2011 Registration Information • 2011 Conference Home

Online registration is now open! Click here to register.
This year, we are offering online registration through our membership database system. Although we are very excited about this new system, please understand that it is new to us and we are working through the registration process. If you have any questions about using the system or about your registration, please contact webmaster Jennifer Magnusson at magnusson.web@gmail.com.

Alternatively, you may choose to register through email or regular mail using the forms below (Coming soon).

Once you have submitted your registration, you can pay online using PayPal, or send a check to the address listed in the registration information. Click on the payment link to open the payment window and use the information below to choose your registration type, field trip, lodging and meal tickets, and submit your payment online using a credit card or PayPal account.

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Field Trips • Back to Top • 2011 Conference Home

All field trips will take place on Friday, July 15, 2011

Field trips should be reserved during registration. Unfortunately, our automated registration system can not be used for additional field trip participants (such as accompanying family members). If you would like to register and pay for additional field trip participants online, please contact Jennifer Magnusson (magnusson.web@gmail.com) for a custom PayPal invoice.

ALL DAY TRIPS • Friday, July 15, 2011

1. Hiking the Elwha Valley
The Elwha Valley offers longer hikes with moderate elevation change in the beautiful forests of Olympic National Park. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams will create large changes to the system. This hike will allow you to get a close-up view of the Elwha Valley to see the system before these changes and learn about the restoration efforts. Sites will include: Both Dams, lower mouth, old Elwha camp ground and Altair Camp ground. The tour will be led by Olympic Park Institute staff.

Cost: $10; Transportation: None; Minimum age: 5

4. Makah Museum and Cape Flattery
The Makah people have lived for millennia on the Northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula. Today, the Makah Tribe serves as a resource management and education partner with NOAA and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. On this trip, we will see the world through Makah eyes as we visit the world-renowned Makah Museum, which houses the tribe’s vast collection of artifacts from ancient Ozette Village. We will also hike ½ mile to Cape Flattery, where a Makah naturalist guide will introduce us to marine wildlife and seabirds and the spectacular features of Tatoosh Island.

Cost: $20; Transportation: Provided by OPI

COMBINED TRIPS • Friday, July 15, 2011

These field trips combine one morning field trip with one afternoon field trip, for a full-day experience. For descriptions, see the individual morning or afternoon field trip descriptions in the next section, below.

6. Sequim: Battelle Marine Labs & Dungeness Bay Birding
This trip is now closed; no new registrants will be accepted due to security reasons.

Cost: $23; Transportation: Carpool

7. Combined: Elwha River Nearshore & Recreational Paddle

Cost: $65; Transportation: Provided by OPI; Minimum age: 15

MORNING TRIPS • Friday, July 15, 2011

9. Salt Creek Tide Pooling 
When the moon works in our favor, Salt Creek’s famous Tongue Point offers outstanding tide pooling.  Located on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Salt Creek park includes upland forests, rocky bluffs, tide pools, sandy beaches, Salt Creek River access, and a panoramic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Crescent Bay, and Victoria, British Columbia. Come explore the abundant life that will be exposed at Tongue Points Marine Life Sanctuary. Tour will be led by Giovannina Souers, Seattle Aquarium’s Interpretive Training Coordinator.

Cost: FREE; Transportation: Carpool

10. Exploring the Elwha River Nearshore Environment
Restoration of the Elwha River Ecosystem will have broad effects throughout the watershed and particularly in the nearshore marine environment of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This field trip will provide a close-up look at current biological and physical conditions in the Elwha nearshore and the opportunity to speculate on future changes resulting from the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams. We will tour the Elwha west estuary and Freshwater Bay shoreline, discuss the Elwha nearshore use by Chinook salmon, surf smelt, sand lance, and then conduct a beach seine in the west estuary to see Elwha nearshore fish, first hand. Experts and college students will be on hand to answer questions about Elwha nearshore sediment processes and ecological function (fish, fowl, and surfer!).

Cost: $25; Transportation: Provided by OPI

11. Battelle Marine Labs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US Department of Energy
This trip is now closed; no new registrants will be accepted due to security reasons.

Battelle Marine Labs conduct advanced research in areas of wave energy, ecological restoration and environmental toxicology. This field trip will include highlights of current research activities. http://marine.pnnl.gov/ Note: for security reasons, advanced sign-up is required. Participants will need to include Name; National Citizenship and Date of Birth. 

AFTERNOON TRIPS • Friday, July 15, 2011

14. Dungeness Bay Birding
Dungeness Bay is one of the Northwest’s premier birding areas for waterfowl, shorebirds, and raptors. Join birding expert and educator Bob Boekelheide for an exploration of the bay’s shores. Hiking is required, so wear good footwear.
Creator/contact: Bob Boekelheide, Director, Dungeness River Audubon Center

Cost: $23; Transportation: Carpool; Recommended minimum age: 10

15. Recreational Paddle, Port Angeles
Join Vicki Adams, owner of Sound Bike and Kayak for a leisurely 2-hour paddle in Port Angeles harbor. Kayaks, paddles, personal flotation devices will be provided. The paddle will begin at Hollywood Beach and head east toward the old Rayonier Mill site and beyond. If conditions allow, paddlers may venture further into the harbor.

Cost: $40; Transportation: Provided by OPI; Minimum age: 15

17. Canoe Lake Crescent—Afternoon
Lake Crescent offers an excellent opportunity for canoeing.  At Olympic Park Institute, we own two large canoes (Montreal and Salish in style) that can each accommodate up to 18 people and an educator.  These large canoes are incredibly stable, and allow for Educators to continue their lessons out on the water.  The boats also provide an excellent group challenge. 

Cost: $10; Transportation: None; Minimum age: 5 (bring life jackets for 8 and under)

Lodging • Back to Top • 2011 Conference Home

Lodging at Olympic Park Institute

Stay at the Olympic Park Institute for the NAME conference this summer and meet new people!
Cabins at OPI have 2 – 4 rooms, with 3 dormitory-style bunk beds in each room. 6 people maximum occupancy per room but we will not place more than 3 individual conference attendees to a room. We will separate sexes. If you would like to share a room with one or two people you know please indicate this and provide the names of the person(s) in the notes section on the registration form. Lodging does not include meals! please be sure to sign up family members for the meal plan if they are not registering for the conference.

OPI Housing Options:

• Individual: $25 per night
• Couple: $60 per night for two people in a private room
• Family: $60 for 2 adults, $16 per child 5-18, $0 per child 4 and under
• Bedding: $17/bed one time fee (alternatively, you can bring your own bedding)

Lodging update: we have no more private/couple rooms available on Wednesday night, and few available the other nights. We do have room for singles, and if you are a couple that wants to be in the same room we can accommodate you, but you will be in with other people.

Saturday Night Stay:

Limited housing will be available Saturday night on a first come first serve basis. Costs include dinner Saturday and breakfast Sunday.

• Individual: $50
• Couple: $110
• Family: $110 for two adults, $25 per child 5-18, $0 per child 4 and under

Unfortunately, our automated registration system can not be used for family lodging. If you would like to register and pay for your family lodging online, please contact Jennifer Magnusson (magnusson.web@gmail.com) for a custom PayPal invoice. Children must be chaperoned at all times.

Meals for Non-registered Guests:

If your family or guests are staying at OPI with you, we encourage you to dine with your family and other conference attendees at OPI.  Restaurants, grocery stores and cooking options are very limited near OPI. We are offering a full meal plan, which includes all meals from Wednesday lunch through Saturday lunch. Alternatively, you can purchase a 2-day plan for either Wed-Thu or Fri-Sat. For family or guests who do not purchase a meal plan, tickets are available for the Thursday BBQ and/or the Friday Banquet and Auction.

• Full Meal Plan: $130
• 2-Day Meal Plan (choose Wed-Thu or Fri-Sat): $75
• Thursday BBQ on Lake Crescent: $12
• Friday Banquet and Auction: $25

Alternative lodging to OPI bunkrooms

We highly encourage you to stay with us at Olympic Park Institute, it will be a wonderful opportunity to build community with other NAMErs. However, if you do need to choose other lodging, here are some options:

Camping
Camping is not available at the conference site on OPI grounds. The closest campgrounds to the conference are the Fairholme Campground, 7 miles from the conference site on the west side of Lake Crescent and the Elwha Campground, 10 miles from the conference site in the Elwha Valley. NAME has not reserved any campsites for conference attendees.  For more information on campsites in Olympic National Park see: http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm

Lake Crescent Lodge
Lake Crescent Lodge is an historic National Park lodge that is only a 5 minute walk along the shore of Lake Crescent to the conference site at OPI.  The lodge is a charming a turn-of-the-century resort built in 1916. The comfortable, spacious guest rooms are nestled among the giant fir and hemlocks trees on the shores of beautiful Lake Crescent. NAME has been able to set aside some guest rooms at the Lodge to be made available to conference attendees.  Both Storm King rooms and Singer Tavern Cottages are available. To reserve a room please contact Amy Sprenger (asprenger@oceaninquiry.org or 206 280 9850) and she will be able to transfer the reservation into your name.   These rooms are available on a first come first serve basis, if you are interested, please do not delay contacting Amy.  For more info on the Lodge and rooms available see: http://www.olympicnationalparks.com/accommodations/lake-crescent-resort.aspx

Rates are as follows:

	# beds	Per-night rate	Cost for the 3 nights
Storm King	1	$162 (7/13) $159 (7/14,15)	$480
Singer Tavern	2	$192 (7/13) $189 (7/14,15)	$570

Other Lodging Options
The Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent is about 7 miles from the conference site, on the northeast side of Lake Crescent. NAME has not reserved any lodging at the Log Cabin Resort for conference attendees.  For more information see: http://www.logcabinresort.net/
Port Angeles is a half hour drive from the conference site at Olympic Park Institute.  There are many options for lodging in Port Angeles. For more information see: http://www.portangeles.org/lodgingdining.html