2024 Discover Your Battenkill Program!
Sign Up Now! Aug 5 - 7th, 2024
Participants Show their Energy for the Battenkill - Photo by Clifford Oliver
Battenkill Conservancy's Discover Your Battenkill Program returns to offer another great outdoor educational experience for youth aged 11 through 14. Dates for the program are Monday, August 5-7, 2024. Randy Jennings, BSA Crew 17 Advisor and NOLS trained, returns to lead a small group of middle school/high school students in a series of water focused, outdoor activities in the Battenkill watershed with BkC's Schmidt Meadow Preserve in Jackson, NY serving as home base.
Past guest instructors in canoeing & water safety, fly fishing and outdoor cooking skills have shared their expertise to expand program offerings. Past participants ranged from 11–15 years of age and came from both local area towns and the Capital region.
Scheduled activities include water safety & canoe skills, plant and tree identification, botany science; river expedition in canoes & water sampling on the river. The Program receives support from Battenkill Valley Outdoors and Stewarts HolidayMatch, helping to underwrite costs and ensure the Program remains financially accessible to families.
All participants are guaranteed great fun while making friends, mastering important skill and learning unforgettable biology, ecology, and environmental science lessons. The program is limited to a maximum of 10 students in good physical health and strong swimming ability. Partial scholarships are available thanks to support from the Christopher Dailey Foundation, although we keep the cost intentionally low at $180 for the 3 days which includes all equipment, activities and instruction. We strive to ensure access to all families. Interested candidates should email battenkillconservancy@gmail.com to reserve a place as the number of program participants are limited.
Some of the comments we received from past participants and their families reflect the great time they all had:
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"My son, Daniel had a blast at the Camp this week - thanks for showing him a great time!"
- Kelly |
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"My two kids did the camp a few years ago and LOVED it then too! Every time we are on the river the kids point out memories of waterholes or other fun they had at the camp." - Wendy
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"Thank you for the wonderful outdoor experience you've given our daughter Emma. Since returning, she has not stopped telling us about all the different activities she did and all the great things she has learned about along with the great group of people she met! She cannot wait to do this again next year, and our son David patiently awaits his turn to start going. Please let us know what other activities you may be running, we'd love to have Emma be a part of it!" - David and Louisa
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Scholarships Supported by Christopher Dailey Foundation & Stewart's Holiday Match
Our Discover Your Battenkill program is Battenkill Conservancy's youth oriented program that aims to provide a fun, affordable, hands on, water focused outdoor educational experience. By exposing youth and their families to the watershed's recreational and environmental opportunities BkC hopes they will become actively engaged in stewardship of the river. This year's financial support for scholarships is being provided by The Christopher Dailey Foundation and Stewart's Holiday Match Program.
Email us at bkc@battenkillconservancy.org to reserve a space in the 2024 Program.
Battenkill Conservancy - Preserving & Enhancing the Battenkill Watershed