When: August 7-10, 2023 from 9AM – 4PM
Where: Whiskey Mountain Conservation Camp, Dubois, Wyoming
What: 4-days of educational and physical activities. Field journaling, wild edible and medicinal plant ethnobotany, wildlife art, water ecology, petroglyph exploration, fly fishing, kayaking and much more!
Cost: $350 per child (Scholarships Available)
Price Includes: Catered meals – All activities – Nurse on site – Wildlife Tours – Educators with over 20 years experience with wildlife and conservation. (Price does not include lodging.)
The Whiskey Mountain Conservation Camp is owned and operated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Camp Bighorn operates out of this facility. The Conservation Camp sits within the Torrey Valley, just outside of Dubois and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Whiskey Basin Wildlife Habitat Management Area. This area provides crucial winter habitat for bighorn sheep, elk, and mule deer.
The Conservation Camp, renovated in 2018, is equipped with a state-of-the-art meeting/ dining hall, lab and library, laundry room, boathouse, and over twenty cabins- with plumbing and electricity.
Camp Bighorn 2023 Registration Form
Camp Bighorn 2023 Scholarship Application Form (Applications Due By May 15, 2023.)
Camp Bighorn 2023 Medical Form, Waiver, Photo Release
Camp Bighorn 2023 What to Bring List
Camp Bighorn 2023 Lodging and Meal Plan
2023 Send a Kid to Camp Sponsorship Form
In 2019, the first overnight Camp Bighorn held at the Whiskey Mountain Conservation Camp near Dubois, Wyoming was a great success! We hosted 25 amazing youth ages 9-12 years old from as far away as Alaska and as near as Dubois to participate in this fun, educational camp designed to inspire and educate youth about bighorn sheep and their habitat. From a trek to the top of Torrey Rim (everyone made it!), to looking at riparian macroinvertebrates in Torrey Creek, to an exploration of local ecosystems and habitat management; youth participates dove in deep to explore this amazing place and home to the Whiskey Mountain herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.
Camp Bighorn 2020 was a day camp due to Covid-19. For three days, 13 students explored many of the topics that were presented in 2019 including wild edibles, fire ecology, macroinvertebrate studies, taxidermy and more.
Scroll down to see some of the moments at Camp Bighorn 2021 created by our partner, and the Education Coordinator of the Wild Sheep Foundation, Ryan Brock.
Photos from Camp Bighorn 2021.
