VIII. MY SPECIAL GUIDE SERVICES

FOR PRIVATE & CORPORATE CLIENTS

In the past four years, I've led seventy natural-history tours. To learn more about the terms and services as guide for private clients, take a look at the FAQs below, or e-mail me by clicking here.

Guide-Service FAQs:

1. What Kinds of Clients Have Hired Me to Lead Private Tours?

- Family Groups

- Scouting Groups

- Seniors' Groups

- Summer-Camp Groups

- County Forest &

Conservation Districts

- Municipal Park Districts

- Public Libraries

- Corporations

- School Districts

- Colleges

- Science Clubs

- Environmental Advocacy Organizations

- Preservation Organizations

- Museums

- Nature Centers

- Historical Societies

- Botanic Gardens & Arboreta

2. What Are Some of the Tour Subjects and Venues These Clients Have Chosen?

- Botany & Geology of New England

- Botany & Geology of Trans-Pecos Texas (Guadalupe Mountains & Big Bend Nati. Parks)

-  Architectural Geology of Downtown Chicago

- Architectural Geology of Chicago's Suburbs

- Orchid Growers of the Chicago Region

- Botany & Geology of Chicago's Suburbs

- Geology & Botany of Illinois State Parks (Starved Rock, Matthiessen, Illinois Beach, etc.)

-  Legally Permitted Fossil-Collecting Sites in Illinois

- Geology & Botany of Wisconsin State Parks (Devil's Lake, etc.)

- Geology & Botany of Indiana State & Federal Parks (Indiana Dunes, etc.)

To join my free Natural History Newsletter mailing list to keep abreast of latest tour additions and other event news, drop me a line at raywiggers@nheg.org.

To See A Listing of My Previous Tours, Which Have Involved More than 1000 Participants, Click Here.

Natural History Exploration Guild

Event Refund Policy

- In the unlikely event the Guild management decides an event must be canceled due to any unforeseen circumstance, you will promptly receive your refund in full by Guild check via the U. S. Mail.

- Enrollees who cancel ten or more days before the event will receive a refund, by Guild check via U. S. Mail, of their payment minus the PayPal processing fee (if applicable) and an additional $5.00 postage-and-administration charge.

- Sorry, but no refunds can be issued to enrollees who cancel less than ten days before the event.

For descriptions of the following tours, or to enroll in them, go to the Tours Page of the Natural History Exploration Guild website by clicking on the event name, below.

Date              Day             Event Name

7/19/08         SAT             Mini-Trek: Tuttle Clarkson Nat. Area, Boone Co., IL

7/19/08         SAT             Mini-Trek: Harlem Hills Preserve, Winnebago Co., IL

7/27/08         SUN            City of Stone & Clay: Lockport, IL

8/2/08           SAT             Mini-Trek: Warren Dunes State Park, MI

8/2/08           SAT             Mini-Trek: Warren Woods Nat. Area, MI

8/3/08           SUN            Mini-Trek: Indiana Dunes State Park I, IN

8/3/08           SUN            Mini-Trek: Indiana Dunes State Park II, IN

8/16/08         SAT            City of Stone & Clay: Oswego, IL

8/24/08        SUN            City of Stone and Clay: Elmhurst, IL

9/12-14/08   FRI-SUN    Lake Crossing/Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, MI

9/20/08         SAT            City of Stone & Clay: Lake Forest, IL

9/21//08       SUN            Geo-Hunters Rocks & Minerals Dig, Oswego, IL

9/28/08         SUN           City of Stone & Clay: Rockford, IL

10/19/08       SUN           City of Stone & Clay: Racine, WI

10/24-26       FRI-SUN   Wisconsin's Baraboo Range and Driftless Area

11/2/08         SUN           City of Stone & Clay: Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL

MY PAST NATURAL HISTORY EXPLORATION GUILD

TOUR VENUES HAVE INCLUDED:

- Northeastern Minnesota & the Mesabi Iron Range

- Natural History & Architectural Geology of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota

- Wisconsin's Baraboo Hills & Driftless Area

- Coral Woods Preserve, Illinois

- Starved Rock & Matthiessen State Parks, Illinois

- Shawnee National Forest & Environs, Southern Illinois

- Nachusa Grasslands Preserve, Illinois

- Marengo Ridge Preserve, Illinois

- Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois

-  Downtown Chicago, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Hyde Park District of Chicago, Illinois

  (architectural geology)

- Volo Bog State Natural Area, Illinois

- Kettle Moraine & Door Peninsula, Wisconsin

- The Fox River of Illinois (natural-history canoe trip)

- The Illinois and Michigan Canal, Illinois (natural-history canoe trip)

- Nippersink Creek, Illinois (natural-history canoe trip)

- Orchid Growers of the Chicago Region

- Kenosha Sand Dunes Preserve, Wisconsin

- Oakwood Hills Fen, Illinois

- Legally Permitted Fossil Collecting in the Mazon Creek Region, Illinois

- Legally Permitted Fossil Collecting in Kendall County, Illinois

- Legally Permitted Fossil Collecting in La Salle County, Illinois

Raymond Wiggers

Tours

- Last Updated 27 August 2008 -