University of Saskatchewan in Canada offers two ecology camps for kids. One is a summer day camp and the other is an Easter break camp that focuses specifically on endangered species. The Easter break camp is 4 days long and runs from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m. The summer day camp runs the same hours, over a four-day period, and there are 8 different and consecutive camps that focus on different units in ecology. In the program, the kids will engage on daily field trips around Saskatoon and learn about rocks, fossils, plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals with a focus on Saskatchewan's endangered species.
The Westchester County Parks offers several camps for kids, including a ecology camp for grades 1 to 6 and grades 7 to 9. The two groups focus on different ecology studies. The younger group will focus on discovering the natural world in the country's nature preserves of forests, fields, ponds and streams. The older group will learn how to be conservationists in training and will also learn leadership skills. Parents wishing to sign their children up for these camps will have to turn in transportation authorization and immunization forms.
The Audubon Center offers two summer ecology camps located in Holly Springs, Mississippi and Huntington, Vermont. Audubon is a national conservation society with the goal to "conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity." The society offers hundreds of scholarships for students to attend the summer camps. In the camps, the kids are invited to explore the natural world around them in order to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the world.
The Catamount Family Outdoor Center is located in located in Williston, Vermont and offers a five-day ecology conservation summer camp, for half days and kids ages 9 to 12. The hours of the camp run from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The eco-conservation camp is for kids who have a genuine interest in ecology. The kids at the camp will learn no-trace hiking, creating nature journals, active conservation and trail building, wildlife management, in addition to general education of plants, animals and geology.