Associate Schools - USA
Leave no child inside…
Wilderness Awareness School is grateful to be part of a global community of schools and organizations dedicated to connecting kids of all ages with nature.
Nature Store Affiliates (listed at top of each section, and marked by logos):
Many of these fine groups choose to raise needed funds for their work through sharing information about the quality nature-education resources and home study programs offered in our school Nature Store. Please check out our Affiliate Program to learn more…
Associate Schools are listed alphabetically by state below, except for our Nature Store Affiliates, which are listed at the top of each section.
Click on a state on the map, or scroll below. (NOTE: Only states with affiliates are linked on the map, and the New England region is grouped).
USA
Arizona
Earth Encounters (Nature Store Affiliate)
Rayne Zaughsome, Founder/Lead Facilitator
2112 N Center St #1, Flagstaff, AZ 86004
928.485.1801
Info@earthencountersarizona.com EarthEncountersArizona.com
Earth Encounters offers wilderness survival training and job-skills coaching, and facilitates self-awareness through creative expression. We believe in an empowered, renewed and vibrant generation of young people, who care about themselves, their community and the Earth. Earth Encounters creates opportunities for community-based learning through workshops, Expeditions, One-on-One Mentoring and Intensive Programs, as well as Rites of Passage.
Wildlore
Andrew Ford, Managing Director
6336 N Oracle Suite 326 PMB #117, Tucson, AZ 85704
info@wildlore.com www.WildLore.com
WildLore is an organization dedicated to the preservation of rapidly vanishing traditions of indigenous peoples worldwide. Our mission is to uncover the ‘golden threads’ that cross cultural barriers and geographical boundaries.
Arkansas
Ozark Tracker Society (Nature Store Affiliate)
Carl Keller, President
108 North Stonebridge, Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 841-8132
ozarktracker@gmail.com www.ozarktrackers.org
O.T.S. strives to enhance your outdoor experience by increasing awareness and deepening appreciation of place, through nature-based learning such as tracking, nature observation, wilderness survival, primitive skills, and sensory awareness activities.
California
Regenerative Design Institute (Nature Store Affiliate)
Rachel Berry, Program Manager
PO Box 923, Bolinas, CA 94924
(415) 868-9681
info@regenerativedesign.org www.regenerativedesign.org
At the Regenerative Design Institute we teach people how to create and maintain healthy and abundant livelihoods that enhance fertility and biodiversity on the planet. In collaboration with Jon Young, we offer the Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness (RDNA) Program, an advanced training in permaculture, nature awareness, community leadership, the 8-shields mentoring model.
Wilderness Youth Project (Nature Store Affiliate)
Dan Fontaine, Executive Director
5386 Hollister Avenue, Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
(805) 964-8096
info@wyp.org www.wyp.org
Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) of Santa Barbara embraces the innovative, nature-based curriculum and mentoring programs presented in Coyote's Guide. Our programs emphasize the traditions of childhood: child-centered exploration, skill and self-esteem development and a deep connection with the natural world. WYP invests in the health of children by mentoring them to be peaceful, respectful and confident citizens of our world.
8 Shields / Owlink Media
(831) 466-9887
8ShieldsContact@gmail.com 8Shields.org
Based in Northern California, we offer worldwide training and support in best practices of cultural and Coyote Mentoring applications and theory. Our services support individuals and communities by offering positive social “technologies” that help connect people with each other and the earth. We consult with diverse groups in matters ranging from children’s program development to corporate culture enhancement and beyond.
Baden High School Therapeutic Day School
Matt Allen, Education Specialist (Special Education; Mild to Moderate Disabilities)
825 Southwood Drive, South San Francisco, CA 95080
(650) 877-8795
capturetheflag@hotmail.com
Baden Therapeutic Day School is an intensive day treatment program in which San Mateo County Mental Health and the South San Francisco Unified School District collaborate to serve at risk high school aged students with emotional disturbance. We approach all academic subjects through the lens of nature awareness.
Bay Area Tracking Club
Brian Knittel, Tod Haddow and John Montgomery-Brown, Tracking Guides/Organizers
Gazos Beach, off CA Hwy 1, 1/2 mile south of Gazos Creek Rd (just north of Ano Neuvo)
BrianKnittel@yahoo.com www.groups.yahoo.com/group/BayAreaTracking/
The Bay Area Tracking Club meets to explore the natural world through tracking. Advanced trackers get lessons in mentoring. This free experience is designed to foster understanding and appreciation of nature through tracking, and sense of place in the natural world that surrounds us.
Central Coast Village Center and Outside Now!
Donna Helete, Executive Director
1640 Pippin Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
(805) 541-9900
info@centralcoastvillagecenter.org www.theccvc.org
The Central Coast Village Center and Outside Now exists to nurture an individual’s innate love for life and the natural world. We are a multi-generational learning community. All of our programs are based on the Art of Mentoring model.
Coyote Regional Outdoor School
David Wilson, Owner-Director
4255 Lobos Avenue, Atascadero, CA 93422
(805) 466-4550
Info@CoyoteRoadSchool.com www.CoyoteRoadSchool.com
Primitive Skills for youth and adults on the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County. Coyote Road teaches lifelong skills in nature awareness and outdoor living providing experiences that create a positive and lasting connection with the Earth.
Devil’s Gulch Educational Services
Brian King, Education Director
PO Box 557, Nicasio, CA 94946
(415) 662-1099
www.dges.org
DG Educational Services follows the core routines of Coyote Mentoring and the resources of Devil’s Gulch Ranch, a production ranch, and surrounding creeks, forests and meadows to provide programs that re-connect participants to their food, to nature and to the basic skills.
Earthroots Field School
Jodi Levine, Director
PO Box 504
Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
(949) 400-3340
www.earthrootsfieldschool.org
Earthroots Field School cultivates a sense of care and connection with the natural world through hands-on, outdoor classes focusing on Wilderness Awareness, Ecological Gardening, Natural Building, Natural Crafts and Whole Food Cooking.
Earth Skills
Jim Lowery, Owner
1113 Cougar Court, Frazier Park, CA 93225
(661) 245-0318
jim@earthskills.com www.earthskills.com
Since 1987, Earth Skills has offered beginning and advanced classes in tracking, survival, nature awareness and traditional skills allowing students to discover and maintain a respectful and dynamic relationship with nature. Our program includes an Earth Philosophy series and vision quest. Trainings for groups and interpretive skills for science teachers/parents are available.
Exploring a Sense of Place
Karen Harwell, Executive Director
1023 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 939-9300 ext. 15
kharwell@exploringsenseofplace.org www.exploringsenseofplace.org
Exploring a Sense of Place is a program designed to provide the means by which people anywhere on Earth can reconnect with the natural world where they live assisted by our guidebook, workshops and local courses. The series of explorations foster familiarity with the local geology, weather and climate, wildlife and indigenous people.
OutsideIn – Adventuring with Aaron Jessup
Aaron Jessup, Owner
1786 Filbert Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 828-0775
aaronisan@gmail.com www.isantrips.com
OutsideIn – Adventuring with Aaron Jessup, which offers wilderness expeditions in the northern Sierras, is dedicated to the marriage of nature immersion and awareness development. Using practices such as meditation, chi gong, yoga, dance and wilderness skills development. Experience a deep and meaningful connection to the natural world while realizing you are part of a greater web of existence.
Quail Springs Learning Oasis
Warren Brush and Cynthia Harvan, Co-Founders
PO Box 417, New Cuyama, CA 93254
(805) 886-7239
info@quailsprings.org www.quailsprings.org
Quail Springs is a land-based learning oasis and farm that experientially involves youth and adults in learning about land stewardship, cultural regeneration, and the discovery and expression of the inherent and natural gifts of people and communities. We host other kindred organizations and groups at our 450 acre farm in the mountains of Southern California.
Redwood Empire Pack 55 Cub Scouts
David Forthoffer, Den Leader/Pack Chairman
1633 Trinity Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 441-1598
David@Forthoffer.org www.forthoffer.org
Cub Scout Pack 55 of the BSA Redwood Empire Council meets in Eureka, California, and mentors boys in leadership skills, team skills, nature awareness, and other character building activities, using techniques such taught by Jon Young.
Regenerative Design Institute
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement - Creative Arts
Aidan Young, Director
3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 364-2509
aidan@riekes.org www.riekes.org
Riekes Center Creative Arts mentors youth (ages 6-21) in the Bay Area through 1-on-1 lessons and group programs in music, hip-hop, fine art, photography and film-making. We help students define and accomplish their goals, regardless of their ability to pay. In turn it is each student’s responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome.
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement - Nature Awareness Department
Ken Clarkson, Nature Awareness Director
3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 364-2509
kclarkson@riekes.org www.riekes.org
The Riekes Center provides mentorship in the Bay Area for students of all ages, through Creative Arts, Athletic Fitness, and Nature Awareness. The Nature Awareness Department teaches tracking, survival skills, awareness training, bird language, wildlife mapping and monitoring, and permaculture techniques through workshops, in-school and after-school programs, expeditions, summer camps, and homeschool programs.
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement Student Services
Lex Ebbink-Alemania, Student Services Manager
3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 364-2509
lex@riekes.org www.riekes.org
The Riekes Center Student Services is a leadership training program for teenage volunteers in the Bay Area. Using a peer-mentoring model throughout the three departments of Athletic Fitness, Creative Arts and Nature Awareness, students learn responsibility, honest communication and how to make others feel welcome.
RDNA - Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness
Ned Conwell, Instructor
PO Box 923, Bolinas, CA 94924
(415) 868-9681
info@regenerativedesign.org www.regenerativedesign.org
The Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness Program (RDNA) weaves together the teachings of permaculture design, art of mentoring, peacemaking and the power of holistic tracking, the RDNA program helps participants further regenerative practices in their lives.
Shikari Tracking Guild
Josh Lane
Tracker@shikari.org www.shikari.org
An international development project dedicated to fostering the skills, art, and science of tracking. The Guild collaborates with many organizations to provide wildlife inventory services and trainings. Learning opportunities include apprenticeships, workshops, and personal mentoring to help you prepare for a professional or volunteer tracking career in your local community.
Standing Tree Nature School
Tod Haddow, Director
109 Handley St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 423-8426
standingtree@me.com www.standingtreenatureschool.org
Standing Tree Nature School is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit based in Santa Cruz, CA. Our mission statement is to inspire children and adults to care for the earth and its inhabitants by helping them create meaningful relationships with the natural world, their communities, and each other. We offer summer camps, classes, and long term mentoring programs in nature studies and traditional earth skills.
Tender Tracks Tales and Trails: Outdoor Preschool and Summer Adventure Camps
Wendolyn Bird, Director/Facilitator
680 Channing Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 324.9355
tendertracks@gmail.com www.tendertracks.com
Tender Tracks includes an Outdoor Preschool, Summer Adventure camps, Storytelling, Workshops and Consultations. We offer opportunity for children and adults to connect with their own unique nature via the reflection and support from the natural world. We create, stimulate and activate opportunity for a healthy relationship to All of Life via songs, stories, and nature awareness activities.
The Center for Mental and Emotional Development
Donna Morgan, MFT
4608 Calavo Drive, La Mesa, CA 91941
(619) 588-9165
donnamorgan2091@sbcglobal.net
www.paulhatherley.com
The Center for Mental and Emotional Development is a San Diego based school, with ongoing workshops, groups, and individual training. Our purpose is to provide the internal training of our mind and emotions by acquiring layer upon layer of awareness, attitudes and skills necessary to understand, care about and nurture ourselves, life and other people.
Ventana Wildlife Society
Alena Porte, Education Coordinator
19045 Portola Drive, Suite F-1, Salinas, CA 93908
(831) 455-9514
alenaporte@ventanaws.org www.ventanaws.org
Since 1992, Ventana Wildlife Society strives to help youth make connections with their natural world. Year round programs provide opportunity for youth to learn about their local environment and increase their knowledge of the natural world. Our goal is to inspire participants to continue their relationship with nature in a meaningful way and incorporate this awareness into their daily lives.
Wilderness Youth Project
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Feet on the Earth (Nature Store Affiliate)
Lorene Wapotich, Director
PO Box 18302, Boulder, CO 80308
303.642.0562
Lorene@FeetOnTheEarth.org www.FeetOnTheEarth.org
Feet on the Earth is dedicated to fostering connection to nature, self and community through long-term mentoring and providing meaningful community and nature-based rites of passage for youth and adults. Our vision is to help raise people who are ready to meet life's challenges and be of service in the world — people who have a positive sense of themselves as women and men; who know what their gifts are; feel deeply connected with nature; have strong community support; and are full of resilience and vitality. Our focus is creating community that nurtures each person's gifts and celebrates all of our passages and stages in life.
Aztlán Storytelling Through Song & Dance
Tomás Eaglebear Shash, Program Coordinator
PO Box 304, Gardner, CO 81040
(719) 746-2400
swarmwater@aol.com
Tomás Eaglebear Shash,and his family, perform Native Apache and Aztec songs, dances and stories for school groups and community gatherings. Tomás also instructs on topics regarding Native American cultures and practices. He is a founding member of Aztlán community, est. 1992 in Gardner, CO. This self-supporting community with a traditional governing body provides ongoing support to local prison populations as well as doing work in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador with the indigenous peoples.
Feet on the Earth
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Laughing Coyote Project
Gelsey Malferrari and Neal Ritter, Co-founder/Instructor
Boulder, CO
(303) 325-5824
info@laughingcoyoteproject.org www.laughingcoyoteproject.org
The Laughing Coyote Project is running six-week long sessions at Windrose Farm in Colorado. Sessions are built around our three streams learning: Practical Knowledge, Naturalist Awareness, and Nature-based Arts. We work with home-schooling students and run after-school programs, offering children a unique experience of the Earth.
North American Institute of Medical Herbalism
Paul Bergner
PO Box 20512, Boulder, CO 80308
(720) 406-8609
inquiries@naimh.com www.naimh.com
The North American Institute of Medical Herbalism trains medical herbalist and clinical nutritionists. Some of the core routines are integrated into our program, and we also mentor students who are interested more deeply in the routines. Our faculty will also mentor at no charge individuals who are not enrolled but who are passionate about nature.
Connecticut
Two Coyotes Wilderness School
1230 Johnson Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
(203) 843-3112
Justin.pegnataro@twocoyotes.org www.twocoyotes.org
Georgia
Evan McGown
Winterville, GA
evan.mcgown@gmail.com
Evan is currently a free-lance educator, group facilitator, writer, and performing musician. He travels frequently both to learn and share within the areas of arts-based empowerment and nature connection, and is available for speaking engagements and workshops.
Roots Farm
Nate Olive, Program Director
46 Beaver Trail, Winterville, GA 30683
info@rootsfarm.org www.rootsfarm.org
Located outside of Athens, this organic farm and CSA is centered around the mission of connection: to food, to community, to nature, and to self. It is host to multiple nature-based education programs, including Wild Skills Classes (survival, tracking, awareness, plants, etc., for all ages), and Ninja Scout Adventures (youth programs combining scout awareness with martial-arts). Author and teacher Evan McGown is an advisor and periodic instructor.
Hawaii
Wilderness Mentoring Project
Matthew Kirk
PO Box 223425, Princeville, HI 96722
(808) 346-1019
mattkirk@wildernessmentoring.com www.wildernessmentoring.com
The Wilderness Mentoring Project is the vision of Matthew Kirk, a graduate of the Wilderness Awareness Schools (WAS) Residential Program. Matthew has worked for WAS youth programs, adult national programs and many other organizations committed to environmental education since 2000. He is currently teaching workshops on Tropical Survival, introductory natural history, and individual mentoring sessions.
Idaho
Inner PathWorks
Randy Russell, Co-Director
79 Treeline Drive, Sagle, ID 83860
(208) 255-2290
info@innerpathworks.com, www.innerpathworks.com
Inner PathWorks is a one to five month training for young adults to Elders for discovering one’s soul self. We use nature connection, native awareness, art, creativity, story-telling, dream-work, spirituality and more to create an environment which nurtures soul awakening and life vision discovery.
Twin Eagles Wilderness School
Tim Corcoran & Jeannine Tidwell, Co-Directors/Co-Founders
433 Cedar Springs, Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 265-3685
info@twineagles.org www.twineagles.org
Twin Eagles Wilderness School is a family based nature awareness school centered in Sandpoint, Idaho and serves the greater Inland Northwest via year-long children's programs, summer camps, adult workshops, our instructor training apprenticeship and more. We touch the hearts of over 100 people annually with the essence of nature, and hold true to the values of passion based learning, community, family, self-discovery, long term mentoring and a strong spiritual center.
Indiana
The Wild Nature Project (Nature Store Affiliate)
Kevin Glenn, Director
PO Box 7351, Bloomington, IN 47407
(812) 361-3471
Kevin@WildNatureProject.com www.WildNatureProject.com
Located in the rolling, hardwood-forested hills region of southern Indiana, Owl Creek Programs provides youth camps, family camps, natural mentoring programs, leadership and teacher training and teen rites of passage programs. Through tracking, nature awareness, and survival skills we mentor people of all ages towards a closer connection with nature and stewardship.
Maine
Maine Primitive Skills School
Mike Douglas, Director
716 Church Hill Road, Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 623-7298
mpss@gwi.net www.primitiveskills.com
The Maine Primitive Skills School builds community through mentoring youth and adults in ancestral skills, primitive technologies, nature education, survival skills, and condolences. Empowering individuals through the eight directions model and the invisible school to become grounded, centered mentors in their own communities.
White Pine Programs
Dan Gardoqui, Co-Founder/Director
330 Mountain Road, Cape Neddick, ME 03902
(207) 361-1911
info@whitepineprograms.org www.WhitePinePrograms.org
Nestled along the New England seacoast between Portland & Boston, White Pine Programs provides nature-based learning opportunities for all ages, year-round. Each year, we renew connections to nature and deepen awareness of place with our programs. Founded in 1999, our offerings include: half-day family programs, summer camps, adult wildlife tracking expeditions, local naturalist workshops, and more.
Maryland
Ancestral Knowledge
Bill Kaczor, CEO-Director of Programs
PO BOX 295 Mount Rainier, MD 20712
(301) 277-1276
a.k.info@ancestralknowledge.org www.ancestralknowledge.org
Ancestral Knowledge serves the communities of MD, VA, and D.C. Metro area. We offer programs for youth, adults, groups, and schools. Our nature-based programs include primitive skills workshops, mentoring programs, family programs, and summer camps. We also customize programs to fit your group or schools interests. Our summer camps operate on a private 1400-acre wilderness preserve that borders the Appalachian Trail and Shenandoah River conveniently located 1.5 hours from D.C. Our goal is to open the mind, body, and spirit of our participants to the wonderful world that we live in. We accomplish this through hands-on experiential learning for all. Ancestral Knowledge is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization.
Beyond The Walls & Camp Shady Grove
Amy Beam, Outdoor Education Specialist/Camp Owner/Operator
7 Redland Road, Derwood, MD 20855
(301) 977-3733
Amy.BeyondTheWalls@gmail.com
www.LetsGoBeyondTheWalls.org
Beyond The Walls provides nature awareness programs in Washington DC and Maryland to the children, families and staff of the Metro Montessori Schools. We reach people through our school time Outdoor Explorations, weekend Outdoor Expeditions, staff training retreats and summertime programs at Camp Shady Grove. Collaborating with other organizations, including the Wilderness Awareness School, we sponsor programs to generate interest in our National & local parks & reserves.
Landscape and Nature Discoveries, Inc. (LAND)
Amy Seely, Executive Director
21014 Big Woods Road, Dickerson, MD 20842
(301) 972-7266
amy@landandnature.org www.landandnature.org
Landscape and Nature Discoveries, Inc. provides outdoor educational experiences for children while encouraging them to appreciate conserve and respect their natural environment while cultivating connections with the community. Working mainly in Montgomery County, Maryland within the Agricultural Reserve. Community service, volunteers and relationships with our schools are all important aspects of our programs.
Massachusetts
EarthWork Programs (Nature Store Affiliate)
Frank Grindrod, Program Director
PO Box 961 Williamsburg, MA 01096
(413) 522-0338
frank@earthworkprograms.com www.earthworkprograms.com
Earthwork Programs, ten years running, based in the Northeast, is a leader in providing opportunities for youth and adults in developing and honing skills in nature awareness, wilderness living, and bushcraft. We offer customized internships, community building, tracking expeditions, home-school programs, camps, Nurtured Heart Approach™ workshops, and educator trainings using Art of Mentoring principles.
Clare Walker Leslie
76 Garfield Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 547-9128
cwleslie38@aol.com www.clarewalkerleslie.com
A nationally recognized wildlife artist, naturalist, educator, and author of seven books, Clare conducts workshops and classes at colleges, schools, and nature centers.
EarthWork Programs
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Michigan
HumaNature School (Nature Store Affiliate)
Co-founded by Matt Miller & Kriya Townsend
Classes in Traverse City, Michigan and the Surrounding Area
231.649.1906
info@humanatureschool.org www.humanatureschool.org
HumaNature School offers unique and holistic outdoor education programs for all ages. Our curriculum is focused on Naturalist Knowledge and Primitive Survival Skills, and our mentoring style promotes deep connection to nature and is infused with caretaking principles.
Two Tracking Adventures
Paul Raphael
8160 NW Bayshore Drive, Northport, MI 49670
(231) 342-8502
An authentic Native approach to tracking and nature awareness.
Minnesota
Naturalist
Theodore Rick, Naturalist
8076 County Road 6, Maple Plain, MN 55359
(763) 479-2566
theodorerick@care2.com
Expanding awareness through the core routines of: animal forms, story of the day, mapping, sit spot and fire starting plus other awareness exercises.
Montana
Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center (Nature Store Affiliate)
Brett & Laura Holmquist, Co-Director / Co-Founder
PO Box 2084, Bigfork, MT 59911
(406) 837-7279
brett@ravenwoodolc.org www.ravenwoodolc.org
Ravenwood is an outdoor learning center whose mission is to connect people with nature, community, and self through a wide range of age-appropriate programs. Engaging kids from toddlers to teens and providing learning opportunities for parents, teachers, and elders, Ravenwood specializes in getting folks outside for hands-on learning adventures. Located just minutes from Glacier National Park in the beautiful Flathead Valley of Montana.
Missoula Wildlife Tracking Club
Elliott W.R. Parsons, Wildlife Biology Program
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit,
UM Natural Sciences Bldg., Room 205, Missoula MT 59812
(406) 243-4356
elliott.parsons@mso.umt.edu
Our mission is to learn to appreciate and understand the wildlife of Montana through tracking, natural history studies, mentoring, and practicing the core routines of awareness. All are welcome.
Paradise Adventure Circle
Daniel M. Kirchhof
PO Box 1703, Emigrant, MT 59027
(406) 223-6156
paradiseadventurecircle@yahoo.com
Based 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, a volunteer street-corner naturalist/coyote-mentor, I serve youth & adults. Leading neighborhood nature rambles, camp-fire games & gatherings, wild-country expeditions, a wilderness P.E. class and a Kamana study group. We are a growing informal Nature Awareness/Adventure Club who enjoy exploring our amazing landscape and renewing our Native-Eyes together.
Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Wild Rockies Field Institute
PO Box 7071, Missoula, MT 59807
Yucatan Cultural Ecology, Mexico
Kim M. Wilkinson, Lead Instructor
(406) 549-4336
wrfi@wrfi.net, kim.m.wilkinson@gmail.com www.wrfi.net
The Wild Rockies Field Institute offers academically rigorous, field-based courses that help to develop engaged informed citizens and strong leaders capable of addressing our society’s complex social and environmental issues. Yucatan Cultural Ecology is one of nine accredited courses offered by WRFI throughout North America. In this course, 10 students live in a Mayan village, exploring the cultural ecology of the present-day Yucatec Maya with its dramatic two thousand-year history.
New Jersey
Two Wolves Buckskin (Nature Store Affiliate)
Kfir Mendel
(609) 661-2747
mail@twowolves.org www.twowolves.org
Two Wolves - Traditional Brain Tanned Buckskins, Custom bags, Clothing, etc. Also offering hands-on workshops and mentoring.
10% of our profits are always donated to support non-profit organizations dedicated to passing on ancient wisdom.
Children of the Earth Foundation
Rick Berry, West Coast Program Director
Simon Harrison, East Coast Program Director
PO Box 607, Waretown, NJ 08758
(609) 971-1799
info@cotef.org www.cotef.org
The Children of the Earth Foundation, founded by Tom Brown, Jr. in 1999 is based out of the Pine Barrens of NJ and operates programs around the country. We provide programs for families, youth and teens from around the world in wilderness survival, tracking and nature awareness in week-long and workshop formats.
Red Tail Primitive Skills
Ralph Turtle Panaro
25 Fortescue Road, Newport, NJ 08345
(856)447-0242
redtailprimitiveskills.com
Red Tail Primitive Skills teaches students of any age to become familiar with using Mother Nature to survive in any situation and to rely on skills for survival such as: building shelters, finding food, and staying warm. These courses teach the individual to make primitive tools and weapons as well as survival skills you can use anywhere. Our classes are taught with hands-on knowledge by using our natural resources.
Two Wolves Buckskin
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
New York
Primitive Pursuits (Nature Store Affiliate)
Tim Drake, Program Director
Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 607-272-2292 ext. 195
primitivepursuits@cornell.edu www.primitivepursuits.info
Primitive Pursuits engages a variety of community resources in Tompkins County, NY to provide nature awareness education to an all inclusive spectrum of youth, adults and families. Our goal is to make lasting relationships with nature available to everyone. We also host an annual primitive skills celebration that brings together folks from throughout the Finger Lakes Region.
Dan Jerke
3 Sprague Place
Albany, NY 12203
(607) 342-5241
Earth Arts
Dale Bryner
689 Coddington Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-6486
eartharts1@gmail.com
Earth Arts programs combine creative arts with knowledge of place and awareness of wilderness. On-site, regional, and collaborative mentoring programs develop self-esteem, personal expression, respect for others and the earth. Year-round school programs, summer camps, workshops, and rite-of-passage programs inspire all of us to become more native to the place in which we live.
Four Feathers Wilderness Programs
Lynn & Michael Trotta, Founders
20 Dogwood Road, Mt.Kisco, NY 10549
(914) 438-3330
michael@fourfeatherswildernessprograms.com
www.fourfeatherswildernessprograms.com
Four Feathers Wilderness Programs are conducted in Westchester County, just 30 minutes north of the heart of NYC. Through our on-going mentoring programs, summer camping expeditions, school presentations, cultural mentoring workshops, and our parent study groups, we are dedicated to bringing people to life through wilderness living and nature awareness education.
Primitive Pursuits
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Red Fox Friends
David Brownstein
47 Butterville Road, New Paltz, NY 12561
(845) 256-9830
info@redfoxfriends.com
Red Fox Friends is a coming together of young people, adults and families dedicated to fostering the culture of community within the experience and appreciation of nature. We employ naturalist training and survival skills, edge experiences, storytelling, song, and fun to fulfill the yearning of all people for the authentic experience of being fully alive.
The Learning Vine
Linda Voith
c/o Gleason Hill Farm, 7326Gleason Hill Road, Belfast, NY 14711
(585) 365-2090
whollycow@earthlink.net www.equalvision.org/blog/LearningVine
The Learning Vine is a small home-school group that meets weekly in Allegany County, NY. We are passionate about experiencing the natural world and use the Kamana Naturalist Training program as part of our core curriculum.
Wen Barn & Gardens
Jeff Davis & Hillary Thing, Stewards
156 Upper Whitfield Road, Accord, NY 12404
(845) 679-9441
info@earthboundapothecary.com, jeffdavis@centertopage.com www.wenbarn.com
Wen Barn & Gardens is an old homestead nestled between the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountain regions of New York State where studies of the heart, art, and earth converge. We seek to further deepen people’s connection to the natural world through the experiential study of the ancient practices of herbalism, the creative arts, yoga, taoist philosophy, and permaculture.
Zam’s Quest Classroom Curriculum
Keith Marshall, Program Director
3153 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx NY 10465
(800) 670-0245
zqmarshall@gmail.com www.zamsquest.com
Zam’s Quest Classroom Curriculum develops and promotes environmental, nature and wildlife conservation curriculum for the classroom of our schools. Zam’s mission is to develop a national and international community of students and teachers empowered to create effective solutions around environmental issues.
North Carolina
Earth School
Richard Cleveland, Founder/Director
PO Box 777, Tryon, NC 28782
(828) 395-1758
info@LoveTheEarth.com www.LoveTheEarth.com
Through the practice of learning traditional living skills and exercises that heighten nature awareness, students honor the wisdom of indigenous peoples whose rich history we all share, and discover the beauty of the wilderness within us all. These powerful experiences show us how the lessons of nature can be incorporated into everyday life protecting our environment for generations to come.
Ohio
Coyote Trails School of Nature Adventure Club
Sandy Willmore, Advisor
New Albany Middle School, 6600 East New-Albany Road
New Albany, OH 43054
(614) 413-8500
swillmore@new-albany.k12.oh.us
www.curriculum.new-albany.k12.oh.us/swillmore/AdventureClub.htm
The after school Adventure Club is designed to promote student learning and personal growth through various activities taking place in nature. We begin the year with a three-day camp out rediscovering our connection to nature. We take field trips, hear guest speakers and participate in service projects. With members in middle school and expansion into high school, our only goal is to have fun while helping other schools start their clubs!
Eco-Awareness Club, LLC
Jason Imbrogno, Owner/Instructor
8354 Nuthatch Way, Columbus, OH 43235
(614) 785-1306
heyhoka@ameritech.net
Eco-Awareness Club mentors small groups of children in central Ohio to help reconnect with the earth via the arts of survival, tracking, bird language and awareness. The club offers after-school programs and summer camps.
Midwest Native Skills Institute
Tom Laskowski
PO Box 31764, Cleveland, Ohio 44131
(888)886-5592 (toll free)
Tom@SurvivalSchool.com www.SurvivalSchool.com
Established in 1997, Midwest Native Skills offers “non-military" day, weekend and full week classes/workshops in Wilderness Survival, Awareness, Self-Reliance, Homesteading and "Lost Art" Skills with class sizes limited to approx.12 students. Physical fitness is NOT required to attend our classes since our focus is on the knowledge and skills needed to be successful. Private "one-on-one" and Specialty Group Classes are also available.
New Albany School
Mandy McNamara, 8th Grade Science Teacher
6600 East New-Albany Road, New Albany, OH 43054
(614) 413-8500
mmcnamara@new-albany.k12.oh.us
www.curriculum.new-albany.k12.oh.us/swillmore
We strongly believe in the importance of using sit spots as an educational tool for learning. With the Kamana One Program and Coyote’s Guide as main sources, we are creating a year-long program that encourages students to visit sit spots year round encouraging environmental stewardship and increasing awareness and observation skills of each individual in their own community. We are interested in helping other teachers and schools do the same.
Oregon
TrackersNW (Nature Store Affiliate)
Tony Deis, Company Director
1424 SE 76th Avenue, Portland, OR 97215
(503) 453-3038
tony@trackersnw.com www.trackersnw.com
TrackersNW offers experiences for adults and youth in outdoor education, collaborative social technologies, and health and wellness. With programs such as live action role playing intensives, traditional wildcrafting classes, and SHIFT: Local Animal Forms & Martial Arts, we reshape the nature of camps and workshops to bring the village back to life.
Cascadia Wild
Al Thieme, Founder
3945 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214
(503) 235-9533
info@cascadiawild.org www.cascadiawild.org
Cascadia Wild! was the first organization in the Portland area to implement long-term naturalist training in the public schools based on AOM and Core Routines. Our programs include a snow-tracking project for forest carnivores, which allows low-income youth and adults to learn about tracking and nature awareness while providing critical data for wildlife management.
Coyote Trails School of Nature
Joe Kreuzman, Director
PO Box 7375, Bend, OR 97708
(541) 617-0439
joe@coyotetrails.org www.coyotetrails.org
A public non-profit school educating youth, teens and families ages 7-70+ to the benefits of wilderness through tracking, awareness, story telling, primitive skills, nature study, music, dance and art. We also facilitate training seminars for educators and provide programs tailored for children with special needs and adjudicated teens. Join us on our 1600 acre semi-remote wilderness camp at Earth Teach Forest Park.
Dancing Hawk Native Lifeways
Kiliii Yu
Manzanita, OR and Portland, OR
(503) 984-8675
kiliii@dancinghawk.com www.dancinghawk.com
Focused and intensive programs and apprenticeships in primitive skills, native ways of living and seeing the world. Our specialty is on the Pacific Northwest coastal region, expeditioning by skin-on-frame kayak while hunting, fishing and gathering. There is strong emphasis on community working hard together to live off the land and thanking our land for our place in it. We take great pride in actually living the way we espouse.
Dancing Sol
896 Sundance Street
Eugene, OR 97405
(541)595-WHEE
www.DancingSol.com
Nestled in the south hills of Eugene, Oregon, Dancing Sol assists children in discovering their unique gifts, helps them begin to understand who they are as individuals and as members of a community, and mentors them in experiencing themselves as part of nature.
Learning the Language of Spirit through Nature
Terry Kem
PO Box 25183, Portland, OR 97298
(503) 296-6733
terry@deerdance.org www.deerdance.org
Deerdance mentors participants on a journey into nature where they explore and gain a complete experience of connecting with the earth. Through celebration, honoring and learning the language of the heart, Terry Kem’s students become aware participants in this great dance.
Lifesong Wilderness Adventures
Mark Wienert Jr., Founder/Director
73569 Hwy 101, North Bend, OR 97459
Oregon & California
(530) 859-0539
lifesongwild@yahoo.com www.lifesongadventures.com
We connect everyday people to nature’s wild places. To restore our connection we use the natural blending of plant, animal, rock and water by using time honored, ancient skills adapted for a modern time. Releasing you from the captivity of daily life, we encourage your creativity, awareness, dreams and passion putting your mind and body in balanced motion with the wilderness.
Nature University, Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces
Deb Scrivens, Sustainability Center
600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232
(503) 797-1852
deb.scrivens@oregonmetro.gov www.metro-region.org
Nature University mentors adult volunteer naturalists. Graduates guide over 10,000 children and adults annually in Metro’s parks and natural areas during school field trips and summer programs. These occur in old growth forests, wild and scenic rivers, wetlands and oak woodlands of the Portland region.
The College of Mythic Cartography
Willem Larsen, Caretaker
4850 NE 9th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211
mythic.cartographer@gmail.com www.mythic-cartography.org
The College of Mythic Cartography holds community space where storytellers, mentors, martial-artists, trackers, primitivists, rewilders, and elders come together to share and revitalize spoken traditions and connections to the land and family. The College runs and supports programs in the greater Portland area.
TrackersTEAMS Immersion
Tony Deis, Associate
1424 SE 76th Avenue, Portland, OR 97215
(503) 453-3038
info@trackersteams.com www.trackersteams.com
TrackersTEAMS Immersion offers full time youth and adult level programs in the Pacific Northwest. We facilitate real-world projects in team leadership, tracking, outdoor guide instruction, sustainable entrepreneurship, health and wellness, the arts, DIY and permaculture.
Trackers International
Nicole Apelian, Company Director/Lead Adventurer
5621 NE Rodney Avenue, Portland, OR 97211
(503) 367-6296
nicole@trackersinternational.com www.trackersinternational.com
Trackers International is a one of kind world tour-company for youth, adults and families. Our small groups of 12 or less spend more time in the places that count. Our guides have lived in those places, often studying with native elders, researchers and local people to develop a true sense of place and connection to the land.
TrackersNW
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Pennsylvania
Down to Earth
Stan and Sandy Perambo
3345 Seisholtzville Road, Barto, PA 19504
(215) 679-7454
sperambo@hotmail.com
This is a very small program run by husband and wife on 30 acres of privately-owned woodland. One day a week during the summer months we meet with children, ages 7-15 with the intent of fostering appreciation for and harmonious living with nature and each other.
Tennessee
Big Oak Wilderness School Inc.
Lisa & G. T. Sanford III, Instructors
7616 Nolensville Road, Nolensville, TN 37135
(615) 776-2147
lisa@bigoakschool.com gt@bigoakschool.com www.bigoakschool.com
Located in the rolling pastures and oak-hickory forests of middle Tennessee, Big Oak Wilderness School provides an informal setting where the student of primitive skills can advance their knowledge and understanding of the many skills that once were a way of life for the Indian tribes that occupied the area.
Victor Wooten’s Bass/Nature Camp
Victor Wooten
PO Box 210703
Nashville, TN 37221
www.victorwooten.com
You’ll never look at survival and nature awareness the same again. Victor Wooten’s renowned music and nature camps, and all of the related educational programming are based on a solid foundation of excellent mentoring. Follow the links on the website to Vixcamps for up to date information and programs, and be sure to check out the on-line learning opportunities.
Vermont
Vermont Wilderness School (Nature Store Affiliate)
Becca Martenson, Chair/Board of Directors
PO Box 2585, Brattleboro, VT 05303
(802) 257-8570
info@vermontwildernessschool.org
www.vermontwildernessschool.org
VWS has been creating opportunities for long-term mentoring in nature awareness since 1999. We offer the Art of Mentoring workshop every year in October and a variety of programs for children and adults.
EarthWalk Vermont (Nature Store Affiliate)
Angella Gibbons, Founder & Director
PO Box 21, Plainfield, VT 05667
(802) 454-8500
info@earthwalkvermont.org www.earthwalkvermont.org
A non-profit Community Education program, EarthWalk Vermont’s mission is to cultivate a caring community of mentors and earth-caretakers through the EarthWalk Village School, Summer Camps, EarthWalk/Twinfield program, EarthGirls, and monthly community days. We gather together to share direct learning experiences in nature, cultivating ancient practices of awareness, a deep knowledge of place, and peaceful relationships.
Institute for Natural Learning
Mark Morey, Founder
PO Box 2485, Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 254-5800
Info@IFNaturalLearning.com www.IFNaturalLearning.com
The Institute for Natural Learning projects include: Reclaiming Elders, Rites of Passage for Boys, Men’s initiations, Vision Quests, Nature Leadership Trainings and more. Founder, Mark Morey has dedicated his life to reclaiming the power of reconnecting with the land, rebuilding community and training young adults and children to reach full potential in the expression of who they are meant to be.
Makin’ Tracks: Nature-Based Programs for Preschoolers
Kate White
PO Box 82, Putney, VT 05346
(802) 254-8080
Kate@dummerstonarts.com www.dummerstonart.com
Makin’ Tracks & Dummerston Healing Arts integrates nature awareness with healing arts and offers a curriculum that runs from the prenatal period through age 5 that supports concentric rings of relationship as a foundation of health: self, mother, baby, family, community and the Earth.
Roots School - Reclaiming Our Origins through Traditional Skills
Brad Salon, Founder/Director
PO Box 932, Montpelier, VT 05601
(800) 456-1253
info@rootsvt.com www.rootsvt.com
In the spring of 2007 Root School began its mission of educating people of all ages and backgrounds in traditional survival skills, tracking and awareness, and indigenous philosophy. We are located in central Vermont, but travel to different colleges, museums, and schools throughout New England as well as teaching workshops throughout the year at our location in Vermont.
Vermont Wilderness School
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Virginia
NATS- Nature, Awareness, and Trackin’ Stuff
Michael J. Stacy Blackwell
623 Sadler Mtn. Road, Pearisburg, VA 24134
(540) 921-2820
miblackw@vt.edu
NATS has taught nature skills to college students at Virginia Tech. More recently, we have become less programmatic and more community based developing natural intelligence to awake and support love and knowledge of nature in local kids. NATS is actively involved in building community through peacemaking and caretaking.
The Living Earth School
Kate & Hub Knott (Directors)
540-456-7339
101 Rocky Bottom Ln. Afton, VA 22920
540-456-7339
www.livingearthva.com connect@livingearthva.com
"Connect with Nature and journey into the heart." Founded in 2002, LES is located in central Virginia, nestled up against the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our focus is to build healthy connections with the earth, oneself and community with Coyote Mentoring at our core. Our programs use earth skills, natural history, song, dance and humor to increase awareness, deepen connections, and guide personal growth.
Wild Tribe Adventure Party
Niki Rowland, Owner Wild Child Face & Body Art
1504 Wagon Trail Road, Monroe, VA 24574
(434) 238-8358, (434) 384-1933
wildchildbodyart@yahoo.com www.wildchildpartyart.com
The ancient art of masking and body decoration has the almost magical effect of shifting people to an enhanced state of awareness. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, we provide face painting and body art services for public and private events. We also offer a Wild Tribe Adventure party for older kids and adults that bonds participants into a tribe, exposing them to traditional skills that they can practice together.
Washington
NatureMapping Foundation (Nature Store Affiliate)
Karen Dvornich, Director
Box 26962, Federal Way, WA 98093
253.661.3973
kdvornich@naturemappingfoundation.org
http://naturemappingfoundation.org
The NatureMapping Program asks the public to help scientists map nature by reporting wildlife sightings to a statewide database that is used for land planning, assessing range maps, and learning where wildlife move from month to month. Learning Centers provide progressive levels of training and opportunities to move from reporting wildlife to field research projects with local scientists.
Wilderness Awareness School (Nature Store Affiliate)
Warren Moon, Executive Director
PO Box 219, PMB 137, Duvall, WA 98019
(425) 788-1301
wasnet@wildernessawareness.org www.wildernessawareness.org
Wilderness Awareness School mentors naturalists, trackers, outdoor educators, and leaders through school-year programs, summer camps, wilderness expeditions, and intensive workshops. Our programs foster understanding and appreciation of nature, community, and self. We offer support and training to users of Coyote’s Guide.
The Vashon Wilderness Program (Nature Store Affiliate)
Cyndi O’Brien, Program Director
PO Box 712, Vashon, WA 98070-0712
(206) 438-3525
info@VashonWildernessProgram.org
www.VashonWildernessProgram.org
The Vashon Wilderness Program offers nature immersion mentoring experiences for youth and adults that cultivate a deep relationship between the natural world, self, and community, integrated with the heritage and local culture of its location on Vashon Island in Washington.
Alderleaf Wilderness College
Jason Knight, Director
18715 299th Ave SE, Monroe, WA 98272
(206) 369-8458
info@wildernesscollege.com www.WildernessCollege.com
Alderleaf Wilderness College offers innovative wilderness survival, tracking, and nature programs in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Our courses, workshops, and expeditions provide students with valuable nature skills for environmental conservation, education, and sustainable living. Our core program, the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program, is a one year course that prepares students to work as naturalists, wilderness educators, and sustainability consultants.
Cascadia Training & Mediation
Alan Seid, Director of Training
PO Box 2329, Maple Falls, WA 98266
(360) 599-2134
alan@cascadiatraining.com www.cascadiatraining.com
World-class instruction in leading edge sustainable living, personal empowerment, and organizational effectiveness tools, processes, and methodologies. Alan Seid has spent many years in the sustainability field, and teaches several tools and methodologies. He has a commitment to improving human systems and contributing to the healthy integration of human and natural systems.
Dancing Coyote Camp
Gayle Holeton, Director
3133 Sahalee Drive W., Sammamish, WA 98074
(425) 868-0407
info@dancingcoyotecamp.com www.dancingcoyotecamp.com
Dancing Coyote Camp acknowledges the innate human affinity for Nature and aims to nourish this connection by creating meaningful outdoor experiences for children ages 7-14 years. We believe that a physical and emotional connection to nature at an early age promotes principles of interdependence, personal responsibility, self-sufficiency, and inspires good decision making for the stewardship of the planet.
Earthways Nature Education
Cody Beebe, Sole Proprietor
PO Box 1977, Maple Falls, WA 98266
(360) 599-1393
cody@earthwaysnature.org www.earthwaysnature.org
Earthways Nature Education strengthens Earth stewardship and community by educating people in and about the natural world. Cody Beebe, Co-founder and lead mentor has been mentoring children and adults in naturalist awareness and wilderness skills since 1996. In his spare time you can usually find him working on various restoration and permaculture projects.
Forest Halls
Jane Valencia, Director
PO Box 2928, Vashon, WA 98070
(206) 577-4774 x816
treeharp1@foresthalls.org www.foresthalls.org
Rooted in the lively ecology of moment, gathering, and place, Forest Halls is a cultural mentoring project offering bardic performance, celebration, village wisdom, healing artistry, and nature-based learning adventures of belonging to individuals, small groups, and community in the San Francisco Bay Area, on Vashon Island, WA, in Wallowa, OR, and elsewhere.
Islandwood
Mark Jordahl
4450 Blakely Avenue NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 855-4312
markj@islandwood.org www.islandwood.org
IslandWood is committed to providing exceptional learning experiences that inspire lifelong environmental and community stewardship, and serves over 10,000 youth and adults each year at its sustainably designed campus. The core program areas include residential 4-day environmental education experiences for 4th–6th graders, a graduate program in Education for Environment and Community, and corporate leadership trainings.
LearningHerbs.com
John and Kimberly Gallagher, Owners
PO Box 1174, Carnation, WA 98014
learningherbs@hailmail.net
www.LearningHerbs.com www.herbmentor.com
LearningHerbs.com is a website that makes learning about edible and medicinal plants fun and simple. Kits, courses, free information and even a board game, all designed with coyote mentoring principles. John was design editor for the Kamana Naturalist Training Program, and has worked with Wilderness Awareness School since 1991.
NatureMapping Foundation
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Pathfinder Outdoor School
Nate Summers, Director
4407 Regal Street, Carnation, WA 98014
(425) 691-7317
pathfinderoutdoors@gmail.com
Pathfinder Outdoor School is a group of highly trained instructors brought together to teach people in the outdoors and help them reach their highest potential through deep understanding of nature and its arts. We emphasize work with small groups or one-on-one mentoring through out the Puget Sound area of the Pacific Northwest.
Project NatureConnect: educating, counseling and healing with nature
Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director
PO Box 1605, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378-6313
nature@interisland.net www.ecopsych.com
Project NatureConnect offers online nature-connected degrees, courses and career education training programs, aiming to increase personal, social and environmental well-being. Learn and teach how to beneficially interlace our human psyche with the grace balance and restorative powers of natural systems within and around us. Add the sunlight beauty and spirit of the natural world to your life and community.
Quietheart Wilderness School
Allan Hawkeye Sande, Founder/Director
23632 Hwy 99, Ste. F, PMB 221, Edmonds, WA 98026
(425) 478-3494
quietheartexpress@comcast.net www.quietheart.org
Founded in 1997, Quietheart Wilderness School serves the communities of King and Snohomish County. Students 7 to 17 years old are taught skills of nature awareness through respect and knowledge for mother earth. Programs are offered year round in the hopes of connecting children with the earth and thereby creating stewards for our earth.
Rite of Passage Journeys
Darcy Ottey, Executive Director
22401 39th Ave SE, Bothell, WA 98021
(425) 485-7396
info@riteofpassagejourneys.org www.riteofpassagejourneys.org
Founded in 1968, Rite of Passage Journeys mentors youth, adults, and families through significant life transitions. Based in the Pacific Northwest, we serve ages 8-80 through wilderness-based programs that foster personal reflection, community engagement, earth stewardship, and connection with the sacred, and train individuals and organizations in how to implement rites of passage in their own communities.
Seven Stars Children’s Summer Camps
Liz Sinclair, Steve Bruce and Nattie Bruce, Earth mentors
PO Box 1204, Tum Tum, WA 99034
(509) 258-4364
sevenstars4560@yahoo.com
Our family has been blessed with such awesome guides, mentors and teachers that we are each involved now with the summer camps to share experiences we’ve gleaned. Our mission is to guide children to Ancient new directions. Our main goal is to facilitate gratitude adjustments that will serve our students in a lifetime of journeying.
The Center for Environmental & Natural Skills Education (CENSE) Student Activities Office
CENSE, Student Activities: CAB 320, The Evergreen State College,
Olympia, WA 98505
(360) 867-6220
cense@evergreen.edu www.academic.evergreen.edu/groups/cense
CENSE is an experientially-based student group dedicated with providing the Evergreen State College community with opportunities to explore and learn about the natural world via hands-on experience. In addition to other occasional programs, we provide weekly workshops in the Evergreen Nature Reserve covering subjects such as: bird language, ethno botany, tracking, and sensory expansion.
The Coyote’s Path Wilderness School
Chris Kenworthy, Director
PO Box 806, Okanogan, WA 98840
(509) 322-8541
coyotespath@hotmail.com www.Coyotespath.org
Since 1993 The Coyote’s Path has offered classes & instruction for individuals, groups, and apprenticeship programs. We teach basic survival skills including winter survival, edible & medicinal plants, animal tracking, scout training, nature skills & lore. Whatever level of skill or interest our land will provide you with limitless opportunities to deepen your connection with the natural world.
The Mystery Bay Heritage School
Scott Brinton, Director
PO Box 285, Nordland, WA 98358
ospreyscott@hotmail.com
The school utilizes knowledge from the diverse Olympic Peninsula community to blend a combination of nature awareness, sustainable design, and rural folk skills providing a variety of mentoring opportunities for all ages.
The Vashon Wilderness Program
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
The Wilderness Bridge
Julie Plachta, Founder
PO Box 897, Chimacum, WA 98325
(360) 774-6831 ofthewolves@gmail.com
The Wilderness Bridge is committed to strengthening our sense of community and place by encouraging inter-generational/cross-cultural sharing of knowledge on the lush Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This is a new organization and we are excited to see what develops as we work to connect people to the natural world and each other.
Wilderness Awareness School
Nature Store Affiliate, go to their listing at the top of this section
Wisconsin
Boy Scout Troop 385, Marshfield Wisconsin
Sam Voight, Assistant Scoutmaster
1201 East 18th Street, Marshfield, WI 54449
(715) 384-4293 scoutmaster385@msn.com
Boy Scout Troop 385 mentors boys in the ways of leadership, outdoor skills, citizenship, and service, through monthly nature based activities and camping during a yearlong program culminating in a week long summer camp, a wilderness high adventure trip and a biennial international exchange with a coed troop in Germany. Scouts learn awareness, tracking, bird language, outdoor skills, animal and plant identification, and storytelling, while interacting within a family/community based structure.
When In Nature - Wilderness Awareness Connection
Sam Voight
Marshfield, WI
715 384-4293
www.WhenInNature.com
Connecting Children of all ages and Earth Mentors, through living natural adventures and exploring mysteries, regenerating the Circle of Life and passing down the knowledge of the 8 Shields for generations to come.
Virgin Islands, USA
Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute
Nate Olive, Program Director
PO Box 1007, Frederiksted, US VI, 00841
(678) 999-2143
nate@visfi.org, nate@olive.co www.visfi.org
Located on a 200 acre farm in the Caribbean, VISFI is a working educational farm enterprise that integrates sustainability, education, and community, offering experiential instruction in Agroecology, Permaculture, Bush Skills and related fields. Students include school-children, farmers, residential apprentices from around the world, and Master’s and Ph.D. candidates. Author and teacher Evan McGown is a friend, advisor, and periodic visiting instructor.
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