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Fieldcraft– The Discipline of honing useful outdoor skills to the highest degree of craftsmanship. Apex skills, such as bow making and birch bark canoe construction demand of the practitioner to be at their best as they apply the basics creatively. The Result; an efficient, functional craft/tool that is a work of art that benefits you and those around you, to include the land that provides both the inspiration and materials.
Foundations in Survival Courses
Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Intensives (5 Days)
Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Weekends
Nature Awareness and Wildlife Tracking Intensives (5 Days)
Nature Awareness and Wildlife Tracking Weekends
Nature Literacy
Nature Literacy– The ability to read the landscape for meaningful and actionable information; ideally toward increasing bounty/mutually beneficial relationships.
Tracking Skills Weekend
Tracking Skills Intensive (5 Day)
Traditional Herbalism
Seasonal Foraging Day Workshops
Seasonal Foraging Five Day Intensives
Earth Living
Earth Living– An existence where relationships with the landscape and humanity are based on productive and mutually beneficial exchanges. The practice develops confident individuals eager to share their skills to improve the overall condition and live to the fullness of their days doing so. This baseline involves fulfilling, hard work to maintain and is easy to neglect due to lack of thankfulness/appreciation.
Seasonal Earth Living Weekends
Earth Living: Beyond Survival 5 Day Intensives
Survival Shelter: Debris Hut Workshop
Long Term Off Grid Shelter Building Intensive (5 Day)
Long Term Shelter Building Weekend
“Earth Living is at once the the foundation and ultimate expression of Fieldcraft, which, when absent, invariably leads to a Survival Situation.”
-Michael Douglas
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Our courses are professionally guided learning experiences based on a seasonal progression of skills that connect you to the land and increase your ability by helping you work your “edge” in a respectful, challenging and engaging setting.
Our Course Offerings by Category
Earth Living Courses
Our flagship course in fieldcraft, exploring the techniques of living on the land with little more than the clothes on your back.
Foraging Courses
Wild edible plants, basic botany and identification, wildcrafting for herbal preparations, seasonal rhythms, and more.
Long-Term Shelter Building
Creating efficient, beautiful shelters using natural materials and a mix of traditional & modern methods.
Winter Skills Courses
Learn to interact with the winter landscape while providing for your basic needs.
Hide Tanning Course
Learn the ancient art of wet-scrap brain tanning, and turn a deer hide into soft & strong buckskin.
Bow Making Course
Learn the process of making a self-bow from a single piece of wood, from harvest to the fine tuning of each limb, with large staves as well as saplings.