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Bivouac's trips, group or indi- vidual, focus on "engaging" with the environment and people of a particular region. Accommoda- tions aren't threadbare, but chal- lenge the traveler culturally, intellectually and sometimes physically. incentive to take care of the cul- tural and natural resources of the country. "If they're excluded the way lots of tourism companies have done in the past, I don't think we can expect them to really care for the beauty or value of the resource," Mr. Pickard ex- plains. To that end, Bivouac donates part of the cost of its trips to Be- lize in the Yucatan Peninsula to the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation. The organization, established 17 years ago, re- searches medicinal uses of for- est flora and propagates plant life to preserve rain-forest species threatened by defor- estation. Belize is a popular destination PHOTO BY BILL GEMMELL for Bivouac trav- elers. The compa- ny also runs scheduled and un- scheduled trips for groups, cou- ples and individu- als to Australia and Alaska. Mr. Pickard is consid- ering adding New Zealand and Chi- na to Bivouac's repertoire. Mr. Pickard, 39, is a Hunting- ton Woods native who cultivated a taste for travel during his fami- ly's trips to Algo- nquin Park in Ontario and his summers at Tamarack camps. He eventually be- Dan Pickard proposes adventure. came director of In other words, Bivouac Tamarack's summer tripping doesn't do "sit-on-the-beach" program, working at Agree Out- trips. post, Ortonville and co-leading a The Bivouac spirit is tied to an teen trip to Alaska. idea known as "eco-tourism," a Ten years ago, he started term often picked up by travel Bivouac Adventure Travel at the agencies as a facile marketing behest of Ed Davidson, the own- tool, Mr. Pickard says. er of Bivouac, a retail camping For him, it means respecting outfitter where Mr. Pickard the environment, contributing to worked as an undergraduate at its well-being, and employing lo- the University of Michigan. His cals to co-lead the trips with one former boss convinced him that of three Bivouac staffers from the a travel company upstairs from United States. the downstairs retailer would "I think the client gets the best dovetail with the store's offerings. experience by having a perspec- For Mr. Pickard, starting the tive of a local Australian or Be- company meant targeting a mid- lizean as well as someone from dle market that had been ne- our office who understands the glected by all but a few itinerary and what the client companies around the country. needs. I firmly believe that un- "Joe and Josephine Camper less local people are involved in already knew about the trips. the economy of tourism and its But there was a whole set of peo- benefits, they will not have the ple who didn't want to take a