The Piedmont Environmental Council partners with local organizations to sponsor six Natural History Day Camps during the summer months for elementary and middle school aged children.

For over 21 years, these camps have inspired in children a sense of wonder and appreciation for their natural surroundings. PEC's Natural History Day Camp partners include garden clubs, soil and water conservation district offices and county parks and recreation departments.

About PEC's 2007 Summer Camp Program
Dates & times for PEC's 2007 camp program have not been determined, and information below is subject to change. Find out more about our camp programs in Albemarle, Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Orange, and Rappahannock counties.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY
A.R.C. Natural History Day Camp
Co-sponsors: Albemarle Garden Club, Rivanna Garden Club, Charlottesville Garden Club
Dates: Dates: June 18-29
Location: Panorama Farms, Earlysville
Camp Director: Kevin Murphy
Contact: Kevin Murphy, (434) 263-4630 or kpmurphy@spreadmail.com

FAUQUIER COUNTY
Fauquier Natural History Day Camp
Co-sponsor: Warrenton Garden Club
Dates: Dates: June 18-29
Location: Chapultepec, Orlean
Camp Director: Pat Smith
Contact: Pat Smith, (540) 347-5545, or Gina Farrar, (540) 347-3635

LOUDOUN COUNTY
Natural History Day Camp
Co-sponsors: Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, Loudon Wildlife Conservancy, Friends of Banshee Reeks
Ages: 3rd to 6th graders
Dates: Dates: July 9-12, July 16-19
Location: Banshee Reeks Nature Reserve, Leesburg
Camp Director: Phil Daley
Contact: Phil Daley, (540) 338-6528

ORANGE COUNTY
Montpelier Natural History Day Camp
Co-sponsor: The Montpelier Foundation, Dolly Madison Garden Club, Virginia National Bank
Dates: Rising 3rd and 4th graders – June 18-22
Rising 5th-6th graders – June 25-29
Location: Montpelier
Camp Director: Christian J. Cotz
Contact: Christian Cotz at (540) 672-2728 x 401 or ccotz@montpelier.org

RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY
The Rappahannock Nature Camp
Co-sponsor: Hearthstone School
Dates: Dates: June 18-29
Location: Singing Creek, Sperryville
Camp Director: Lyt Wood
Contact: Lyt Wood, 540-675-1088.
To request application forms or for information on scholarships, Jane Mullan, Hearthstone School, 540-987-1212 or weislan@earthlink.net.

Along with the above camps, there is a new camp separate from PEC that is being started by the former Camp Director of PEC's Clarke County Day Camp:
An Exciting Summer Science Program for Children in Second through Tenth Grade
Camp River Ridge summer science program combines the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Science Standards of Learning with student-centered, research-based, small-group activities, games, and adventures
Camp Hours: 7:15 am - 5:45 pm
Summer Registration Now Open
Register online at http://www.riverridgefoundation.org
or call (540) 336-1908
They are located one mile from Route 50 in Clarke County on the shores of the Shenandoah River.  Camp Transportation from Front Royal, Stephens City, and Route 7 in Berryville is available.