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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryBack to Environmental Camp



Back to Environmental Camp

Author: Charles Comer

Planning Unit: Montgomery County CES

Major Program: Camping

Plan of Work: Practicing stewardship in Natural Resources

Outcome: Initial Outcome

In 1997, the first 4-H Environmental Overnight Camp was planned and implemented with Mount Sterling Elementary School 4th grade classrooms. From that initial camp, the program has grown over the last twenty-four years to include the three other elementary school 4th grades.  All environmental camps paused in fall 2020 and spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing schools to implement virtual learning as the mode of formal learning.  4th grade camps were scheduled for fall 2021 with the anticipation that schools would be ready to partake of this outstanding experiential learning opportunity and having mitigation procedures to deal with COVID.   What was not anticipated was that 5th grade classrooms would schedule environmental camps due to missing out in fall 2020. As a result, for fall 2021, Montgomery County Extension 4-H in partnership with the local school system are implementing eight total environmental camps doubling the number that normally are scheduled.  The major modification is that instead of overnight camps the schools are implementing day camps.






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