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  • FULL | Discovery Camp: Camp Survivor

    Yankauer Nature Preserve 438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV, United States

    Camp Survivor (entering grades 1-6) Get ready for one of our most popular camp sessions, Camp Survivor! This camp is all about learning those all-important outdoor survival skills. Campers will come away with many essential skills, including starting a fire with limited supplies, navigating hazardous weather, basic First Aid procedures, what to do when lost in the wilderness, and more! […]

  • Discovery Camp: Everything Outdoors

    Cool Spring Preserve 1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV, United States

    Everything Outdoors (entering grades 1-6) Everything Outdoors Camp is your chance to get in on all of your favorite summer camp activities! This is the week to do EVERYTHING that makes camp exciting, from crafts, to fort-building, to competitive games, to active nature exploration! To balance out all the energetic exertion, we will also take some time to slow things […]

  • Discovery Camp: Nature Skills

    Yankauer Nature Preserve 438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV, United States

    Nature Skills (entering grades 7-12) This camp session is perfect for middle and high school campers who are interested in developing their outdoor skillset in a fun and welcoming environment. Campers will hone their survival skills and participate in fire building challenges, water filtering activities, and preserve orienteering. We will learn identification skills for birds and bird-songs and make use […]

  • Discovery Camp: Camp Survivor

    Cool Spring Preserve 1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV, United States

    Camp Survivor (entering grades 1-6) Get ready for one of our most popular camp sessions, Camp Survivor! This camp is all about learning those all-important outdoor survival skills. Campers will come away with many essential skills, including starting a fire with limited supplies, navigating hazardous weather, basic First Aid procedures, what to do when lost in the wilderness, and more! […]

  • Discovery Camp: Woodland Theater

    Yankauer Nature Preserve 438 Whitings Neck Road, Martinsburg, WV, United States

    Woodland Theater (entering grades 1-6) Woodland Theater Camp is the perfect place to express your creativity and imagination. Our theater camp is unique from others, as it challenges campers to create their own stories, characters, scripts, costumes, and stage design. Counselors will take a back seat and let their campers’ creativity shine! Campers will hone their acting skills with fun, […]

  • CIT Reward Day

    National Conservation Training Center 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV

    CITs- join us for a special reward day in gratitude for your help this summer! PVAS Host: Laurel Schwartz, Ellen Murphy This is a free program in gratitude to the Counselors-in-Training (CITs) who served with PVAS at Summer 2026 camps! Only CITs from 2026 summer camp may register. Pre-registration is required. Registration will close one week before the program on […]

  • Turtle Time at Cool Spring Preserve

    Cool Spring Preserve 1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV, United States

    Join us for a turtle-filled evening at the Case Nature Center! PVAS Host: Amy Thomas $8/person (PVAS members receive a 10% discount). Kids aged 4 and under may attend for free and without being registered. All ages are welcome, though youth must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required and limited to 20 participants. This program has a minimum […]

  • Monarch Tagging Workshop at Cool Spring Preserve

    Cool Spring Preserve 1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV, United States

    An evening learning about and tagging Monarch butterflies! PVAS Host: Laurel Schwartz This is a free/donation-based program. All ages are welcome, though youth must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required and limited to 12 participants. PVMN Continuing Education Credit Eligible The Monarch Watch Tagging Program is a large-scale community science project that was initiated in 1992 to help […]

  • Trail of Bones

    Cool Spring Preserve 1469 Lloyd Road, Charles Town, WV, United States

    Enjoy a Halloween hike on the “Trail of Bones” at Cool Spring Preserve! PVAS Host: Amy Thomas $12/person (PVAS members receive a 10% discount). All ages are welcome, though youth must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and limited to 40 people per time slot. Kids 3 and younger may attend for free - there is no need […]