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Wilderness Survival and Outdoor Living Skills

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!

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.

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.

NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008

• Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Wilderness survival skills, animal tracking, naturalist skills, bird language, plants, awareness and more.

Bird Sounds Interpretation and Behavior (Bird Language)

Bird Language Weekend - June 20-22, 2008

• Dive into direct experience of interpreting bird sounds and behaviors, one of nature's best kept secrets

NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008

• Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Bird language, tracking, survival skills, plants, awareness and more.
  
  

Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants

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.

Wilderness Women's Weekend - June 13-15, 2008

• Join the women of Wilderness Awareness School for a weekend of edible plant ID, harvest and preparation; primitive skills; and fun!

NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008

• Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Plants, bird language, tracking, survival skills, awareness and more.
  
  

The Science of Tracking

Oregon Dunes Expedition - September 27-30, 2007

• Experience one of North America's finest tracking environments firs hand; follow the stories left in the fine sand by gray fox, black bear, elk, river otter, birds, reptiles, insects and others for miles...

Snow Tracking and Winter Skills - Feb. 8-10, 2008

• Learn basic techniques for tracking and trailing wildlife in snow in the beautiful Olympic Mountains.
• If you are more experienced, challenge and expand your knowledge with the assistance of highly skilled trackers.

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.

Wilderness Women's Weekend - June 13-15, 2008

• Join the women of Wilderness Awareness School for a weekend of animal tracking, primitive skills, and fun!

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...

NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008

• Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Animal tracking, naturalist skills, bird language, survival skills, plants, awareness and more.

Mentoring / Teaching

Coyote Mentoring - April 25-27, 2008; or July 25-27, 2008

• Understand the basic principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.

Art of Mentoring - June 29-July 5, 2008; or Aug. 17-23, 2008

• Dive deeply into the principles of our unique nature-based educational approach.

Earth Mentor Program - June 26 - August 7, 2008

• Intensive 6-week training course during the summer months for those who want to become skilled naturalist mentors. College credit is available.
  
  

Naturalist Skills

Home Study - Kamana Naturalist Training Program

• Become a confident naturalist at your own place and at your own pace.

NatureSkills Weeklong - July 13-19, 2008

• Discover the magic of our core curriculum: Naturalist skills, bird language, tracking, survival skills, plants, awareness and more.
  

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