What are Eco Ed Camps?
Eco Ed Camps are offered free to all seventh grade students in our county. Grand Forks County Soil Conservation District coordinates and makes all the arrangements for speakers and the camp. All public schools in Grand Forks County currently participate. Some home schools and private schools attend as well.
The camps are held each September at Turtle River State Park. Schools have the option of attending either a one or two day camp. Students stay overnight in the park's cabins for the two day camps. The program is set up so students rotate through a variety of sessions including: Water Quality, Rivers, Wetlands, Forestry, Soils, and Prairie. In addition, students attending the two day camps also attend the sessions: Wildlife, Pathways to Fishing, Orienteering, First Aid, Nature Hunt, and get to fish in the Turtle River for Brook Trout. Brochures of both style camps are located below the calendar.
This program is funded through a state wide grant administered by Barnes County SCD. These funds come from the EPA 319 program. Presenters are volunteers from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, ND Forest Service, ND Health Department, Grand Forks County Extension Service, Grand Forks Public Schools, ND Game & Fish, US Fish and Wildlife, the Energy and Environment Research Center, Red River Riparian Project, ND Project Wet, Grand Forks Water Treatment Plant, Turtle River State Park and Farm Service Agency - Farm Loan Program. The SCD in Grand Forks County have had this program offered since 2000. It is the largest and most successful of our education programs.
New to Eco Ed
This year all the Eco Ed Students in the state are being asked to complete a pre-test and post-test to evaluate our programs success. For a copy of the pretest, click on the link: Eco Ed Pretest
Group Photos of the schools will be posted again this year as the camps are completed.
Brochure for a one-day camp. (Click on the images to see each page of the two page brochure.)
Brochure for a two-day camp. (Click on the images to see each page of the two page brochure.)
Grand Forks County SCD
Eco Ed Camps totals
Year # Students # Adults
2000 225 54
2001 611 158
2002 748 167
2003 737 116
2004 745 141
2005 725 150
2006 628 113
2007 809 157
Totals 5,228 1056
School Information This link has information for schools and students that are preparing for camp.
In 2006, we had to discontinue printing of the student Eco Ed booklet, because of budget constraints. If your school wishes to print them for your teachers or students, contact Nedra Hoberg and she will email it to you.
If you have questions or need additional information on any of our activities feel free to contact us. nedra.hoberg@nd.nacdnet.net
Last updated: March 29, 2010