Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area

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,…