🐢 KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK 🍄

About

June 15-16
2 days, camping overnight
Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site, NS
12 seats
Pay-what-you-can
Drop-off/pick-up times and locations to be determined
No prior knowledge needed

Activities

Building insect traps and identifying insects
Identifying native plants and fungi with iNaturalist
Participating in endangered Blandings turtle nest monitoring with Kejimkujik National Park staff and volunteers
Assisting with an Eastern ribbon snake survey
Learning about Kejimkujik National Park’s threatened and endangered species and the monitoring programs helping to conserve them, including the kinds of measurements and data collected
Setting up tents and talking about the important to-do’s of sleeping outside and camping
Learning about gender equity in the STEM fields and why diversity is so important
Learning about careers in wildlife biology and what it’s like to study wildlife conservation at college and university

Eligibility

This program is open to girls and under-represented genders ages 9-12 who live in the Maritime provinces (NB, NS, PEI). Participants from other areas are welcome to apply for our wait list.