2026 BARTRAM BIO BASH
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Bartram Bio Bash 2026! 🦋🌿🐍
September 25–27, 2026 📅
Fontainebleau State Park (Group Camp #3) 🏕️
Mandeville, Louisiana
Join Pelican Park, Fontainebleau State Park, and Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin for an immersive weekend exploring Louisiana's incredible natural world! 🌎✨
Come for the day or stay the weekend in our on-site campground or dormitory. From expert-led presentations and guided hikes to field excursions and scenic paddles, the Bartram Bio Bash has something for every nature lover!
🎟️ Early Bird Registration (Ends 8/1)
Weekend Pass (No Lodging): FREE!
Weekend Pass + Tent Camping: $25/person (kids under 10 free)
Weekend Pass + Dormitory Bed: $50/person (Ages 18+ only)
🎟️ Regular Registration (Begins 8/1)
Weekend Pass (No Lodging): FREE!
Weekend Pass + Tent Camping: $35/person (Kids under 10 free)
Weekend Pass + Dormitory Bed: $75/person (Ages 18+ only)
Registration covers one person for both nights, and light food is provided for all registered participants, regardless of registration type.
👉Please register on this page! https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
🌅 Friday, September 25
3:00 PM – Camp Check-In (late arrivals until 9:00 PM)
6:30 PM – Keynote: The Historic Natural Character of St. Tammany Parish — Latimore Smith
8:00 PM – Night Hike — Dr. Craig Hood
8:00 PM – Moth Sheeting — Linda Auld & Bill Wimley
Observe moths and other nocturnal insects attracted to illuminated sheets.
🌞 Saturday, September 26
7:00 AM – Coffee & Donuts
7:00 AM – Bird Walk — Shae Freeman
8:30 AM – Yoga — Liz Zereteke
9:00 AM – Medicinal & Edible Louisiana Plants — Sophia Forstall
9:45 AM – Louisiana Mushrooms — Jordan Gros
10:00 AM – Nature Journaling — Alicia Barnes
10:00 AM – Kids Scavenger Hunt — Ranger Garrett
10:00 AM – Insects: A Natural History Tour of Form and Function — Bill Wimley
10:00 AM – Exhibitor Expo featuring local businesses & conservation organizations
11:00 AM – On Wings of a Prayer (Butterflies) — Craig Marks
11:00 AM – Medicinal Plants & Mushroom Hike — Sophia Forstall & Jordan Gros
11:30 AM – Kids Art Activity — Stephanie Head
1:00 PM – Presentation — Dr. Eva Hillmann (TBA)
1:00 PM – Live Animals — Nature on the Geaux
1:00 PM – Insect & Nature Hike — Linda Auld & Craig Marks
2:00 PM – Venomous Snakes of Louisiana — Alex Landry
3:00 PM – Homegrown National Park — Patricia Zebrick
3:00 PM – Pond Ecology & Dip Netting — Lisa Landry
3:00 PM – Small Scale Wonders of the Natural World — Nate Bonnett
4:00 PM – Bats — Becky Larkins
4:30 PM – Rewilding Our Neighborhoods: Why Native Plants Matter — Erin Staub/Louisiana Wild Society
5:00 PM – Moonlight Paddle (additional registration required at www.canoeandtrail.com/bartrambiobash)
6:00 PM – Kids Crepuscular Hike — Ranger Garrett Shelton
6:15 PM – Luminescence & Fluorescence in Nature — Leon Zebrick
7:00 PM – Keynote: Fireside Storytelling — Grayhawk Perkins
9:00 PM – Night Hike
9:00 PM – Moth Sheeting — Linda Auld & Bill Wimley
🌄 Sunday, September 27
7:30 AM – Coffee & Donuts
10:00 AM – Longleaf Pine Hike — Southern Wild (location TBD)
10:00 AM – Paddle Cane Bayou — (additional registration required at www.canoeandtrail.com/bartrambiobash)
10:00 AM – Plants with a Purpose — Ranger Garrett Shelton, Fontainebleau State Park Visitor Center
👉Please register on this page! https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
🍃 We can't wait to explore Louisiana's amazing biodiversity with you! See you at the Bartram Bio Bash!
“We rested quietly, though sometimes roused by alarms from the alligator, which are here in great numbers, and of an enormous bulk and strength.”
-William Bartram in Bartram’s Travels, describing a night sleeping on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in 1775.
September 25–27, 2026 📅
Fontainebleau State Park (Group Camp #3) 🏕️
Mandeville, Louisiana
Join Pelican Park, Fontainebleau State Park, and Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin for an immersive weekend exploring Louisiana's incredible natural world! 🌎✨
Come for the day or stay the weekend in our on-site campground or dormitory. From expert-led presentations and guided hikes to field excursions and scenic paddles, the Bartram Bio Bash has something for every nature lover!
🎟️ Early Bird Registration (Ends 8/1)
Weekend Pass (No Lodging): FREE!
Weekend Pass + Tent Camping: $25/person (kids under 10 free)
Weekend Pass + Dormitory Bed: $50/person (Ages 18+ only)
🎟️ Regular Registration (Begins 8/1)
Weekend Pass (No Lodging): FREE!
Weekend Pass + Tent Camping: $35/person (Kids under 10 free)
Weekend Pass + Dormitory Bed: $75/person (Ages 18+ only)
Registration covers one person for both nights, and light food is provided for all registered participants, regardless of registration type.
👉Please register on this page! https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
🌅 Friday, September 25
3:00 PM – Camp Check-In (late arrivals until 9:00 PM)
6:30 PM – Keynote: The Historic Natural Character of St. Tammany Parish — Latimore Smith
8:00 PM – Night Hike — Dr. Craig Hood
8:00 PM – Moth Sheeting — Linda Auld & Bill Wimley
Observe moths and other nocturnal insects attracted to illuminated sheets.
🌞 Saturday, September 26
7:00 AM – Coffee & Donuts
7:00 AM – Bird Walk — Shae Freeman
8:30 AM – Yoga — Liz Zereteke
9:00 AM – Medicinal & Edible Louisiana Plants — Sophia Forstall
9:45 AM – Louisiana Mushrooms — Jordan Gros
10:00 AM – Nature Journaling — Alicia Barnes
10:00 AM – Kids Scavenger Hunt — Ranger Garrett
10:00 AM – Insects: A Natural History Tour of Form and Function — Bill Wimley
10:00 AM – Exhibitor Expo featuring local businesses & conservation organizations
11:00 AM – On Wings of a Prayer (Butterflies) — Craig Marks
11:00 AM – Medicinal Plants & Mushroom Hike — Sophia Forstall & Jordan Gros
11:30 AM – Kids Art Activity — Stephanie Head
1:00 PM – Presentation — Dr. Eva Hillmann (TBA)
1:00 PM – Live Animals — Nature on the Geaux
1:00 PM – Insect & Nature Hike — Linda Auld & Craig Marks
2:00 PM – Venomous Snakes of Louisiana — Alex Landry
3:00 PM – Homegrown National Park — Patricia Zebrick
3:00 PM – Pond Ecology & Dip Netting — Lisa Landry
3:00 PM – Small Scale Wonders of the Natural World — Nate Bonnett
4:00 PM – Bats — Becky Larkins
4:30 PM – Rewilding Our Neighborhoods: Why Native Plants Matter — Erin Staub/Louisiana Wild Society
5:00 PM – Moonlight Paddle (additional registration required at www.canoeandtrail.com/bartrambiobash)
6:00 PM – Kids Crepuscular Hike — Ranger Garrett Shelton
6:15 PM – Luminescence & Fluorescence in Nature — Leon Zebrick
7:00 PM – Keynote: Fireside Storytelling — Grayhawk Perkins
9:00 PM – Night Hike
9:00 PM – Moth Sheeting — Linda Auld & Bill Wimley
🌄 Sunday, September 27
7:30 AM – Coffee & Donuts
10:00 AM – Longleaf Pine Hike — Southern Wild (location TBD)
10:00 AM – Paddle Cane Bayou — (additional registration required at www.canoeandtrail.com/bartrambiobash)
10:00 AM – Plants with a Purpose — Ranger Garrett Shelton, Fontainebleau State Park Visitor Center
👉Please register on this page! https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
🍃 We can't wait to explore Louisiana's amazing biodiversity with you! See you at the Bartram Bio Bash!
“We rested quietly, though sometimes roused by alarms from the alligator, which are here in great numbers, and of an enormous bulk and strength.”
-William Bartram in Bartram’s Travels, describing a night sleeping on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in 1775.
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Fontainebleau State Park, 62883 LA-1089, Mandeville, LA 70448-7304, United States
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