Financial Aid Available for Maine Youth to Attend Residential Audubon Camps

FALMOUTH, February 15, 2005

Financial aid is available for Maine youth to attend residential sessions this summer at Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen and Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary in Elliottsville.

Youth ages 10 to 17 who are interested in the natural world and demonstrate financial need can get an application by e-mailing camps@maineaudubon.org or calling (207) 781-2330, ext. 215.

Sessions at Hog Island Audubon Camp this summer include Youth Camp and Coastal Kayaking Adventure for Teens. Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary will offer two sessions of its Youth Naturalist Program.

Accessible only by boat, Hog Island Audubon Camp is located on a 330-acre coastal wildlife sanctuary in midcoast Maine. Since 1936, its summer sessions for adults, educators, young people and families have
been led by some of the most respected naturalists and environmental educators in the nation.

Coastal Kayaking Adventures for Teens, July 11-16 and July 18-23

Based from a tenting site on a remote cove of Hog Island, teens ages 14 to 17 combine sea kayaking, backcountry camping and nature observation with cooperative living and group decision-making. $975

Youth Camp, August 2-9

Led by dedicated environmental educators and naturalists who have strong backgrounds working with middle-school-aged youth, boys and girls ages 10-13 learn how they relate to the natural environment. $1,050

Located just south of Moosehead Lake in Elliottsville, Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary encompasses more than 1,600 acres in western Maine. Accessible by foot or boat only, its mountainside camp lodges are surrounded by rare old-growth forest, crystalline blue-green ponds, granite cliffs and sweeping views.

Youth Naturalist Program, July 8-14 and July 22-28

Boys and girls ages 12-14 and 15-16 learn how to identify plants and animals-as well as build shelters and navigate-while hiking, canoeing and exploring the woods and waters of Maine's Northern Forest. $800

For more information on these and other Maine Audubon camp sessions for youth, adults and families call (207) 781-2330. Maine Audubon’s 2005 schedule for the camp at Hog Island has some magic for everyone.

MAINE AUDUBON works to conserve Maine’s wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation and action.

With a 160-year history of connecting people with nature, Maine Audubon today is affiliated with Audubon’s national organization and has seven local chapters in the state. Support for Maine Audubon comes from 11,000 members and supporters, including individuals, foundations and corporations. Its headquarters are in Falmouth, Maine, five minutes from Portland.

Maine Audubon maintains some of the most productive, science-based conservation and research programs in the region. Initiatives such as the Maine Loon Project, the Maine Cooperative Owl Surveys and ongoing programs to monitor and protect the endangered piping plover and least tern are made possible through partnerships with volunteers, public agencies, universities and conservation organizations.

For more information or to become a member of Maine Audubon, call (207) 781-2330 or click here.

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