TWIN Workshops
We’re excited to be resuming our Winter Workshop schedule in 2023! We’ll be back at our normal venues – Treehaven, Beaver Creek Reserve, and Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center. Here’s a typical agenda for our two-day workshops. The one-day clinic lectures are condensed a bit – pricing varies based on site accommodations. Minimum age for attendees is 14, under 18 must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian. Due to the close proximity required for our events, help us stay healthy – request a refund and stay home if you’re feeling ill or have been exposed to COVID.
Our dates and venues for 2023 are –
Beaver Creek Reserve, Fall Creek WI – January 28/29, 2023
S1 County Hwy K
Fall Creek, WI 54742
(715) 877-2212
email: bcr@beavercreekreserve.org
website: www.beavercreekreserve.org
Winter Wolf Ecology Clinic
Saturday, 9:00 AM ~ 4:30 PM
Join retired DNR Wolf Biologist Dick Thiel and the TWIN crew for a Wisconsin Wolf Ecology and Management Clinic. Morning lectures will cover basic wolf management principles, human value systems, and wolves’ natural history and ecology – all topics that are timely and important, given the ongoing controversies surrounding this iconic animal, and its status as a keystone predator.
After lunch, you’ll head to the field to examine wolf tracks and scent posts and to get a close-up look at wolves’ mastery of the wintery landscape, as you learn more about wolves’ ecological role. You’ll likely encounter tracks and sign of other winter wildlife as well.
Bring a bag lunch and beverage and appropriate clothing for several hours outdoors. Limit 25 people.
Fee: $50 ($45 for BCR members)
Winter Tracking Clinic
Sunday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ride along with a veteran TWIN tracker on an actual winter carnivore track survey! While your focus will be on finding wolf tracks and scent posts and counting individuals, you’ll likely encounter a full array of other carnivores as well – coyote, bobcat, fox, and fisher as you learn the tips and tricks to read the stories written in the snow.
Prerequisite – Saturday Wolf Ecology Clinic. Bring a bag lunch and beverage and appropriate clothing for outdoors. Subject to cancellation if tracking conditions are poor. Limit 10 people.
Fee: $30 ($25 for BCR members)
Lodging: $13 per person, per night
Call (715) 877-2212 for lodging information
To register: Visit the Beaver Creek Reserve website or call (715) 877-2212
Please register by January 20th, 2023
DNR-Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, Babcock WI – January 21/22, 2023
Sandhill Wildlife Area
1715 Hwy X
Babcock, WI 54413
dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/WildlifeAreas/sandhill/
TWIN email: timberwolfinfonetwork@gmail.com
TWIN phone: (844) GO2-TWIN (462-8946)
Winter Wolf Ecology Clinic
Saturday, 9:00 AM ~ 4:30 PM
Join TWIN wolf biologists and field crew for a Wisconsin Wolf Ecology and Management Clinic. Morning lectures will cover wolves’ natural history and biology, wolf management principles, and human value systems – timely and important topics, given wolves’ status as keystone predators and the continuing controversies surrounding these animals.
After lunch, you’ll head out to wolf territory with TWIN trackers for a close-up look at how wolves navigate and survive on the winter landscape. You’ll encounter wolf tracks, and other species as well, while you learn more about the winter predator/prey dynamic.
Fee: $60
BYO Saturday lunch and beverage, clothing for outdoors
Limit: 25 people
Winter Tracking Clinic
Sunday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ride along with an experienced TWIN tracker on a winter carnivore track survey, focusing on detecting and counting wolves. You’ll be looking for wolf tracks and scent posts, but you’re likely to encounter the full suite of carnivores on the winter landscape – coyote, fox, bobcat and maybe even fisher.
Prerequisite: Saturday Wolf Ecology Clinic. Bring a bag lunch and beverage and appropriate clothing for outdoors. Subject to cancellation if tracking conditions are poor. Limit 10 people.
Fee: $40 (includes Saturday night pizza supper and dorm lodging)
Secure credit card registration (EventBrite)- opening October 15th
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Questions? Email us at timberwolfinfonetwork@gmail.com or call us at (844) GO2-TWIN (462-8946)
Please register by January 15th, 2023
Treehaven, Tomahawk WI – January 14/15, 2023
W2540 Pickerel Creek Ave
Tomahawk, WI 54487
(715) 453-4106
email: treehaven@uwsp.edu
website: www.uwsp.edu/treehaven
Wolf Ecology and Management Workshop
9:00 AM Saturday to 12:00 PM Sunday
Take a deep dive into all things wolf and learn wolf biology and ecology, principles of predation, wolf and human conflicts, management and monitoring techniques, and field-tracking principles from TWIN’s veteran wolf ecologists – all while enjoying a weekend retreat in the beautiful Treehaven surroundings.
The Saturday morning session offers lectures covering wolf biology and ecology, as well as current techniques for monitoring wolf population dynamics. Saturday afternoon features a bus trip into wolf territory, where you’ll follow wolf tracks and learn more about the winter predator and prey relationship.
After the field trip and a delicious supper in the Treehaven dining lodge, settle back for a comprehensive look at wolf and human conflicts, followed by a spectacular Isle Royale film. Sunday morning features an in-depth look at the predator-prey relationship, followed by the human dimensions surrounding wolves, and how they influence modern wolf management.
Fee: $147 (includes TWIN lectures and field trip, Saturday lunch and supper, Sunday breakfast and lunch, 2-person Saturday dorm lodging – private room additional $35. Friday night lodging: $45 (private room additional $35).
Commuters: $93 (includes TWIN workshop and field trip, Saturday lunch and supper, and Sunday lunch)
Bring clothing for outdoors.
Limit: 30 people
Secure credit card registration (EventBrite)– opening October 15th
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Questions? Email us at timberwolfinfonetwork@gmail.com or call us at (844)-GO2-TWIN (462-8946)
Please register by December 27th, 2022
TWIN two-day workshop content is identical at each location, but pricing varies depending upon facility accommodations. If your organization would like to book us for one of our one-day courses (see below) contact us at timberwolfinfonetwork@gmail.com. We’ll do our best to suit your schedule and time frame.
Check out our 2023 brochure if you’d like to see more of what our workshops are all about, and here’s a link to a typical agenda for one of our two-day events.
