Community Based Camps
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Audubon Society of Portland offers satellite summer camps in three communities, the Alberta Nature Team (ANT), Explorador Summer Camp, and Estacada Summer Science School. Both ANT and Explorador serve populations that typically have limited access to environmental education opportunities. Thanks to the dedication of our community partners and generous funding partners we can offer these camps free of charge to participants. |
Serving children from North and Northeast Portland, the Alberta Nature Team (ANT) is a partnership
between the Inner City Youth Institute and the Audubon Society of
Portland. ANT camp is a hands-on, nature themed summer camped focused
on exploring nature in your own neighborhood. Favorite activities of
campers include animal tracking, water quality testing, habitat
restoration,
bird watching, plant identification, learning to use a map and compass, and building birdhouses.
Explorador Summer Camp is an outdoor environmental education summer camp program, conducted through a partnership with Portland Audubon, Bienstar CDC, and Hacienda Community Development Corporation (CDC.) Explorador campers learn about healthy watersheds, native wildlife, habitat and backyard birds, with exciting trips to nearby natural areas, wetlands, ponds and parks, such as Smith and Bybee Lakes, Columbia Slough and Portland Audubon's own Wildlife Sanctuaries. Explorador also introduces campers to natural resource careers by giving them the opportunity to work with Metro Naturalists, Park Rangers and Audubon wildlife veterinarians.
Estacada Summer Science School: Partnering with the Estacada School District to deliver Estacada Summer Science Camp for grades 2-8. Estacada students are encouraged to explore the natural world via hands-on activities and experiential learning. In this summer day camp, children make journals and record their daily interactions with nature. Children also make cool and useful things to take home, like birdhouses and bird feeders, designed to extend their learning and connection with nature.
Thanks to Hoover Family Foundation, PGE Foundation, REI, Gray Family Foundation, NW Natural, Templeton Foundation, Autzen Foundation, PacifiCorp for their generous support of Community Based Camps.
For more information about Portland Audubon community-based camps contact Steve Robertson at 971.222.6118 or email srobertson@audubonportland.org
