Join other Auduboners for an unusual learning experience in the high Sonoran Desert along the beautiful Salt River.  We will gather at Saguaro Lake Ranch(www.saguarolakeranch.com), a full service guest facility 30 miles from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport www.saguarolakeranch.com.

Event Purpose: Learning opportunities to benefit your chapter's projects and your chapter’s sustainability, networking, “down time” for fun and relaxed friend-making and excellent Sonoran Desert birding.

Invitees:  Audubon Chapters in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Colorado

Key Participants:  Audubon Chapter Members! 

To reserve your space at Saguaro Lake Ranch, see ACCOMODATIONS below.  YOU MUST CALL DIRECT TO THE RANCH.

To register for the Round Up, you may choose one of these options:

1. Register on line (see link below).  Each registrant must fill out an online registration form and pay separately (spouses excepted).  Please submit the form and payment as directed using a major credit card or your Pay Pal account; or
2. Call Karen LaFrance at 602-809-0947.  Have your credit card ready; or
3. Print out a registration form (see link below), complete and mail it with a check for your registration fees to:
   

Registration Fee is $65.00 per person. The fee covers the costs to Arizona Audubon Council for hosting and organizing Audubon Round Up. The fee is levied on ALL participants, whether or not they attend all events or stay at Saguaro Ranch.  Late Registration after November 1, 2010. If you register after November 1, 2010 or on site at the Round Up, your fee will be $75.00.

For those of you living locally and commuting, or bunking at a friend's or relative's house or camping (including those hosted by Saguaro Lake Ranch at the Comfort Inn in Foundatin Hills), we recommend that you join the group for all meals at the Ranch.  Individualizing your meal plan is an option of course.

BUT, you must pay for these meals with your registration in advance.  Meal costs include gratuities and taxes.

The meal package is $168.00 per person for all three days.  See Registration Form and click through to payment options.

Cancellations and Refunds:  Arizona Audubon Council is understanding of people’s individual circumstances.  If you find you cannot attend and you have registered for the event and paid, you may receive a full refund if you cancel before October 15, 2010.  You may receive a 50% refund if you must cancel between October 15 and November 1, 2010.  If you must cancel after November 1, 2010, we apologize in advance, but you will be forfeiting the registration fee in full (meals reservations will be refunded in full).  To cancel, once you are registered, please call Karen LaFrance at 602-809-0947.  Any refund will be provided to you by check at the address you have provided on your registration form.   This cancellation policy applies to event registration only; Saguaro Lake Ranch cancellation policy applies for those reserving space at the Ranch.


Our Venue Saguaro Lake Ranch!  AND ALL YOUR MEALS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR OVERNIGHT COSTS!

Costs will be: $140 per person, per day plus tax, single occupancy (8 units or cabins); $130.00 pp per day plus tax, double occupancy (20 units or cabins); $120 pp per day plus tax, triple occupancy (2 units); $115 pp per day quadruple occupancy (2 units).

There is a three-day minimum stay for the event for these special event rates.  The reason for the minimum stay is that Arizona Audubon Council has reserved the entire ranch for the Round Up.  You are invited to arrive on Thursday, November 11th, stay the nights of Nov. 11, 12 and 13 and leave on Sunday November 14th.  FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!  MAKE YOUR PLANS WITH SPOUSE OR ROOMATES AND CALL EARLY.

You must call Saguaro Lake Ranch to make reservations at: 480-984-2194 and mention “Audubon”.

“Summer hours at the Ranch (through September) are usually 8 AM - 2 PM. You may be greeted by the answering machine and asked to leave a message for a call back.”

Remember, call the Ranch at 480-984-2194, mention “Audubon” and be prepared to hold your space with a major credit card.  Information on Saguaro Lake Ranch (kayaking or tubing the Salt River and horseback riding) can be found at (www.saguarolakeranch.com)

First come first served in shared cabins, almost all with full bath facilities.

Please reserve your space at the Ranch by November 1, 2010.  Your credit card will hold your space and will not be charged until you arrive on November 11th; however, as a courtesy to the event organizers, we need to know attendee numbers by this date.

Other accommodations:  Once Saguaro Lake Ranch is full, the Ranch will make referrals to the Comfort Inn on Shea Boulevard in Fountain Hills.  This motel is 16 (easy) miles from the Round Up location; for those of you flying to the event and without a car, Arizona Audubon Council will arrange transport daily between the Comfort Inn and the Round Up location.  You may reserve a space at this location directly, but you will not receive the referral rates.  We would rather have you stay at the event location anyway!
 
Camping and Recreational Vehicles:  Usery Mountain Regional Park, Phoenix, Arizona 85120 provides the closest camping and RV overnight accommodations.  It is 10 (easy) miles from the Ranch just north of Mesa, AZ.  Fees range up to $25.00 per night; all 73 camping and RV sites are first come, first served. http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/usery/Camping.aspx or call 480-984-0032.  There are group camping opportunities.

Another regional park, McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Fort McDowell, AZ has 76 tent and RV camping sites.  It is 24 miles (40 minute drive through Fountain Hills) from the Round Up location.  Go to: http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/mcdowell/Camping.aspx or call 602-506-2930 for reservations (groups only); otherwise, first come first served.

Friends in the Phoenix Area:  If the Round Up attracts so many folks that we need additional accommodations, your Auduboner friends in the Phoenix area will find accommodations for you.

Any questions, please call Karen LaFrance, Together Green Fellow and Event Coordinator, at 602-809-0947.

Click HERE for a copy of the brochure.

Click HERE for a copy of the Preliminary Program Schedule.