Issue 2.2    |    March, 2007

Dear Subscribers,

We're getting close to the sign up deadline for the Naturalist's Weekend at the Annual Tofino Shorebird Festival, so if you're interested in signing up, please don't delay in getting in contact with us.

Support the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation and the Raincoast Education Society by joining our team of biologists, naturalists, and visiting experts in an adventure exploring one of the jewels of the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve.

The Tofino Mudflats is an estuarine ecosystem just outside of Tofino, an internationally significant migratory stop-over for shorebirds and among the top ten most critical wetlands for wintering waterfowl on Canada’s west coast. Over 100,000 shorebirds including western sandpipers, short-billed and long-billed dowitchers, dunlin, least sandpipers, sanderling and black-bellied plovers have been tallied in the Tofino Mudflats Area during the spring migration. Come discover why these mudflats are so important to the birds and other wildlife on this weekend naturalist workshop.

Your package includes:

• 2 nights dormitory accommodation
• 2 breakfasts
• 3 slideshows,
• Ample opportunities to get out for guided birding and “intertidaling” with biologists and naturalists.

Cost*:
  $195 +GST

Bunk rooms have a 4-person occupancy, should you wish a guaranteed private bunk room for two people, please add $60 per person.

Deposit and Cancellation Policies:
Upon registration, you will be charged a 30% deposit. If you cancel on or before April 15th, you will be fully refunded except for a $25+GST admin fee. Cancellations after April 15th will forfeit the deposit.

For more information, please contact us at:
(250) 725-1220
[email protected]
www.tbgf.org

*All proceeds from this program go to support the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation and the Raincoast Education Society. We thank you for your support!