Winter: Season of Reflection, Refinement, and Resolve
I have seen forty nine winters as of this writing. [...]
Your Personal Investment in Dirt Time
"Dirt Time" is going out there and actually doing something [...]
A Teachers Perspective by Allan Garvin
A few words about the Maine Primitive Skills School……. I [...]
Reclaiming Personal Sovereignty
Reclaiming personal sovereignty in a nation with more people behind [...]
Re-wilding, Paleo, and the Neo-Aboriginals
Daniel Vitalis and Arthur Haines have been good friends of [...]
Inquiry Based Learning and the Art of Questioning
As we continue around the eight directions of the compass [...]
Developing Focus through Outdoor Activities
When the brain isn't stimulated enough to grow, it searches [...]
Using Transitions Increases Nature Literacy / Skills Development
Peer mentoring naturally happens when slowing down in [...]
Better Your Skills With Patterns in Nature
From our day camp to the programs we run at [...]
A Survival Expert, what is that?
Michael Douglas with his daughter, sharing experiences in nature. [...]
Debris Hut Survival Shelter Tutorial
The Debris Hut Survival Shelter, while difficult to learn, is [...]
The First Four Days are the Hardest
The First four days are the hardest because you will [...]
Survival Training, Bushcraft, and Primitive Skills
Survival Training is a valuable and multifaceted discipline. There is [...]
Why Maine Primitive Skills School?
I arrived at the Maine Primitive Skills School a little [...]
Planting Seeds
It’s been a little over a month since we’ve come [...]
Fox Walk
9 of us walked single-file along the forest ridge, our [...]
Opening Up
I still remember the first time I killed an insect. [...]
Awareness and Tracking Skills
You awake to the dawn song. A glance out the [...]
Bow Making and Blacksmithing
Apex skills are those that require a high degree of [...]
Letters from the Apprenticeship
Saturday/May 16th/0800 Haven't been able to send a letter out [...]