Eco-Explorers Summer Day Camp

Eco-Explorers Summer Day Camps offers nature-related activities, crafts, games, stories, and other hands-on interactive activities. The camps include sessions such as Sense of Nature, The World Beneath Your Feet, Survivor Challenge, Wildlife Rescue, and the Heckrodt Conservation Camp, each with set dates, times, and grade levels for 2026. Programs are developed by trained naturalists and focus on the local environment through intensely hands-on experiences that are designed to foster an ethic of environmental appreciation and stewardship.

• Ages: 3 years old through 8th grade (based on the 2026–2027 school year)
• Schedule: Sense of Nature runs in 3-day sessions; The World Beneath Your Feet runs in 4-day sessions; Survivor Challenge runs 3 days; Wildlife Rescue runs in 3-day sessions; the Heckrodt Conservation Camp runs from July 14–24, Tuesday–Friday
• Price: $70–$95 per session, depending on the specific camp

Heckrodt Wetland Reserve programs are developed by trained naturalists and focus on the local environment, with small group sizes that allow children to experience nature with personal direction from naturalists. The organization is a private non-profit that depends on donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations for its operations, and the Eco-Explorers Summer Day Camp Program Sponsor is Jason & Jody Fowler. Heckrodt Wetland Reserve lists multiple community partners in areas such as education, construction and progress, sustainability, nature and trail accessibility, wellness, habitat protection and enhancement, STEAM, technology, equipment and grounds, native landscape and design, communications, and event sponsorship.

Last updated July 27, 2026.