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Important Camp Information for Parents

Total Camp Fee:  $230.00
now includes a Junior Sportsman's License!


ELIGIBILITY:

Camp is open only to those Kentucky students who are in grades 4 - 6.  Applications are distributed by Conservation Educators to eligible students in February and March.  Priority is given to students who attend conservation education classes.  

 

KDFWR Conservation Camps are COEDUCATIONAL.  Boys and girls will attend camp during the same week.  In the past certain counties or schools have been changed to different weeks to accommodate as many campers as possible.  If this occurs, you will be notified of the change as soon as possible.  If a conflict arises because of the change, you will have an opportunity to request a full refund.



CAMP HISTORY

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has been involved  in conservation education youth camping since 1946. Camp Earl Wallace, located on Lake Cumberland outside of Monticello, Kentucky opened in 1951.  Camp John Currie, located on Kentucky Lake outside of Benton, Kentucky opened in 1949.  Camp Robert C. Webb, located on Grayson Lake outside of Grayson, Kentucky opened in 1969.  An average of 4,500 Kentucky students attend our three camps each year.

 
ACTIVITIES

Campers arrive at camp Monday morning and return home on Friday afternoon.  After being assigned to cabins furnished with double-deck bunks, campers begin intensive and basic instruction in the safe pursuit of outdoor activities and skills related to or dependent upon the natural resources.  Scheduled activities include:  NATURE, ARCHERY, BOATING, OUTDOOR SURVIVAL, FIREARM SAFETY, FISHING/CASTING AND SWIMMING.  Successful completion of a camp activity entitles the camper to an achievement patch, certificate or award.   Campers may earn Kentucky ’s Hunter Education Certificate.  This certificate is honored in all states that require a hunter education card.  Campers will also have time to enjoy their favorite playground activities such as basketball, volleyball, badminton, ping-pong, etc.

CAMP STAFF

The permanent staff consists of camp director, five conservation education program leaders, camp superintendent and maintenance staff and cooks. Twenty-two Kentucky college students are screened, hired and trained to chaperon the campers and assist the program leaders with camper safety, instruction and supervision.

 
FACILITIES

The camp has eight air conditioned cabins which house 25-30 campers plus counselors, bathhouses, kitchen and dining room, camp director’s office, sick bay/first aid station, snack shop, shelters, playground, basketball, volleyball and badminton courts, outdoor assembly area, nature building, nature field trail, rifle range, trap range, hunter safety field course, archery range, archery field course, lake swim crib, boat dock, storage and maintenance buildings.

 

  GENERAL INFORMATION

REFUND POLICY:

Partial refunds up to $100 are given for medical reasons only.  Camper illness must be verified by a statement from the child's physician.  All refund requests must be in writing, include appropriate medical documentation, and should be directed to:
For Camp Currie: Bill Fannin, 314 Cinderella Drive, Owensboro, KY 42303
For Camp Wallace: John Coffey, P. O. Box 609, Richmond, KY 40476
For Camp Webb: Jack Lee, 101 Adams Ridge Road, Hazard, KY 41701


APPLICATION DEADLINE
:

Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications will be accepted through April 15th unless otherwise instructed by your Conservation Educator.

NOTE: Because of state policy related to money management, employees are required to deposit all monies as soon as possible after receipt. Therefore, a cancelled check is not an indication that your child has been accepted to camp. Except for the reasons set forth in this application, if a child's application is not accepted, refunds will be issued. 


WHAT TO BRING
:

Toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, towels, wash cloth, several changes of clothing, socks, swim suits, 2 sheets, 2 blankets (or sleeping bag), pillow, sunscreen, $10-15 in spending money and any prescription or over-the-counter medication in its original container with physician name and telephone number on label.  All medication is stored in the camp office and is dispensed only under the supervision of an adult.  Do not bring cell phone. ONE SUITCASE OR DUFFLE BAG ONLY! (SLEEPING BAG DOES NOT NEED TO FIT IN SUITCASE.) PUT YOUR NAME ON EVERYTHING!


TRANSPORTATION
:

Transportation to and from camp is arranged by KDFWR personnel, provided your child attends the week that their school's county is scheduled to go to camp.  If you enroll your child for a different county's week, you must provide transportation to that county's pick up location, or directly to the camp.  You may contact your county's Conservation Educator for more information. You'll receive transportation arrangements in the mail by the end of May.  


CAMP
ADDRESSES

Camp Robert C. Webb
1486 Camp Webb Road
Grayson, KY  41143
Camp John Currie
295 Camp Currie Road
Benton, KY  42025
Camp Earl Wallace
103 Camp Earl Wallace Road
Monticello, KY  42633


CAMP
TELEPHONE NUMBERS (these numbers are only valid June-August):

Camp Robert C. Webb - (606) - 474-5055

Camp John Currie - (270) - 354-6497

Camp Earl Wallace - (606)-348-9038 

Please do not instruct your child to call you from camp. The phone is restricted to business and emergency calls only.

 
IMPORTANT:

In order for the camp to operate safely and efficiently, we must insist that each camper cooperate with reasonable and necessary rules and directives. NO CAMPER will be permitted to leave camp to participate in another activity and then return to camp. Insurance regulations will not permit this. If there is someone you absolutely do not want your child to see or to pick up your child, please list on a separate sheet.

Campers may be picked up at camp only by parent/guardian or another pre-approved person with proper identification.

If you have questions regarding your child’s camp date, pick-up date, what to bring, etc., call (800) 858-1549.


The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources receives Federal Aid in Fish and Wildlife Restoration. Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or handicap. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: The Office of Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington , D.C. 20240.

 

 

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