• Camp Scholarships

    Roaring Fork Audubon is excited to present a great opportunity for our Valley’s youth and the future of conservation. We are awarding scholarships to attend a Colorado Birding/Nature Camp for five to seven days.

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.”  

-Baba Dioum, 1968

Taking Flight Overnight Camp by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Dates: July 7 – 12, 2024
Ages: 12 through 14 by camp's start date

This overnight camp is the next step for budding birders and young nature enthusiasts who want to take their birding skills to the next level and also enjoy outdoor adventure, traditional camp activities and nature explorations. They will have the opportunity to explore the ecosystems of Colorado’s Front Range while honing their bird identification and leadership skills, gaining independence and responsibility and making new friends! The cost of this camp includes all lodging, meals and transportation during the session.  more details here

On the Wing Overnight Camp by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Dates: June 20 – 28, 2024
Ages: 15 through 17 by camp's start date

This camp is for teenagers who aspire to careers in natural resources. Based at a residential camp near Rocky Mountain National Park, campers will have the opportunity to design and conduct mini-research projects in the surrounding forests. Campers will work together to develop a hypothesis, collect scientific data, draw conclusions from their data, write technical scientific research papers and present their findings to a group of natural resource professionals. In addition, campers will take part in traditional camp activities and learn field journaling, field sketching, field guide and binocular use, bird and plant identification and field biology by observing and participating in studies of Bird Conservancy and National Park Service biologists. The cost of this camp includes all lodging, meals and transportation during the session. more details here

American Birding Association Camp Colorado 

Dates: June 23 - 30, 2024
Ages: 13 through 17 by camp's start date

Join us as we explore Colorado from grassland to glaciers. From the shortgrass prairie of northeastern Colorado to the aspen groves and alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park, Camp Colorado has it all! This ABA camp gives young people a unique opportunity to experience birding, ecology and identification skills and just have fun with their peers. more details here

HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS

The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies offers programs for those choosing to homeschool. Visit the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for information.

Past Scholarship Recipients

“All children used to be birds: Children only become fully human when they forget how to fly. And forgetting how to fly is easy. It just take doubt”


J.M. Barrie The Little White Bird