Camp Canopy

Do you have or know of any high school students that are extremely interested in the

outdoors? If so, you may want to tell them about Camp Canopy. Camp Canopy is a

weeklong summer camp that occurs June 9-14th at the Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum in

Carrollton, Ohio. This camp features many of the classic summer camp activities while

also centering many of the activities of the camp around forestry and wildlife. This is

done by combining educational activities with Ohio’s top natural resource organizations,

industry experts, and state educational institutions with the great outdoors.

The goal of camp canopy is to get kids into the outdoors and help teach them about the

importance of forestry and wildlife management as well as expose them to the many

different careers that exist in the natural resources field. Many students who attend

Camp Canopy show such a great enjoyment and interest in the outdoors that they

continue onto study natural resource disciplines at their post-secondary institutions.

Some even secure jobs in the natural resource field once they have been through Camp

Canopy.

In the modern day there simply are not a lot of schools or summer camps that put a

focus on the great outdoors. That is another reason which makes Camp Canopy a great

opportunity for high school age kids to get out into nature and learn through the many

activities the camp offers. Some activities included at Camp Canopy to help educate

these students on wildlife and forestry include fishing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, bird

watching, tree and plant identification, wildlife identification, tree climbing/ rappelling,

swimming, radiotelemetry, macroinvertebrate collecting, and electrofishing.

At the end of the students one week stay at Camp Canopy they will get to take part in a

test to show their knowledge of what they learned. Several lucky campers who score

the best will get selected to receive scholarships to colleges such as Ohio State

University’s College of Environment and Natural Resources, Hocking Colleges School

of Natural Resources, and Zane State College. Other scholarships are available for

students to use at the national resource school of their choice as well.

Registration for camp canopy is now open for 2025, and the cost of this event is $500.

This year the Columbiana SWCD will be offering three scholarships for these fantastic

natural resources summer camp event. This scholarship award will cover half, which is

$250, of the cost of the event for the winning applicants. To apply please download and

fill out to form below titled Camp Canopy Scholarship and email the completed form and

information to Pete Conkle at pete.conkle@oh.nacdnet.net. All applications are due

by 3:30pm on May 6th , 2025. For more information regarding this event please reach

out to us here at Columbiana SWCD.

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