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Green Mountain Conservation Camps

Questions Regarding Camp Availability, Registration
& Where to mail Application Forms:

Please Call Wendy Gillander (802)-241-3768

The Vemont Fish and Wildlife Department is now accepting applications for this years Green Mountain Conservation Camps. GMCC Application

Application should be mailed to:

     GMCC
     VT Fish & Wildlife
     103 So. Main St., Bldg 10 So.
     Waterbury, VT 05671-0501

Camp Phone Numbers if you need to Contact Your Child during His/Her Week At Camp: (You may need to leave a message as Camp staff is often out in the field with the children)
Camp Addresses: Program your GPS for when you take you child to Camp
Buck Lake GMCC	Kehoe GMCC
1061 Buck Lake Rd.	636 Point of Pines Road
Woodbury VT 05681	Castleton VT 05735
Buck Lake: (802) 472-5066	Kehoe: (802) 265-4577

Camp Availability:

Buck Lake, Woodbury
Openings	For Week
36	June 20 - June 25 (Boys Week)
3	June 27 - July 2 (Boys Week)
39	July 5 - July 9 (Boys Week)
60	July 9 - July 11 (The Natural Resources Management Academy)
1	July 11 - July 16 (Girls Week)
14	July 18 - July 23 (Boys Week)
Filled	July 25 - July 30 (Boys Week)
4	August 15 - August 20 (Boys Week)

Kehoe/Lake Bomoseen, Castleton
Openings	For Week
5	June 20 - June 25 (Boys Week)
Filled	June 27 - July 2 (Girls Week)
16	July 5 - July 9 (Boys Week)
2	July 11 - July 16 (Boys Week)
1	August 1 - August 6 (Boys Week)
2	August 8 - August 13 (Boys Week)
8	August 15 - August 20 (Girls Week)

Advanced Weeks

Buck Lake, Woodbury
Openings	For Week
Filled	August 1 - August 6 (Boys Week)
Filled	August 8 - August 13 (Boys Week)

Kehoe/Lake Bomoseen, Castleton
Openings	For Week
1	July 18 - July 23 (Boys Week)
2	July 25 - July 30 (Girls Week)

Come learn all about the outdoors! Campers have a unique opportunity to meet Vermont State Game Wardens, foresters, fisheries and wildlife biologists, and others who work in the outdoors. We offer hands-on learning experiences on fish, wildlife, ecology, forestry, first aid and outdoor safety topics and so much more. There are opportunities for hiking, canoeing, fishing, archery, building bluebird boxes and other fun activities.

Who can attend?
Almost a thousand campers ages 12-16 attend our program each year. There are separate weeks open for boys and girls.

What will we learn there?
We focus on teaching outdoor safety skills and natural resource conservation with topics including:

Vermont's fish and wildlife
Forests and forestry
Wetland ecology
Building bluebird boxes
First aid and outdoor safety
Fly-fishing and spincasting
Fly-tying
Archery
Hiking and camping
Canoeing
Firearm safety
Much more…

When does the camp run?
One-week sessions run from June to August. Specific dates for boys and girls regular and advanced sessions are listed in the camp application each year.
Applications for the upcoming Green Mountain Conservation Camps will be available in January.

Where is the camp located? The Green Mountain Conservation Camps have two locations. One site is pleasantly nestled in the woods alongside Buck Lake in Woodbury, Vermont. Our Kehoe Camp site is located on Lake Bomoseen in Castleton, Vermont and features a particularly beautiful mountain view.

Why is the Green Mountain Conservation Camp program unique?
Vermont's conservation camp program is unique because it is sponsored and directed by Fish and Wildlife Department professionals-the same people who manage the fish and wildlife resources. Working biologists, foresters, game wardens and conservation educators teach young people about Vermont's forests, wetlands and wildlife. They give youth life skills and knowledge so they can continue the state's traditional rural pursuits-enjoying all aspects of the outdoor world. The program's greatest strength is connecting young people to the outdoors.
Applications and other information

For more information email FWGMCC@state.vt.us

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