Coastal Connections Camp – Alaska Sea Grant

Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Dawn Smith

By Alaska Sea Grant | November 6, 2025

A group of students and mentors from Alaska Sea Grant’s Coastal Connections Camp stand on a bridge with trees, a river, and forested mountains in the background. They are smiling and posing together during an outdoor field activity.

Dawn Smith spent her summer leading a coastal science camp and developing educational resources as part of the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship program. Her work centered in Whittier, Alaska,…

Youth camp expands across coastal Alaska

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 22, 2025

Group of middle-school students posing and smiling for camera in a forest surrounded by large trees with moss, ferns and other bushes. They are all growling or have their hands up like a bear.

Now in its fourth summer, the Coastal Connection Camp program is serving more students and communities in the Gulf of Alaska region than ever before, offering hands-on activities involving science,…

Youth nature camp program continues growth

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 21, 2024

Students smiling and climbing a tree in the forest.

Now in its third year, the Coastal Connection Camps program offers educational summer activities for middle school youth in Valdez and Seward, while training teachers and leaders to conduct these…

Coastal Connections Camp expands to Seward

By Alaska Sea Grant | September 21, 2023

Coastal Connections Camp students smiling around a statute of a dog and a man.

This summer, Alaska Sea Grant offered an educational camp for middle school-aged children in Southcentral Alaska focused on deepening an understanding and appreciation of the coastal environment. The Coastal Connections…