SCIENTIFIC FIELD TRIPS AND TOURS

Please read these important notes BEFORE reading individual descriptions of Scientific Field Trips and Tours.

•  All Scientific Field Trips and Tours require advance registration no later than Wednesday, June 29, 2005, using the Meeting Registration Form. Each has a pre-established minimum and maximum enrollment. Any trip or tour for which minimum enrollment is not met by that date will be cancelled and registrants will be notified. Updates on filled or cancelled activities also will be posted on the Annual Meeting page of the ESA website under Annual Meeting Alerts.
  (See www.esa.org/montreal.)

• Should your plans change, ESA will allow cancellation of your trip or tour registration if done in accordance with the Cancellation Policy. This policy stipulates that cancellation notice must be submitted in writing to ESA Headquarters postmarked or faxed by Friday, July 1, 2005. After that date, ESA will NOT resell or “broker” trip or tour spaces, however, you are not prohibited from reselling your own space and may do so by posting an advertisement on the Message Board onsite.

• All Scientific Field Trips and Tours depart from and return to the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Convention Center) in downtown Montréal.

•  Please carefully note Scientific Field Trip departure times. ESA is unable arrange for anyone who misses a departure to join a trip en route AND we will not refund fees for late arrivals. We suggest you arrive in Montréal by the evening prior to your trip if the departure is early in the morning and we ask that all participants to be at the Palais des congrès de Montréal 30 minutes prior to scheduled departure to allow sufficient time to identify and check in with the Trip Leader.

•  Trip and tour return times are approximate and may vary based on such factors as traffic and weather conditions. Please be advised that participants in several trips (e.g., FT-3, FT-4, FT-5, FT-6, FT-7, and FT-9) may not return in time to attend the Opening Ceremony and Public Plenary and/or the Welcome Mixer on Sunday, August 7.

•   Participation in Scientific Field Trips and Tours may involve exposure to obvious and not so obvious hazards. In recognition of the risks, each participant MUST sign an Accident Waiver and Release of Liability Form to acknowledge awareness of these risks and his or her physical ability to participate prior to departure on a trip or tour. A separate form must be completed for each trip or tour in which you participate. The waiver form is posted on the ESA website and may be printed and completed in advance; blank forms will available onsite as well.

•   Scientific Field Trip participants are urged to carefully read the “Equipment and Attire” section of each description and to prepare accordingly. For additional information, please contact the Organizer(s).

•  Scientific Field Trip registration is open to all registered meeting attendees and their registered adult guests or family members. However, please do not bring infants or toddlers on Scientific Field Trips. Some trips may be appropriate for older children or teens, but we recommend that you check with the Organizer(s) before registering youngsters to participate. In addition, while all tours are open to all registered guests, these may not be appropriate for younger participants.

•  Many Scientific Field Trips and Tours and Workshops occur concurrently, either on the same days or during overlapping time slots. Please be sure NOT to register for more than one activity in any given time slot.

OVERNIGHT SCIENTIFIC FIELD TRIPS

FT-1: Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest, Abitibi, and Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Preserve, Ontario

FT-2: Mont Tremblant Park Camping/Canoeing Trip

FT-3: Lichen Woodlands and Caribou Conservation at their Southern Range Limits

ONE -DAY SCIENTIFIC FIELD TRIPS

FT-4: Northern Vermont Natural History and Bird Fauna

FT-5: Preserving a Natural Corridor on Private Land: The Rivière au Saumon Natural Corridor Project–An Innovative Example of Watershed Conservation in Southern Québec

FT-6: Forests of Gatineau Park

FT-7: Mer Bleue Bog

FT-8: Exploring Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles by Rabaska

FT-9: An Old-Growth Northern Hardwood Forest–Hiking/ Walking Field Trip on Mont St. Hilaire, Québec

FT-10: Boating to Lake Saint-Pierre Wetlands and  Berthier Sorel Archipelago

MIDWEEK SCIENTIFIC FIELD TRIPS

FT-11A: Biodôme and Jardin Botanique

FT-11B: Biodôme and Jardin Botanique

FT-11C: Biodôme and Jardin Botanique

FT-12: Macdonald Campus of McGill University–Lyman Entomological  Museum, Morgan Arboretum, and St. Lawrence Valley Natural History EcoMuseum

TOURS

Tour 1: Montréal and the Francofolies–Walking Tour of  Old Montréal with Dutch Treat Dinner