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Wilderness Survival Classes co-sponsored by Portland Hikers, Seattle Backpackers & Kitsap Outdoors

Wilderness Survival Classes co-sponsored by Portland Hikers, Seattle Backpackers & Kitsap Outdoors

Chris Chisholm January 30, 2012 0

We held our Wilderness Survival class at several locations this past month.  The majority (if not all) of each class was spent outside which was an effective way to safely […]

Survival Shelters at the Earth Lodge:  Making a Lean-To, Debris Hut and Ultralight Shelter

Survival Shelters at the Earth Lodge: Making a Lean-To, Debris Hut and Ultralight Shelter

Chris Chisholm January 21, 2012 0

January 21, 2012 It was an overcast, cool morning when we met up at the Earth Lodge.  Rain was forecast for the afternoon and we were hopeful that our shelters […]

Wilderness Survival, Shelter and Fire-Making for Homeschoolers and After Schoolers in Snohomish

Wilderness Survival, Shelter and Fire-Making for Homeschoolers and After Schoolers in Snohomish

Chris Chisholm January 15, 2012 0

We had a sunny Wednesday in Snohomish for our classes on Wilderness Survival.  We spent the first part of each class inside talking about the Critical Order of Survival then […]

Mt. Vernon Homeschool Class Learns Navigation, Wildlife Tracking, Herbal Medicine, Awareness Skills and More

Mt. Vernon Homeschool Class Learns Navigation, Wildlife Tracking, Herbal Medicine, Awareness Skills and More

Kim Chisholm October 14, 2011 0

It was such a beautiful day today that we went straight to the park to begin our class.  We started out with the basic awareness skills:  fox walk and owl […]

Stone Age Artisans and the Wolf Journey Arts & Music Overnight Camps

Stone Age Artisans and the Wolf Journey Arts & Music Overnight Camps

Kim Chisholm August 14, 2011 0

THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE Lead Insructor Andrew Twele and I with Hide Ready to Tan This was the week of Stone Age Artisans and the Wolf […]

Wildlife Tracking & Bird Language and Wild Edibles & Herbal Medicine Overnight Youth Camps

Wildlife Tracking & Bird Language and Wild Edibles & Herbal Medicine Overnight Youth Camps

Kim Chisholm July 30, 2011 0

THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE The week of tracking and herbal overnight camp at Millersylvania State Park near Olympia included some epic adventures and lots of learning […]

Secrets of the Ancient Scout Overnight Youth Camp

Secrets of the Ancient Scout Overnight Youth Camp

Kim Chisholm July 14, 2011 0

THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE Kim and I ready for All-Night Capture The Flag This week was spent on the Olympic Peninsula learning the ways of the […]

Earth Skills Teachers Training week plus Day Camps at Wolf Haven

Earth Skills Teachers Training week plus Day Camps at Wolf Haven

Kim Chisholm June 30, 2011 0

Me at the Stove with Salve & Tea while Practice Teaching on Live Students! This week was the first day camp of the summer and also training week for instructors.  […]

Rachel Edwards with Yarrow

The Life of a Wolf Camp Apprentice

Kim Chisholm June 12, 2011 0

Greetings.  My name is Rachel Edwards and I have just begun the Wolf Camp Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship.  I just drove up from California where I have been living in […]

Wolf Journey Study Day - Chris FE 005 - Berries Ripe, Skunks-Coyotes-Rats-Coons-Baby Squirrels, Grasshoppers & Yellow Jackets, Nuthatch & Flickers at Feeder, Neo-Tropicals Migrating Through

Wolf Journey Study Day – Chris FE 005 – Berries Ripe, Skunks-Coyotes-Rats-Coons-Baby Squirrels, Grasshoppers & Yellow Jackets, Nuthatch & Flickers at Feeder, Neo-Tropicals Migrating Through

Chris Chisholm September 10, 2010 0

Wolf Journey Journal Cover Page for Field Exercise # 005 Name of Field Exercise: Chapter One Celebration Dates & Times of Study Site Visits: 1600-1800, September 3, 2010 1800-2000, September 12, 2010 Plants, […]

Wolf Journey:  Kim's Field Exercise 001 - Study Site (& bald-faced hornets) Found!

Wolf Journey: Kim’s Field Exercise 001 – Study Site (& bald-faced hornets) Found!

Kim Chisholm September 3, 2010 0

2010.09.03 – Study Site (& bald-faced hornets) Found! I saw the slug.  It was surrounded by carpenter ants and I wondered why they would go after a slug.  Was it for […]

Wolf Journey Study Day - Chris FE 004 - Sprung! Take Our Bird and Plant Identification Quiz

Wolf Journey Study Day – Chris FE 004 – Sprung! Take Our Bird and Plant Identification Quiz

Chris Chisholm March 1, 2010 0

Wolf Journey Journal Cover Page for Field Exercise # 004 Name of Field Exercise: Appreciating Your Study Site Date & Time of Study Site Visit: 1400, March 1, 2010 Plants, Animals, Minerals Experienced […]

Wolf Journey Study Day - Chris FE 003 - Sharp-Shinned Hawk Hunting Songbirds While I Map My Study Site

Wolf Journey Study Day – Chris FE 003 – Sharp-Shinned Hawk Hunting Songbirds While I Map My Study Site

Chris Chisholm February 17, 2010 0

Wolf Journey Journal Cover Page for Field Exercise # 003 Name of Field Exercise: Mapping Your Study Site Date & Time of Study Site Visit: 1600, February 17, 2010 Plants, Animals, Minerals Experienced Today: […]

Wolf Journey Study Day - Chris FE 002 - Drawing of My New Study Site

Wolf Journey Study Day – Chris FE 002 – Drawing of My New Study Site

Chris Chisholm February 11, 2010 0

Wolf Journey Journal Cover Page for Field Exercise # 002 Name of Field Exercise: Drawing Your Study Site Date & Time of Study Site Visit: 1500, February 11, 2010 Approx Temperature when you were […]

Wolf Journey Study Day - Chris FE 001 - My New Study Site

Wolf Journey Study Day – Chris FE 001 – My New Study Site

Chris Chisholm January 31, 2010 0

My new study site right outside my office window! This is a picture of my new study site. Right outside my home office window! You can see that Kim and […]

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