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Wild Nature Project Summer Camps offers activities that include Nature-Connection, Wilderness Survival Skills, Wildlife Tracking, Nature Studies, and learning about Medicinal Plants. The program includes Youth Programs, Teen Camps, Youth Forest School, Little Turtles 4–6yrs Forest School, Forest School for ages 7+, Friday Nature Nights, Dragonfly Camps, Little Turtles Day Camp, and a Wilderness Survival Skills Quest. Additional offerings connected to the program include Emergency-Preparedness, a Couples Workshop, Homeschooler classes, and a Spring Break Camp such as the St Croix Teen Spring Break Day Camp.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Homeschooler classes restart in February on Wednesdays for ages 6+.
Wild Nature Project Summer Camps is celebrating 23 years of Nature-Connection, Wilderness Survival Skills, Wildlife Tracking, and Nature Studies since 2003 and is described as a Midwest source for Nature, Wildlife Tracking, Medicinal Plants, Youth Programs, Teen Camps, and Wilderness Survival Skills. The program uses a lottery list enrollment process for summer camps through an online Camp List Form, and the St. Croix Teen Camp is currently full with a waiting list. Mentors use strategies including storytelling, questioning, demonstration, challenging, listening, timing, and observing individual and group energy and emotional states.
The leadership team includes Kevin Glenn (Director, Youth Mentor, Adult Programs Instructor, Nature Mentor, Podcaster), Gabe McMahan (Youth Mentor), Ethyl Ruehman (Youth Mentor), Josh Jackson (Youth Mentor, Little Turtles Teacher), and Eliza Dowd (Little Turtles Teacher). Staff credentials listed for Kevin Glenn include Track & Sign Level III certified tracker from CyberTracker North America, Certified Movnat Level 1 Trainer, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach from the Center for Thriving Relationships, Wilderness First Responder certified, completion of multiple long-term wilderness and mentoring programs, a B.A. in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, and long-term martial arts practice.
The program’s stated vision is to foster deep connection to nature, to self, and to each other through immersive experiences, recognizing that humans are nature and that inner nature and vision are a gift to others. Its mission is to facilitate connective and meaningful experiences for people of all ages in the natural world and to be mentors of connection, consciousness, creativity, and passion.
Parent feedback includes a statement from Abby Meyer, who reports that her family was able to send their girls to Wild Nature Project the week they moved to Bloomington and that they have been thankful since, and she describes the opportunity to be outside and learn about nature as invaluable and says, “We love, love, love WNP!” Another parent, Anastacia A, states that her boys have been attending Wild Nature Project for years, describes Kevin and his co-teachers as “the best,” and says she feels her children get a “wonderful chunk of time in nature” and learn a lot, and she encourages others to send their kids whenever they can.
Last updated May 14, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Homeschooler classes restart in February on Wednesdays for ages 6+.
Wild Nature Project Summer Camps is celebrating 23 years of Nature-Connection, Wilderness Survival Skills, Wildlife Tracking, and Nature Studies since 2003 and is described as a Midwest source for Nature, Wildlife Tracking, Medicinal Plants, Youth Programs, Teen Camps, and Wilderness Survival Skills. The program uses a lottery list enrollment process for summer camps through an online Camp List Form, and the St. Croix Teen Camp is currently full with a waiting list. Mentors use strategies including storytelling, questioning, demonstration, challenging, listening, timing, and observing individual and group energy and emotional states.
The leadership team includes Kevin Glenn (Director, Youth Mentor, Adult Programs Instructor, Nature Mentor, Podcaster), Gabe McMahan (Youth Mentor), Ethyl Ruehman (Youth Mentor), Josh Jackson (Youth Mentor, Little Turtles Teacher), and Eliza Dowd (Little Turtles Teacher). Staff credentials listed for Kevin Glenn include Track & Sign Level III certified tracker from CyberTracker North America, Certified Movnat Level 1 Trainer, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach from the Center for Thriving Relationships, Wilderness First Responder certified, completion of multiple long-term wilderness and mentoring programs, a B.A. in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, and long-term martial arts practice.
The program’s stated vision is to foster deep connection to nature, to self, and to each other through immersive experiences, recognizing that humans are nature and that inner nature and vision are a gift to others. Its mission is to facilitate connective and meaningful experiences for people of all ages in the natural world and to be mentors of connection, consciousness, creativity, and passion.
Parent feedback includes a statement from Abby Meyer, who reports that her family was able to send their girls to Wild Nature Project the week they moved to Bloomington and that they have been thankful since, and she describes the opportunity to be outside and learn about nature as invaluable and says, “We love, love, love WNP!” Another parent, Anastacia A, states that her boys have been attending Wild Nature Project for years, describes Kevin and his co-teachers as “the best,” and says she feels her children get a “wonderful chunk of time in nature” and learn a lot, and she encourages others to send their kids whenever they can.
Last updated May 14, 2026.
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