibly assist him.

Lunch: Lunch is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Join our local butterfly expert and learn to identify some of the common species found in our region. We will go on into a variety of habitats to capture (by net), identify and release a variety of specimens.

Dinner: Dinner is at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size. Cash bar, beer and coolers available.

Evening: FIELD TRIP: Wolf Howl. Short introduction to the wolf howl, reasons and characteristics. Group walks about 500 meters to howling site to see if we can get our resident pack to respond. Participants will sometimes be asked to join in a chorus howl.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

History and Future Plans for Haliburton Forest/Meet the Siberian Huskies/Wrap-Up and Departures

Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size.

Morning: Move out of accommodations. PRESENTATION: Visit with management and hear about Haliburton Forest’s history and future plans with the 77,000 acre multi-use reserve. EXCURSION: After a short walk to the kennels you will have the opportunity to meet our friendly Siberian Huskies - many working members on our dog sledding tours that are guided throughout the winter months. Evaluations and wrap up.

Lunch: Lunch is served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size. Program ends after lunch. Bagged lunch available for those who would like to depart early.

Afternoon: DEPARTURES: Independent departures after lunch. Shuttle/transfer departs for Toronto at approximately 9:00 a.m. Approximate arrival in Toronto is 12 Noon. Check-out time is 11:00 a.m. for those departing independently.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch