Students who elect to pursue the environmental geoscience option at camp will complete 2-3 projects in the central Colorado region focused on collecting, processing, and interpreting field data using modern geochemical and geospatial instrumentation. Students test for heavy metals and other mining byproducts, radioactive elements, and other potential environmental contaminants in water and soil before comparing those data to historical measurements and making recommendations about potential future remedial and monitoring actions. We work with local landowners who have very real problems, giving students a glimpse into what a career in environmental geoscience would entail. The region's rich (and sometimes controversial) history in resource exploration and processing makes this an ideal location for seeing the connection between geology and the environment in the real world!