Friends of Wabakimi Strategic Planning Survey

Please fill out this short survey

The Friends of Wabakimi (FOW) needs your help to protect and promote the greater Wabakimi area as a world class wilderness canoe area. With the passing of “Uncle” Phil Cotton, founder of the Wabakimi Project, the FOW, a non-profit Ontario corporation, is charged with carrying on vision of the Project into the Future.

Please fill out this short survey concerning the future efforts and priorities of the Friends of Wabakimi. As a current or past FOW member, or Wabakimi Project participant, or other interested person we value and need your input and assistance going forward. (If a question is not pertinent to you, just skip over it.)

More information about the Friends of Wabakimi, current Strategic Plan, (and the Wabakimi Project) can be found at: http://www.wabakimi.org/fow/index.shtml

You may choose to fill out this survey confidentially, but for us to make contact with you concerning your responses, it would help us to know your name and email contact information.

Friends of Wabakimi Board of Directors

Douglass Blount, John Holmes, Barry Simon, Vern Fish, Chuck Clise, Dave McTeague

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* 1. Are you a (check all that apply)

past Wabakimi Project participant

current Friends of Wabakimi member

past (or not sure) Friends of Wabakimi member

Would like to join Friends of Wabakimi

Outfitter, guide or shuttle service

Provincial government

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your interest level in the Wabakimi canoe area and the work of the Friends of Wabakimi?
For more information about our work go to: http://www.wabakimi.org/fow/index.shtml

Extremely interested

Very interested

Somewhat interested

Not so interested

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* 3. The current Objectives are listed below. Please rank your top three in order of importance (1 being the highest)

Encourage a broadly-based membership that will embrace and support these objectives.

Develop programs to further public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the natural, cultural and historic resources of the Wabakimi Area;

Encourage and support volunteer stewardship initiatives to make outdoor recreation activities in the Wabakimi Area safer, more inviting and user-friendly;

Collaborate with government agencies, non-government organizations, First Nation , resource-based tourism interests and other stakeholders to promote the Wabakimi Area as a world-class outdoor recreation destination;

Advocate and actively campaign for the protection and preservation of the diverse natural, cultural and historical resources of the Wabakimi Area;

Produce printed and electronic literature, maps and other materials to help visitors safely plan and successfully execute outdoor recreation activities within the Wabakimi Area; and,

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* 4. What member services would you like to see as a member (or prospective member) of Friends of Wabakimi?

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* 5. What information do you need plan and execute a canoe trip into the Wabakimi Area?

Local outfitters (full or partial outfitting)

Emergency contact information

Shuttle or fly-in/out service

Fishing information

Gear suggestions

Maps (detailing portages, obstructions, campsites, etc.)

Entry point information

Trip Partners

Wildlife viewing information

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which routes have you paddled in the Greater Wabakimi Area? (a general idea)

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* 7. Do you know of or have canoed routes in the Wabakimi Area that you would recommend for inclusion in a future Guidebook?

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* 8. Would you prefer to canoe known established routes or do you prefer to determine your own route?

Established route

Determine own route

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* 9. How have you entered the park or general area?

Rail

Road

Float Plane

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* 10. Why did you choose to visit and/or canoe in the Wabakimi Area?

Large area for long distance canoe trips

Cost

Whitewater

Fishing

Remoteness

Wildlife

Adventure

Group experience

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Would you have any interest in helping FOW with the following: (you may check more than one)

Serve on the Board of Directors

Help with the newsletter (write articles etc.)

Help monitor Forest Management Plans on adjacent Crown Lands canoe routes

Provide canoe route advice to interested persons

Liaison with other stakeholders (provincial, private or non-profit entities)

Assist with public or educational events (Shows, booths, presentations)

Make a donation

Self organized canoe route reconnaissance or maintenance

Help recruit members

Submit trip reports

Help in other ways (please specify)

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* 12. Do you have one or more of the FOW Wabakimi Canoe Route map books (Volumes 1 through 5)?

Yes (please indicate which ones in Comments below)

Would consider ordering one or more

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* 13. Would you be interested in ordering the FOW Wabakimi Canoe Routes Planning map? (36"x36" on Satin Finish showing all identified canoe routes)

Yes

Maybe

Questions/Comments

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* 14. What is your name? (Optional)

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* 15. Email address (optional)

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* 16. Country?

Canada

United States

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Are you a (check all that apply)

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* 2. What is your interest level in the Wabakimi canoe area and the work of the Friends of Wabakimi? For more information about our work go to: http://www.wabakimi.org/fow/index.shtml

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* 3. The current Objectives are listed below. Please rank your top three in order of importance (1 being the highest)

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* 4. What member services would you like to see as a member (or prospective member) of Friends of Wabakimi?

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* 5. What information do you need plan and execute a canoe trip into the Wabakimi Area?

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* 6. Which routes have you paddled in the Greater Wabakimi Area? (a general idea)

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* 7. Do you know of or have canoed routes in the Wabakimi Area that you would recommend for inclusion in a future Guidebook?

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* 8. Would you prefer to canoe known established routes or do you prefer to determine your own route?

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* 9. How have you entered the park or general area?

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* 10. Why did you choose to visit and/or canoe in the Wabakimi Area?

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* 11. Would you have any interest in helping FOW with the following: (you may check more than one)

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* 12. Do you have one or more of the FOW Wabakimi Canoe Route map books (Volumes 1 through 5)?

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* 13. Would you be interested in ordering the FOW Wabakimi Canoe Routes Planning map? (36"x36" on Satin Finish showing all identified canoe routes)

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* 14. What is your name? (Optional)

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* 15. Email address (optional)

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* 16. Country?

* 2. What is your interest level in the Wabakimi canoe area and the work of the Friends of Wabakimi?
For more information about our work go to: http://www.wabakimi.org/fow/index.shtml