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 and Fontainebleau State Park for an immersive weekend spent learning about and exploring Louisiana’s natural world! Come for the day, or stay overnight at the on-site campground or dormitory. From expert-led talks and guided hikes to immersive field trips and scenic paddles, the Bartram Biobash offers something for all nature lovers!
Activities explore a wide range of topics including:
🐍 Louisiana snakes
🌙 Nocturnal naturalist adventures
🍄 Mushrooms and foraging
🦋 Insects and butterflies
🦇 Bats
🐦 Birdwatching
🌱 Native plants and habitat restoration
🌊 Marine biology
🌿 Galls
📓 Nature journaling
🧘 Outdoor yoga
Kids activities include guided day and night hikes, live animals with Nature on the Geaux, art activities, and a scavenger hunt.
Early bird prices: 💲
🎟️ Weekend pass, no lodging: free!
⛺ Weekend pass, tent camping: $25 per person (Kids under 10 are free)
🛏️ Weekend pass, dormitory bed: $50 (18+ only)
⏰ Registration covers one person for both nights. Light food is provided for registered participants regardless of registration type. Please register on on RecDesk here!: https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
“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 and Fontainebleau State Park for an immersive weekend spent learning about and exploring Louisiana’s natural world! Come for the day, or stay overnight at the on-site campground or dormitory. From expert-led talks and guided hikes to immersive field trips and scenic paddles, the Bartram Biobash offers something for all nature lovers!
Activities explore a wide range of topics including:
🐍 Louisiana snakes
🌙 Nocturnal naturalist adventures
🍄 Mushrooms and foraging
🦋 Insects and butterflies
🦇 Bats
🐦 Birdwatching
🌱 Native plants and habitat restoration
🌊 Marine biology
🌿 Galls
📓 Nature journaling
🧘 Outdoor yoga
Kids activities include guided day and night hikes, live animals with Nature on the Geaux, art activities, and a scavenger hunt.
Early bird prices: 💲
🎟️ Weekend pass, no lodging: free!
⛺ Weekend pass, tent camping: $25 per person (Kids under 10 are free)
🛏️ Weekend pass, dormitory bed: $50 (18+ only)
⏰ Registration covers one person for both nights. Light food is provided for registered participants regardless of registration type. Please register on on RecDesk here!: https://pelicanpark.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3313
“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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Where is it happening?
Fontainebleau State Park, 2026 bartram bio bash, Mandeville, State Park, LA, United States
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Host or PublisherPelican Park Nature Club
