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Wilderness Courses for Adults

More than a survival school, our Adult Wilderness Courses provide thorough training in all of our core curriculum areas. We offer Wilderness Survival courses, Wild Edible Plants courses, Wildlife Tracking courses, Bird Language courses, Youth Mentoring courses and more. Our staff bring a wealth of experience, knowledge, and instructional excellence.

Courses and Expeditions - Training in specific topics

• Wilderness Survival Courses
  Practice skills that can save your life...
  

• Wildlife Tracking Courses
  Unravel the mysteries wild animals leave behind...
  

• Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants Courses
  Eat wild, and learn the healing plants in your area...
  

• Nature-based Education Courses
  Connect kids and adults with nature...
  

• Bird Sounds (Bird Language) Courses
  Develop the awareness of a wild animal...
  

• Beginning Naturalist and Awareness Courses
  Gain naturalist skills and stay safe and comfortable in nature...
  

Intensive Courses - Opportunities for on-going study

• Year-long Wilderness Course - Residential Program
  Nine month comprehensive training in our core curriculum. Our most in-depth course. (Sept. - June)
  

• Outdoor Instructor Course - Earth Mentor Program Six-week outdoor instructor training course. Includes room and board. (July - August)
  

• Wildlife Tracking Intensive Course
  Ten weekend tracking sessions for beginner and advanced students. (Sept. - June)

• Instructor Training Apprenticeship
  Nine months of hands-on instructor training at our on-going youth and adult courses. A good second year option for Residential Program graduates and others. (Sept. - June)
  

Our Core Curriculum Areas

Whether you participate in a short course or are ready for more in-depth training throughout the year, you will have the opportunity to learn all about:

• The Skills of the Naturalist: Knowledge of Place - Get to know the flora, fauna, and ecology of the Pacific Northwest

• The Science of Tracking: Interpreting Patterns of life - Unravel the mysteries of tracks and sign left behind by wildlife

• Working with Native Plants: Ethnobotany and Stewardship - Gather and prepare wild plants to use for food, medicine and tools

• Natural Mentoring: Nature-based Models of Education - Learn Wilderness Awareness School's unique educational model & mentoring techniques

• Wilderness Survival Skills - Practice survival skills that can save your life, and that bring you closer to nature.
  

• Nature Observation: Bird Language & Sensory Awareness - Develop the awareness of a wild animal; move gracefully and silently in the forest

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