Counselor in Training (CIT) (entering grades 7-12) Do you enjoy working with children and wonder what it’s like to be a camp counselor? Become a CIT and serve as a leader at camp, helping counselors foster a fun, nurturing camp experience for all children.  Attend our CIT training to practice leadership skills and learn techniques for engaging children in the […]

Ultimate Survivor Camp (entering grades 6-9) Are you ready to level up your wilderness survival skills? This week is all about using resources that you find in nature to survive. We’ll construct survival shelters and build fires without lighters or matches. Weave your own pine needle basket to use for foraging for wild food that you’ll cook over a fire […]

Camp Survivor (entering grades 1-5) Could you survive if you were lost in the wilderness? We’ll have a blast building shelters, fires and tools, and learning how to purify water. We will also learn how to find food in the wild, use a map and compass, and tie knots. Through challenges that will test your mind, body, and teamwork skills, […]

Wild about Water (entering grades 1-5) Water is life! Let’s discover what animals depend on the aquatic habitats at Cool Spring Preserve! Explore the ponds and dams created by our resident beavers, catch critters in the creek and muck through the wetland. We’ll discover animals’ unique adaptations as we wade in the stream like herons, slide like otters on a […]

Earth Art (entering grades 1-6) Let your creativity run wild as you construct natural clay sculptures, mix your own berry paint, watercolor paint a natural landscape scene, and more! Families are invited to an exhibition of campers’ masterpieces on Friday. $197 non-members, 10% off for members Session 1: June 12 – 16 (5 days) Yankauer Nature Preserve 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. […]

Nature Sleuths (entering grades 1-6) Do you have what it takes to uncover the mysteries of the ultimate nature crime scene? In this camp, you’ll be issued a “Nature Sleuth,” badge, and be put on your first case to investigate the suspicious activities that have been happening at the preserve. Who left those tracks and is up to no good?  It’s […]

Ultimate Survivor Camp (entering grades 6-9) Are you ready to level up your wilderness survival skills? This week is all about using resources that you find in nature to survive. We’ll construct survival shelters and build fires without lighters or matches. Weave your own pine needle basket to use for foraging for wild food that you’ll cook over a fire […]

Camp Survivor (entering grades 1-5) Could you survive if you were lost in the wilderness? We’ll have a blast building shelters, fires and tools, and learning how to purify water. We will also learn how to find food in the wild, use a map and compass, and tie knots. Through challenges that will test your mind, body, and teamwork skills, […]

Amazing Animals (entering grades 1-6) Each day we’ll explore a different type of animal that calls West Virginia home. Learn how to track mammals and explore their skulls and bones, catch bugs in the meadow and butterfly garden, watch birds with binoculars, and search under rocks and logs for reptiles and amphibians. Games, crafts, forts and hikes will round out […]

Tools of the Trade (entering grades 7-12) This hands-on week will awaken your inner-scientist as you discover how different environmental professionals use their ‘Tools of the Trade’ to make the world a better place. See if an outdoor or conservation career may be for you! You will explore forestry with a local forester, hone your birding skills with an Ornithologist, […]