Registration for DEC’s Summer Environmental Education Camps Now Open

This year, children of ages 11 to 17 can attend a week-long camp where they learn about the environment and engage in various outdoor activities such as shooting sports, fishing, hiking and canoeing through the Department of Environmental Conservation. Campers can even take Hunter Education or Bowhunter Education courses during their stay to qualify for their sporting license. Camp locations are in the Adirondacks, southern Catskills or Western New York. For the first time, the DEC is offering the Trapper Education course during the week of July 27 – August 8 at Camp Colby in the Adirondacks, and at Camp Rushford August 10- 16 in Western New York. Camps start on June 29 and go until August 16. A single camp session runs Sunday through Saturday. One week of camp costs $350. Campers may attend as many sessions as they wish, subject to availability. Learn more and register at http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/29.html.