As you walk the trail you'll notice a beaver dam, marsh habitat and small feeder streams. By peering through binoculars you may see hairy woodpeckers, Acadian flycatchers, red-eye vireos, northern parula warblers, hooded warblers, Louisiana water thrushes and scarlet tanagers. The Canadian goose and wood duck are often seen feeding and resting around the Chicamuxen Creek as well. The watchable wildlife area is open to the public.
Children fish for rainbow trout that have been brought in especially for the occasion.
It provides a location for the community to experience first-hand, the natural resources of which the Navy is a steward. Mike Stevens from the Natural Resources Office summed up the camp experience. The program includes a tree maintenance schedule and forestry products effort. One element of the forestry products program is pine logging which is mutually beneficial to the Navy and logging contractors. The contractors sell the pine as a commodity and, in turn, the Navy forests remain healthy.