2008 Field Meetings

Tour 3
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Nature-Based Tourism and Forest Management--
Conflicts or Opportunities?

Location: Carrabassett Valley

AGENDA

8:45 AM Registration, Sugarloaf Grand Hotel, Carrabassett Valley

9:00 AM Regional Nature-based Tourism Studies, Planning and Experiece
Shaunacy Cobb or Bruce Hazard, Mountain Counties Heritage

10:00 AM   Discussion: Including consideration of opportunities and potential conflicts
                   for involvement of nature-based tourism with working forests; attitudes of
                   residents and user groups in region; conflicts among different kinds of nature-
                   based tourism

10:30 AM Travel to Maine Huts & Trails Poplar Stream Hut

11:30 AM Maine Huts & Trails Program: Accomplishments and Plans
Larry Warren, Founder and President and others, Maine Huts & Trails

12:00 PM Working lunch at hut

12:30 PM Depart for Bigelow Lodge in Bigelow Preserve

1:30 PM      Forest Management and Recreational Uses of the Preserve: Conflicts
                   and Opportunities Among Different Recreational Users. Discussion
                 and field visits
                   Steve Swatling, Forester, Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands

3:30 PM Depart for Sugarloaf

4:30 PM Arrive at Sugarloaf. Adjourn.