Conservation Camp To Feature American Skills, Crafts And Lore
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Boys and girls age 9 to 13 may want to include the three-day Northeast Indiana Conservation Camp in their summer plans, August 2-4.
The featured activity leader for this year’s camp will be Erik Vosteen, who specializes in ancient eastern woodland Native American practices and life skills. Erik will be leading workshops with the Conservation Campers on flint knapping, atlatl spear throwing, and ancient fire technologies.
Other Conservation Camp events planned this year include storytelling, archery, boating, canoeing and gun safety, group sports and games, swimming, and a session of "CSI-Camp Whitley."
As campers learn about vital natural resources including watershed facts and soil conservation, they have opportunities to earn "Water Bucks," which they can spend at a prize auction on the last day of Conservation Camp.
The Northeast Indiana Conservation Camp will be held at Camp Whitley again this year.
It is located northeast of Columbia City in Whitley County on Troy-Cedar Lake.
The camp is made available through endeavors of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Wildlife Conservation Clubs in Indiana.
The cost to participate in the three-day, two-night camp is $100 per camper.
Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District will be sponsoring campers from this county for half ($50) of the camp registration fee.
Contact the Kosciusko County SWCD office at 574-267-7445, ext 3 or by e-mail darci.zolman@in.nacdnet.net for additional information on sponsorships.
The deadline to register for participation in this year's Conservation Camp is July 15.
For more information about camp, contact Nadean Lamle at the Whitley County Soil and Water Conservation District office, phone number 260-244-6266 ext. 3 or email her at nadean.eldien@in.nacdnet.net.
