Dear Colleagues,

Do you know any middle or high schoolers who are interested in the environment? If so, please spread the word! This is a fantastic opportunity for youth to participate in on-going environmental research, explore ways to make a difference, and learn about environmental careers!

The University of Maine at Machias’s signature environmental camp, the Maine Environmental Summer Session for Youth (MESSY), will return for its fifth year in August. MESSY is a camp that promotes awareness, builds knowledge, and stimulates active and creative approaches to environmental stewardship and sustainability. And its lots of fun!

Space and scholarships are still available. Sign up now!

This year's theme is climate change. MESSY campers will engage in current and continuing research projects with UMM faculty, learning how climate change is impacting the environment and what can be done about it. They’ll collect marine plankton to identify harmful algal blooms and warm-water species, wade knee deep into nearby rivers and streams to assess endangered salmon habitat, use computers and GPS units to technology to map habitats, people and buildings that are vulnerable to storm flooding, design and build windmills, and more. Participants will use state-of-the-art laboratories, live in university dorms, and go on field trips to local beaches, wetlands, lakes, and streams.

MESSY for grades 6–8 will run August 4–9 and the session for grades 9–12 will run August 11–16. Both sessions are overnight camps. Thanks to generous support from businesses and foundations, scholarship funding is available!

If you have questions about MESSY, please contact Jenny Robish at 207-255-1214 or [log in to unmask].

Check out the MESSY home page at http://machias.edu/messy.

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MESSY-Machias-Environmental-Summer-Session-for-Youth/236223396411989