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Please Use Entrance on US 2
US 2 and 45, Watersmeet, Michigan (906) 358-4127 |
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| Ottawa National Forest Visitor Center 2011/2012 Winter Movie Program Schedule Stop in and enjoy our new High Definition Projector and Blu-Ray DVD player, purchased through an Ottawa Interpretive Association grant. The programs will start the first Saturday in December 2011 and continue through April 2012. All programs will start Saturday at 2:00 p.m. CST. Note: Several days two videos are scheduled!! As a reminder, if your snowmobiling, the trail leads into the Visitor Center parking lot - we do our best to keep coffee and hot water for tea or hot chocolate available to help warm you up! We also have some snowshoes that we allow you to use here on the premises, our feeders attract many birds to our bird viewing area - there's more - come in ans see what you have missed!! | ||
| Date | Topic | Movie Length |
| December 3 | "Whitetails of Michigan---The glory of whiteails in Michigan" | 40 minutes |
| December 10 | Wolves: Return of the legend---Explores the myths and legends of the wolf | 50 Minutes |
| December 17 | Medicine Fiddle(M. Loukinen)---A historical documentary on the history of the sound of the fiddle in the upper midwest of North American including the Native American culture | 81 Minutes |
| December 24, December 31 | No Videos---Maybe closed | |
| January 7, 2012 | Camp Forgotten----Historic information on local CCC Camps-----2nd Movie: Sigurd Olson---Biography of the wilderness activist | Total Minutes-58 Minutes |
| January14 | Trcking Animals in the Snow(Featuring Ottawa National Forest Biologists---Learn how to identify animals by looking at their prints in the snow | 53 Minutes |
| January 21 | Eagles---The story of a family of bald eagles----2nd Movie: Bears of Michigan---Local information on bears | Total Minutes: 70 Minutes |
| January 28 | Smokey Bear Children's Story--Learn the exciting story of Smokey Bear with the "old timer", his animal friends and the forest ranger---2nd Movie: Creepy, Crawly Animals: Information on insects and other creepy, crawly animals | Total Minutes: 42 minutes |
| February 4 | Good Man in the Woods--- documentary featuring the lives of the survivors of the ancient calling of the wilderness: logger, trappers, and commercial fisherman- showing how their character is shaped by daily exposure to the hazards and the splendor of the forest and Lake Superior. These workers are truly the endangered species. | 90 minutes each |
| February 11 | Nighttime Animals --2nd Movie: Endangered Animals | Total Minutes:60 Minutes |
| February 18 | Fire on the Mountain | 90 Minutes |
| February 25 | Stranger in the Woods | 40 Minutes |
| March 3 | Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and Land Ethic for Our Time | 73 Minutes |
| March 10 | Weather | 57 Minutes |
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[ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]
Ottawa Visitor Center Admission to all programs is
free
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