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Monthly Nature Talks in Seattle

• Two-hour inspirational presentations on various topics (often FREE)

Weekend "NatureSkills" Overnight Courses with Airport Shuttle

Unless otherwise noted on the course description page, all weekend courses begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and run until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday in Duvall, WA, include food and camping accommodations, cost $255/course, and have an optional Sea-Tac airport shuttle available.

• Wilderness Survival Course: Focus on the Fire - Oct 26-28, 2007
  Experience the basics of survival skills through the mysteries of primitive fire-making.
  
  
• Snow Tracking and Winter Skills - Feb. 8-10, 2008
  Learn winter survival skills such as shelter construction, snow travel techniques and winter safety, and track wildlife in the beautiful Olympic Mountains!
  
  
• Wildlife Trailing Weekend - April 11-13, 2008
  Travel to the beautiful eastern foothills of the Cascades and learn to trail animals in the field like deer, elk, and possibly black bear or cougar.
  
  
• Coyote Mentoring - April 25-27, 2008
  Understand the basic principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.
  
  
• Plants for Food and Medicine - May 9-11, 2008
  Learn how wild plants, even in cities, can both feed you and take care of your health
  
  
• Weekend Walkabout - May 16-18, 2008
  We will walk into the wilderness on a three-day adventure, learning to sustain ourselves from the natural world as we explore the survival skills of fire, shelter, wild foods, and navigation techniques.
  
  
• Bird Language Weekend - June 20-22, 2008
  Dive into direct experience of interpreting bird sounds and behaviors, one of nature's best kept secrets
  
  
• Coyote Mentoring - July 25-27, 2008
  Understand the basic principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.

Expeditions and Weeklong Courses

All weeklongs held 6:00 p.m. Sun. - 12:00 p.m. Sat. unless otherwise noted. Food and camping provided unless otherwise noted, Airport shuttle available. Workshops operate from a comfortable base-camp. Expeditions may require excellent physical condition.

• Oregon Dunes Tracking Expedition - September 27-30, 2007
  Experience one of North America's finest tracking environments first hand; follow the animals' stories for miles in the fine sands...(See description page for logistics)
  
  
• Survival Walkabout Expedition - June 22-28, 2008
  Walk into the wilderness with little more than the clothing on your back and experience nature in an ancient and meaningful way through this wilderness survival course.
  
  
• Art of Mentoring - June 29-July 5, 2008
  Dive deeply into the principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.
  
  
• NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008
  Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Bird language, tracking, survival skills, plants, awareness and more.
  
  
• Summer Wolf Tracking Expedition - July 27-August 2, 2008
  • Explore the wild backcountry of Idaho as we search for the tracks and sign of the elusive Gray wolf and other animals of this rich ecosystem.
  • Staff from Wolf Education Research Center will compliment our field activities with information on wolf biology, current status and conservation.
  
  
• Advanced Wolf Tracking Expedition - August 3-9, 2008
  • More time in the field with a small group of experienced trackers
  • Ecological tracking: reading the concentric rings of wolf activity
  • Trailing: following the tracks and sign of wolves and their prey, and more...
    
    
• Art of Mentoring - Aug. 17-23, 2008
  Dive deeply into the principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.

 

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