Field Biologists Overnight Camp - Nebraska

Join us for a four-day overnight adventure that blends travel, field biology, and hands-on wildlife exploration across northeastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska. We’ll begin at My Nature Lab, then spend two nights camping at Enders Reservoir, searching shoreline, prairie, and backroad habitats for reptiles and amphibians by day and night. The trip includes herping along the South Platte River, learning to read habitats and animal signs, and a dedicated evening targeting invasive American bullfrogs while discussing their ecological impacts. This immersive camp emphasizes ethical field techniques, species identification, and experiencing wildlife where it actually lives—after dark, in the field, and up close.

Registration and submission of an application does not guarantee acceptance into an overnight camp. Our overnight field programs are intentionally small, physically demanding, and conducted in dynamic outdoor environments that require a high level of independence, emotional regulation, and consistent rule-following from every participant.

Because campers live, travel,…