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.

Dinner: Following our wine and cheese social 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: Haliburton Forest. Slide show highlighting the philosophy behind the management of this privately owned 60,000 acre reserve. Topics include forestry, wildlife, ecotourism and education.

Lodging: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: 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. A general presentation on wolves including topic areas such as territory, social structure, life cycle as well as comparisons to dogs and coyotes will be provided by David Bishop, General Manager. EXCURSION: Resident Wolf Pack. Short hike to elevated observation deck affords a possible viewing of our resident pack.

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

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Wolf Centre. 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.

Dinner: Served 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. 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

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Canoeing on Lake MacDonald/Walk in the Clouds Canopy Tour/Natural History Presentation

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

Morning: EXCURSION: Canoeing on Lake MacDonald. 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 trails near accommodation.

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

Afternoon: 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 500 meters (520 yards) of suspension bridges in an old growth White Pine forest. Snack and drink of a platform suspended 23 meters (70 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 information package and in orientation video.

Dinner: Served 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: Natural History. 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

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Wild Woods Walk. Guided nature interpretation hike on the Wild Woods Walk trail with our outdoor education staff. Hike focuses on the forest ecology of the area as well as wildlife signs and sightings. Hike length and pace is modified to meet the range of physical abilities in the group.

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

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Sawmill. Haliburton Forest is a truly integrated forestry company, controlling its forest products from seedling to stump, to final retail wood product, even beyond the sawmill. Participants will have an opportunity to tour our modern sawmill and learn about our sustainable forest management practices, being Canada's first recipient of the FSC certificate.

Dinner: Served 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: Introduction to Birdwatching. 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

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Birding Hike. Join our staff for an early morning birding hike. If scheduling permits we will arrange for a bird banding session with an ornithologist. 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: Served at the Cookhouse usually a hot table, self-serve buffet or platter service to table depending on group size

Afternoon: EXCURSION: Village of Haliburton. Your host will take you on a guided tour of the Village of Haliburton to check out some of the hot spots in town. Enjoy a coffee and see the sites!

Dinner: Farewell Dinner at the Cookhouse.

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

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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

Morning: EXCURSION: Siberian Huskies. After a short walk to the kennels you will have the opportunity to meet our friendly Siberian Huskies! Evaluations and wrap up.

Morning: PRESENTATION: History and Future of Haliburton Forest. Visit with management and hear about Haliburton Forest’s history and future plans with the 77,000 acre multi-use reserve.

Lunch: 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. Check-out time is 11:00 a.m.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch