• Session 1:    June 10 – July 5        Cost $400
• Session 2:    July 15 – August 8    Cost $400

If you can’t make all 4 weeks, cost is $125 for an individual week. Scholarships Available! Camps are four days/week from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at 397 Bulldog Street Hotchkiss 81419, unless otherwise stated in the weekly description.

Week 5 – Wild Food & Culture: July 15th- 18th

Registration Deadline: July 8  |  Ages: 6-14  |  Cost: $125  |  Enrollment: 30 kid max – 10 waitlist

Discover the incredible The North Fork Valley in all its bounty! Spend a week visiting farms and playing as we explore the world through hands-on activities, nature games, biking and swimming!

Highlights:

• Farm Tour
• Biking & Swimming

Week 6 – Look to the Skies: July 22th-25th

Registration Deadline: July 15  |  Ages: 6-14  |  Cost $125  |  Enrollment: 30 kid max – 10 waitlist

Join us for a four day camp connecting to the sky. Spend your time discovering the role of the sun and a night of camping at The Nature Connection developing our camping skills and learning the ropes of camping equipment while gazing at the stars.

Highlights:

• Solar
• Camp Out at TNC!
• Astronomy

Week 7 – Art in Nature: July 29th- August 1st

Registration Deadline: July 22  |  Ages: 6-14  |  Cost: $125  |  Enrollment: 30 kid max – 10 waitlist

Find the artist in you while connecting to your creative side in nature! Spend a week discovering our natural world through recreating it with paint, clay, and other expressions of natural art!

Highlights:

• Painting
• Ceramics
• Leaf pressing and other crafts

Week 8 – Geology Rocks: August 5th – 8th

FULL- currently accepting wait list registrations

Registration Deadline: July 29  |  Ages: 6-14  |  Cost: $125  |  Enrollment: 30 kid max – 10 waitlist

Let’s discover the the secrets of the past together, through a backpacking trip in Dominguez- Escalante Canyon and the tricks to a different way of seeing our world. In this four day camp we will see petroglyphs and ancient signs of life past.

Highlights:

• One night backpacking trip into Dominguez- Escalante Canyon
• Discovery in Geology

Throughout the summer The Nature Connection will offer one week specialty camps in conjunction with Blue Sage Center for the Arts and Boneshaker Adventures. Scholarships Available! 

• Session 1: June 3 – 28th   
• Session 2: July 8th – August 9th

Registration Deadlines: We strongly encourage you to register your kids ONE week in advance – link below.

GENERATION WILD:  June 10th – 13th

This week’s focus will be an introduction to the hundred’s of things to do before you’re 12! Kids grow better outside and we certainly celebrate that this week.

KNOW YOUR RIVER: June 17th – 20th

Spend a week discovering the lifeblood of our earth – WATER! Stand up paddleboard and raft with TNC and Western Slope SUP.

SOMETHING FISHY: June 24th – 27

There’s no doubt that this week will be jam packed with all things fish! TNC campers will learn the fundamentals of fishing and all about the fish themselves. After practicing their fishing casts we take a field trip to Sweitzer Lake to build upon our skills. Fish, stand up paddleboard and tour the national fish hatchery!

WET & WILD: July 1st – 3rd (no camp on July 4th)

Get ready for three days of fun in Delta. We will be outside enjoying summer at its fullest while biking, hiking, stand-up paddleboarding and swimming.

LIFE ABOUNDS: July 8th – 11th

Spend a week discovering wildlife! Explore the creatures that live among us through hands-on activities, nature games, animal tracking, bird watching, biking, hiking and SUP’ing!

SKILLS ADVENTURE: July 15th- 18th

What are primitive skills we can learn in the modern day? Spend a week with The Nature Connection to find out! Explore the world through hands-on activities, nature games, animal tracking, archery and hiking.

TAKE FLIGHT: July 22nd – 25th

What does it mean to fly? Campers will partake in four days of activities exploring the ways in which the world around us takes flight – from designing a bird’s nest to flying a kite. There will also be a special overnight on Wednesday to learn the fundamentals of camping. Come check out the night sky with us among many outdoor activities!

GENERATION WILD GRADS: July 29th- August 1st

Our Generation Wild campers will revisit the hundreds of things to do before you’re 12! Kids grow better outside and we will find out how many items we have checked off the list and will continue to complete 100 things to do as a finale to the summer.

June 8th – August 10th  |  All events with Cedaredge are from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm

Registrations are $10 per event at Cedaredge Library // 180 SW 6th Ave //  399-7674