JACKSON - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering a summer youth camp July 22-27 where teenagers can learn about wildlife and the outdoors, make new friends and create good memories.

The Game and Fish’s Green River Regional Information and Education Specialist Lucy Wold says the camp is a great bargain and a lot of fun. "Young men and women, ages 15-18 years old, enjoy a week of outdoor studies and conservation ethics, shooting sports, fishing skills, hiking, canoeing and campfire time," she said.

The annual event is held at the Whiskey Mountain Wildlife Conservation Camp at the foot of the Wind River Mountains, 10 miles southeast of Dubois.

"Up to fifty students learn and recreate together for six days and five nights in some of Wyoming’s most beautiful and rugged mountain country," Wold said. "Students won’t find an experience like this camp anywhere else in Wyoming and they get it all for no charge."

Students must live in Wyoming and be sponsored by a teacher or youth leader. Most equipment is provided. Each camper is required to provide his or her personal gear, including sleeping bag, hiking boots, rain gear and cool-weather clothing.

Wold, who has been working at the camp since 1993, says the staff is fun and knowledgeable and the camp is well balanced with outdoor, indoor and hands-on activities. "The first part of the week campers might feel like they are back in school at times, but after a couple of days, the emphasis of camp shifts to learning skills like shooting a shotgun, black powder and .22 rifles, archery, rappelling, hiking, canoeing and much more."

Applications are available at Game and Fish offices, at http://gf.state.wy.us or by calling (307) 777-4538. Space is limited. Applicants are urged to mail the completed application in well before the May 1 deadline.
(contact: Lucy Wold (307) 875-3223)