Programs

No experience or prior knowledge of the natural world required to register!

The purpose of this program is to offer immersive environmental education in both a field and classroom setting while meeting the weather limitations of a Louisiana Summer. The field portions of Northshore Naturalist Day Camp will take place first thing in the morning when the weather is at its coolest; classroom portions will take place in the afternoon. The classroom portions will complement the following morning’s field activities.

Topics covered include:
> Marine Biology of Lake Pontchartrain
>Bird Watching
>Plant Identification
>Edible Plants
>Venomous Snakes of Louisiana
>Fire Ecology

Registration is limited to 20 people and open to ages 18+.

Registration includes:
• Binocular rental
• Lunch on Tuesday
• Entrance fee to the park

Please bring with you:
• Lunch on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
• Long sleeves shirts and pants are preferred for hikes.
• Water bottle
• Outdoor hiking shoes/boots (no open-toed shoes please)
• Bug Spray
• Sunscreen

You may want to bring:
• Binoculars
• Notebook & Pen
• Snacks
• Sun hat

Tuesday: (lunch provided)
10:30am-12:00pm: (Classroom) Arrive, lunch, introductions, objectives for the week.
12:00pm-1:15pm: (Classroom) Birdwatching with Alex Landry
1:15pm-1:30pm: (Classroom) Break
1:30pm-3:00pm: (Classroom) Plants with Garrett Shelton

Wednesday:
8:00am-9:30am: (Beach) Bird walk with Alex Landry
9:30am-10:00am: Break
10:00am-11:30am: (Visitor’s Center) Plant walk with Garrett Shelton
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch
12:30pm-2:00pm: (Classroom) Aquatic Ecology / Lake Pontchartrain with Lisa Landry
2:00pm-2:15pm: Break
2:15pm-3:00pm: (Classroom) Geography of Southeast Louisiana with Alex Landry

Thursday:
8:00am-11:30am: (Beach) Dip/seine netting with Lisa; Beach/coastal Ecology with with Alex.
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch
12:30pm-1:15pm: (Classroom) Venomous Snakes with Alex Landry
1:15pm-1:30pm: Break
1:30pm-3:00pm: (Classroom) Longleaf Pine / Fire Ecology with Jacob Bopp

Friday:
8:00am-11:00am: Northlake Nature Center North Loop field trip led by J. Bopp
7:30pm-til: Night hike, moth sheet (Fontainebleau State Park)


Contact Alex Landry at alexlandry@pelicanpark.com with any questions.