Barrens To Bay Summer Camp

There is no better natural classroom than Long Island’s Central Pine Barrens region. With its rivers, bays, streams and wetlands; dense pine forests teeming with wildlife; beautiful

farmland; historical structures; vast open spaces and so much more, you could explore the region for years and never run out of new things to enjoy and study.

Due to this bounty of natural beauty, the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission stages most of its educational programming outside the classroom and among the wonders of the Central Pine Barrens region.

“Barrens to Bay” Summer Camp

For a summer camp experience like no other, send your child to the “Barrens to Bay” summer camp co-sponsored by the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission and Friends of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. (See registration form below.)

Open to campers from six to 12 years old and held at Wertheim, the camp features a wide variety of environmentally oriented activities, including nature walks on Wertheim’s beautiful trails, lessons, crafts, games and much more. Campers will learn about marine and environmental science, track animals and study specimens with microscopes, among many other fun activities. Your kids will expand their knowledge of the Central Pine Barrens ecosystem while having a fun and unique camp experience.

The camp is split into three sessions for campers six to nine years old and three for campers 10 to 12 years old and runs from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the summer months. Each session is one week long.

Click this link to view a short video the campers made during the 2024 camp charting the growth of monarch butterflies raised during the course of the summer!

All sections of the 2025 Barrens to Bay camp is now full! Registration for 2026 sessions will begin in February.

For more information or to be added to the email list, please contact Tim Motz at tmotz@scwa.com or 631-563-0396.