Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps
Clark’s Creek Park, 4460 East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE, Issaquah, WA 98029
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Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps offers themed sessions that include activities such as Wilderness Skills Sampler, Wilderness Survival Craft, Wildlife Search & Rescue, Wild Cooking & Herbology, and Advanced Wilderness Survival. Participants can also join specialized programs like Advanced Artisans, Advanced Ethnobotany, Advanced Animal Tracking, Bite of the Wilderness Camp, Out-of-this-World Wilderness Camp, Wild Chefs & Herbal Medics, Archers, Artists & Artisans, Tracking Bugs, Birds, Bobcats, Bears & Beyond, Secrets of the Ancient Scout, Advanced Zombie Apocalypse Experience, Epic Fishing GeoTrip, Wilderness Survival & Fire by Friction, Wild Edible Foods Foraging & Herbal Medicine Making, Wildlife Awareness, Bird Voices, Tracks & Trails, and Backcountry Safety, Natural Navigation, Map & Compass. Additional offerings connected with the program include Bird Walks, land acknowledgement with Clark’s Creek watershed history and native plant walks, garden and conservation tours, nature walks and trail cleanups, animal farm tours, firemaking and garden biochar workshops, campfire pot-luck dinners, and sunset campfire music.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps is led by skilled instructors who specialize in teaching kids and adults, including specially trained teachers who focus on outdoor educational needs for all ages and learning styles. The program has special expertise in wilderness survival, wild foods and herbal medicine, wildlife tracking and birding, and traditional technologies such as bow making, hide tanning, and basketry. Top chefs for the program choose local, organic ingredients and cater to all dietary needs.
Co-owners Kim and Chris Chisholm lead the program, with founder Chris Chisholm having started adult workshops and classes in 1996, kids day camps in 1997, overnight youth camps in 1998, week-long adult expeditions in 1999, and summer-long apprenticeships in 2000. Kim McKillip Chisholm graduated from the University of Washington College of Forest Resources in 1999 with a degree in wildlife science and has been a member of King County Search Dogs since 1999. The Wolf Camp Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship has been an environmental education training program unique to the field since 1999, and the Blue Skye Farm Natural Science Education Internship has been certified by the Washington State Farm Internship Program since 2016. The IIT Youth Mentoring Program, started in 2003, is for teen alumni who are beginning their path toward becoming professional outdoor educators.
The program states that its mission since 1996 has been to provide young people with real connections to nature and practical skills of resiliency for healthy living in the future, delivering safe, exciting outdoor adventures each year. It states that its passion is to teach students practical life skills known to ancestors and to reveal aspects of nature that are still present around homes and in the wilderness, with a goal of creating experiences and challenges that result in success, self-reliance, deeper understanding of others, and a deeper understanding of nature. Wolf Camp notes a top safety record achieved through risk management and an efficient management style that allows for affordable programs, personalized attention, and responsiveness to the needs of students and families.
Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps is involved with organizations such as Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, Puyallup Parks & Recreation, Pierce Conservation District, Second Star Farm & Forest School, Wilderness Medical Training Center, Campwing, and 6crickets. The program states that it strives to achieve gender balance in employment and enrollment, stands with Black, Brown, and Asian citizens and immigrants, and is grateful to be on the land and waters of the Puyallup, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, and Snoqualmie people.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps is led by skilled instructors who specialize in teaching kids and adults, including specially trained teachers who focus on outdoor educational needs for all ages and learning styles. The program has special expertise in wilderness survival, wild foods and herbal medicine, wildlife tracking and birding, and traditional technologies such as bow making, hide tanning, and basketry. Top chefs for the program choose local, organic ingredients and cater to all dietary needs.
Co-owners Kim and Chris Chisholm lead the program, with founder Chris Chisholm having started adult workshops and classes in 1996, kids day camps in 1997, overnight youth camps in 1998, week-long adult expeditions in 1999, and summer-long apprenticeships in 2000. Kim McKillip Chisholm graduated from the University of Washington College of Forest Resources in 1999 with a degree in wildlife science and has been a member of King County Search Dogs since 1999. The Wolf Camp Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship has been an environmental education training program unique to the field since 1999, and the Blue Skye Farm Natural Science Education Internship has been certified by the Washington State Farm Internship Program since 2016. The IIT Youth Mentoring Program, started in 2003, is for teen alumni who are beginning their path toward becoming professional outdoor educators.
The program states that its mission since 1996 has been to provide young people with real connections to nature and practical skills of resiliency for healthy living in the future, delivering safe, exciting outdoor adventures each year. It states that its passion is to teach students practical life skills known to ancestors and to reveal aspects of nature that are still present around homes and in the wilderness, with a goal of creating experiences and challenges that result in success, self-reliance, deeper understanding of others, and a deeper understanding of nature. Wolf Camp notes a top safety record achieved through risk management and an efficient management style that allows for affordable programs, personalized attention, and responsiveness to the needs of students and families.
Wolf Camp Kids Nature Day Camps & Overnight Youth Camps is involved with organizations such as Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, Puyallup Parks & Recreation, Pierce Conservation District, Second Star Farm & Forest School, Wilderness Medical Training Center, Campwing, and 6crickets. The program states that it strives to achieve gender balance in employment and enrollment, stands with Black, Brown, and Asian citizens and immigrants, and is grateful to be on the land and waters of the Puyallup, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, and Snoqualmie people.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
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