Winter B.O.W. Program set for Upper Peninsula Women seeking an opportunity to learn outdoor-related skills and abilities are invited to register for the 2nd annual Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Winter Weekend, Feb. 21-23, 2003 in Crystal Falls. The program will be held at the beautiful Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp, a fully handicapped-accessible facility, located in a rural, rustic setting. Sponsored by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the program features instruction in more than two dozen activities related to learning and enhancing outdoor-related skills. Courses include cross country skiing, dog sledding, skijouring, snowmobiling, winter shelter building, ice fishing and reading the winter woods, among others. Indoor activities include archery, scrapbooking and fly tying. Professional instructors offer basic and advanced instruction tailored to participants' individual abilities. Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (B.O.W) is an award-winning outdoor skills program, designed to offer instruction to women on outdoor skills in a relaxed atmosphere. Women who are 18 or older are eligible to participate. The $145 registration fee includes all food and lodging, as well as most equipment and supplies (except as noted in the registration materials). Participants will be housed in dorm-style facilities with amenities, including a sauna. Those interested in participating in the U.P. B.O.W. Program are urged to register soon. Contact Ann Wilson or Sharon Pitz at the DNR office in Marquette, 906-228-6561, or e-mail wilsoann@michigan.gov or pitzs@michigan.gov to receive a registration packet. The packet is also available on the DNR website, michigan.gov/dnr. The first 50 women to register and pay in full will be accepted. Other Michigan B.O.W. Programs will be offered this year. To check the B.O.W. program listing, access the DNR's website, or Lynn Marla, B.O.W. Statewide Coordinator, at marlal@michigan.gov.
Source: MDNR
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