Junior Naturalist Outdoor Adventure Camp

Explore the great outdoors, acquire valuable team-building skills, and challenge the adventurer within you at our second annual Adventure Camp!

The campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, with its vast natural setting, is the ideal location for this exciting new nature program!

Offered in cooperation with the American Adventure Sports and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Junior Naturalist Outdoor Adventure camp will cultivate an active lifestyle and love for nature through participation in outdoor sports, conservation education, and environmental enhancement:

• Adventure Sports: Campers will explore their natural world and challenge themselves to go outside of their comfort zone. Each child will participate in activities like rappelling, traversing, orienteering, canoeing and water safety, wilderness first aid, CPR familiarization, and Leave No Trace camping.
  
• Conservation Education: Campers will learn the importance of protecting their environment through conservation. Each participant will receive 8 hours of conservation education and will be certified as a Junior Naturalist.
  
• Environmental Enhancement: Each camper will work on an environmental enhancement project that will have a lasting and positive effect. The project gives children ownership of their environment, encourages environmental stewardship, and places an emphasis on teamwork. This year’s project will focus on the importance of bats to our ecosystem.

Upon registration, participants will receive a complete registration packet including a list of required materials.

The cost for this week-long program is $279 per child.