🐢 KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK 🍄

About

• June 7-8
• 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.

How To Apply

Participants must be nominated by an adult that knows them well, including parents/guardians. The first round of nominations is open until May 9th, after which nominations are accepted on a rolling basis.

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