Student Summer Programs Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center
Saturday, January 28, 2017
English: Campers at the Island Beach State Park, New Jersey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife and its partners will be offering teenage students three exciting summer programs based at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center, located within NJ's first Marine Conservation Zone. The facility is located just off Island Beach State Park in Barnegat Bay and provides a beautiful location for these unique, educational, fun and exciting experiences for teenage students.
Sedge Island Fishing Experience — June 22-25 and August 24-27, 2017
The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, in partnership with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ, is offering two sessions of this 4-day 3-night program open to students going into grades 8 and 9 in the fall of 2017. Students will spend the first three days fishing the area while learning about the surrounding ecosystem. On the final night a parent or guardian will join the group and spend the last night learning from the students, and the following day fishing with them.Cost is $475* and includes all meals, lodging, instruction and equipment.
Sedge Island Fishing Experience Flyer/Application Information (pdf, 355kb)
2017 Sedge Island Fishing Experience Application Cover Page (pdf, 40kb)
Barnegat Bay Field and Research Experience — July 6-11, 2017
The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, in partnership with the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES), is offering a residential research experience for students entering grades 10 and 11 in fall 2017. During this program students will be taught field research skills that will lead them to conduct team research projects on Barnegat Bay with a culmination of a sharing session the last day of the program. The Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center will be the settings where research will take place.Cost is $770* and includes all meals, lodging, instruction and equipment.
Barnegat Bay Field and Research Experience Flyer/Application Information (pdf, 300kb)
Barnegat Bay Field and Research Experience Cover Page (pdf, 35kb)
Sedge Island Field Experience — August 15-18, 2017
The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, in partnership with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ, is offering a 4-day 3-night program for students going into grades 7, 8 and 9 in the fall of 2017. Students will spend their days immersed in the salt marshes of Barnegat Bay while exploring the ecosystem by kayak, living a conservationist lifestyle, and learning first hand about research from biologists.Cost is $425* and includes all meals, lodging, instruction and equipment.
Sedge Island Field Experience Flyer/Application Information (pdf, 550kb)
Sedge Island Field Experience Application Cover Page (pdf, 35kb)Application deadline: June 5, 2017
* Please note scholarships are available for all workshops.
For more information about any of these programs contact Karen Byrne at 609-748-4347 or [email protected].