This summer the Buzzards Bay Coalition and YMCA Southcoast will offer the new River Exploration Camp.

The camp will run from July 9 through 13 for ages 9 to 11, and from August 13 through 17 for ages 12 to 14.

This week-long day camp will be full of hands-on activities for kids explore the Mattapoisett River from its headwaters to Buzzards Bay.

Campers will spend the week in an in-depth study of the Mattapoisett River. Starting from a home-base at Camp Massasoit at the mouth of the river, campers will travel upriver to YMCA property on Snipatuit Pond in Rochester, where the river begins. Campers will learn what it takes to be a river biologist while hiking, seining, water sampling, and creating a Mattapoisett River Field Guide.

Registration forms can be found at www.ymcasouthcoast.org and more information can be found at: http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/Camps.