MARINE AND WETLAND ECOLOGY
Two-week session: Residents $280 / Non residents $310
June 30th through July 10th
Exploring the rocky intertidal, scouting out a brackish estuary, paddling in a marsh will be some of the ways we'll look at the diversity of flora and fauna in local wetlands and the bays of Mount Desert Island. During this session we will also join in vernal pool research, assist with the eel grass project at Hadley Point, and learn about other conservation efforts in watersheds.
EDIBLES EXPLORATION
Two-week session: Residents $315 / Non-residents $350
July 14th through 24th
As we follow our food from its source to our table, we'll learn about wild edibles, local farms, and coastal fisheries. Does it matter where our food comes from? We'll talk to some of the people who grow, catch and cook food. While digging clams, gathering berries, or harvesting organically grown crops, we'll get a chance to think about how we sustain ourselves. While dining on the daily finds is not required, there will be plenty of opportunities to feast on the results of our culinary adventures.
WAYS OF THE WOODS
Five-day session with overnight: $185 / Non-residents $210
July 28th through August 1st (with overnight on July 31)
A fantastic opportunity to expand your outdoor skills while having fun with your peers. Practice the principles of Leave No Trace, orienteer with map and compass, learn about shelters and fires, identify wild edibles. Hone your skills as a naturalist too as we
explore different habitats. We'll camp out the last night!
ECOLOGY TREKS
Five-day session: $175 / Non-residents $200
August 4th through 8th
Wade, hike, or paddle to favorite Summer Field Studies destinations - you decide where to go. In this session, the participants will take on some leadership roles and set the course each day. In addition to the place to go, participants will plan on ways to explore. Will you take a look through microscopes at the tiniest things found, bring cameras for a snapshot review of the day, write a zany song while trekking? Come make the fun this week.
THE WILD NIGHT LIFE
four-day session with overnight: Residents $145 / Non-residents $165
August 11th through August 14th: This session meets from 4pm to 9pm including one overnight.
Trek out into the dusk and explore what hides in the cover of darkness. Watch a beaver trawl for food, hoot for owls, or stalk calling amphibians; the evening hours bring a change in the activity of animals. Peer through telescopes at stars and planets. Watch the sun set and the moon rise, and witness the night sparkling of luminescent dinoflagellates in the ocean. This session will be held from 4pm to 9pm each evening with an overnight on Aug 14th ending at 9 am August 15th to finish our week.
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