Summer Options
While this is geared towards homeschool kiddos, other students are always welcome to join.
Nature Explorers
Ages: 6-8
Join us again this summer for a Nature Explorer series focused on the sciences! Come for one, two, or all three of our sessions designed to explore the overlap between nature and science through games, activities, and trail investigations.
Nature Explorer dates for 2024: To register, click on the date below!
June 13: Wetland Wildlife (Biology)
To see details about each program, click on the date(s) that you are interested in!
Junior & Teen IMN Summer Day Camp
Ages: 9 - 15
This weeklong summer day camp includes activities like canoeing glacial lakes, dipping for macroinvertebrates, sustainable planning, removing invasive species and more. Please note: Students bring sack lunch and reusable water bottles.
When: July 22 – 26, 2024
Sessions include water quality, botany, zoology, people & natural resources, geology & soils, and orienteering.
Activities range from: 6 hours of volunteer hours included, dipping for macroinvertebrates, insect investigation, sustainable planning, tree identification, DIY t-shirts with natural dyes & so much more!
Conservation Leadership School
Ages: 16 - 18
Upcoming high school juniors and seniors can make Merry Lea their home for a week this summer during Conservation Leadership School!
When: June 3 – 7 | Applications open March 11 and are due by April 28
Camp overnight and explore a world full of natural resources and conservation. Canoe across glacial lakes, plan and run a community nature event, and get a taste of careers like botany, land management or sustainable agriculture.
Enjoy an educational and rejuvenating week at our beautiful 1,189 acre nature sanctuary with peers and professionals inspired by the natural world.
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