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FT-1: Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching
Forest, Abitibi, and Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Preserve, Ontario
Departs Thursday, August 4 at 8:30 AM from the Viger
Bus Depot, Level 1, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Returns
Saturday, August 6 at 6 PM to the Viger Bus Depot, Level 1, Palais des congrès
de Montréal
Fee: $315 US Dollars
per person –
Includes mini-bus transportation, lodging (double occupancy) Thursday and Friday
nights at the Hôtel Gouverneurs, pre-trip continental breakfast Thursday,
snacks and beverages en route, lunches Thursday and Friday, dinners Thursday and
Friday, sack lunch Saturday, and Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve entrance
fees. Does not include Saturday breakfast.
Minimum: 20
Maximum: 40
Organizer:
Annie
DesRochers (annie.desrochers@uqat.ca)
Description: This
trip includes a visit to the Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest, which
covers an area of over 9,300 hectares. Located in the heart of the Boreal Shield
Ecozone, the Lake Duparquet is part of a network of 12 research and teaching
forests found across Québec. A veritable open-air laboratory, the Lake
Duparquet Forest has a mandate to foster fundamental and applied research and
technology transfer in forestry, ecology, and integrated resource management.
Participants will enjoy discussions on the well-documented forest fires history
of the area during walks through old white cedar, jack pine, aspen, balsam fir,
and spruce stands. The Forest is also host of the SAFE project, a forest
management in-situ experiment based on
the natural dynamics of the mixed wood boreal forest of Northwestern Québec,
designed to maintain biodiversity, natural ecosystem cycles, and productivity
while sustaining a healthy forest Industry. On Saturday, the group will visit
the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Ontario, where participants will
enjoy a tour through the private lands of the reserve, passing through forests
and along lakes and streams, arriving at an impressive stand of old-growth white
pine. From there the tour continues into the canopies of these forest giants.
The canopy boardwalk is the ultimate highlight of this outing. Over half a
kilometer long–and as such the longest of its kind in the world–the canopy
boardwalk winds through the treetops some 20 meters above the forest
floor. Two platforms, suspended from the treetops above, become the gathering
place where participants can enjoy a leisurely snack while the guide elaborates
on the surrounding forest environment. A spectacular view across the lakes and
forests becomes a fitting closure to this treetop tour. This trip will be
relevant to Symposium 1 and OOS-32.
Equipment and Attire:
Participant should bring good hiking/rubber boots, rain gear, mosquito
repellent, sun block, and a hat.
Note: Participants should be
prepared to travel more than 1,500 km (about 900 miles round trip) by mini- bus.
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