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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
🛏️ Weekend pass, dormitory bed: $50
⏰ Early bird registration opens 6/1. Registration covers one person for both nights. The dormitory is reserved for 18+ only.
“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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