Skip to content

Great Basin Kids Camp

2023 Camp

Last year’s camp took place at Broadbent Park and the Ward Charcoal Ovens the weekend of July 14-16, with Wildlife of the Great Basin as our theme. HawkWatch International hosted several live-bird programs to showcase raptors and their ecological needs, as well as an owl pellet dissection and other activities. NOS will present the principles of Leave No Trace (LNT) activities, focusing on wildlife. ENLC staff taught the campers how to perform a macroinvertebrate stream survey, presented on bats and echolocation, amongst other activities. Thank you to our sponsors, partners, presenters, campers, and parents for another wonderful Great Basin Kids Camp.

2022 Camp

On July 7-9, 2022, ENLC, NOS, SME and White Pine County 4H all partnered for our 2022 Great Basin Kids Camp. Our focus during this year’s workshop was primarily water and weeds, but we added a little bit of geology and Leave No Trace activities to the mix. To kick off our workshop, parents and campers attended an orientation at Broadbent Park followed by snacks, ice breaker games, and LNT activities. The following day, we visited Great Basin National Park, where we learned about different types of rocks from an SME geologist. Then we learned about different types of plants (i.e., native, introduced, noxious and invasive) from one of ENLC’s board members. The final day of the camp, campers learned about water quality from an SME Environmental Engineer, learned how to tie fishing knots, fished and had a family barbecue at Comins Lake. Thank you to our sponsors, partners, presenters, campers, and parents for another wonderful Great Basin Kids Camp.