Ecology Camp

Ecology Camp Committee

  • Ruth Andre, Chair
  • Matt Wilson, Chair
  • Tamzen Bryant
  • Carolyn Corning
  • Uta Meyer
  • Ed Pennebaker
  • Loretta West

Halberg Ecology Camp

The Arkansas Audubon Society Halberg Ecology Camp is held each June at Camp Clearfork, a U.S. Forest Service camp between Hot Springs and Mt. Ida.

2025 camp dates will be June 8-13 and June 15-20,  and are for students that will have just completed 5th, 6th, or 7th grade at the time of camp. Senior camp is by invitation only. 

You can apply one of two ways, downloading and filling out the word doc/pdf of the application, or filling out the google form application linked below:

Camp Application Form, Sending Immunizations In Separately (No Google sign-in required) 

Camp Application Form with Ability to Attach Immunizations (Google sign-in required)

Teacher Recommendation Form 

First-year campers experience a variety of subjects including ornithology, aquatic biology, mammalogy, botany, entomology, geology and herpetology. This is a hands-on camp, but we protect and respect all of or native plants and animals. We are a leave no trace, do no harm camp!

Camp students arrive on Sunday and leave Friday morning. So what happens in between? The staff includes a director, assistant director and a teaching staff of 12 instructors, including several with Ph.D.s.  Two instructors work as a teaching team with a class of 8-10 campers.  Instructors are college and high school natural science teachers along with self-taught naturalists. Also on staff is a full-time registered nurse.

A typical day for campers would include early morning walks to identify birds and other critters out early in the day, breakfast, both indoor and outdoor hands-on classes before and after lunch, and dinner.

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Details

DIRECTIONS TO CAMP CLEARFORK - To reach the Halberg Ecology Camp at Camp Clearfork, take U.S. 270 west of Hot Springs to Crystal Springs. From Crystal Springs the camp is located about 2.6 miles further west on U.S. 270 at the entrance to the camp. The GPS coordinates to the camp entrance are: 34.514602 N, -93.383184 W


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