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The Original STEAM Educational Experience – Online Wolf Camps & Academic Year Programs

May 22, 2020August 25, 2020 Chris Chisholm No Comments

“Huck’s Song” written by Chris Anderson. Virtual Outdoor Camps & Classes: The Original & Ultimate STEM/STEAM EDUCATION Like the popular STEM Education movement in the classroom, STEAM brings education into balance. Here at Wolf Camp, we realized when developing and reflecting on our new virtual classess that they seem to be the ultimate in STEAM…

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The Ancestral Diet – Paleo & Vegetarian Recipes

August 23, 2018March 22, 2022 Chris Chisholm No Comments

The following provides supplemental information for our main article entitled Paleo Versus Vegetarian Diets: Ancestral Lifestyles In Comparison co-written by Kim Chisholm and friends Clay & Ragan Masterson. It is the result of the research and experience Clay & Ragan have garnered over a decade of living a paleo lifestyle, and that Kim has learned…

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Paleo Versus Vegetarian Diets – Ancestral Lifestyles In Comparison

July 3, 2018March 22, 2022 Chris Chisholm No Comments

The following article is co-written by friends Clay & Ragan Masterson and Kim Chisholm. It is the result of the research and experience Clay & Ragan have garnered over a decade of living a paleo lifestyle, and that Kim has learned as a vegetarian. It is also based on a foundation of knowledge many in the field…

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OJT at the Teaching Nature – Professional Training for Outdoor Educators

January 1, 2017January 27, 2019 Chris Chisholm No Comments

My OJT Experience by Ben Kleiber Teachers training week at Wolf Camp and the Conservation College is full of preparing for classes and rapid-fire teaching full of information. It can be stressful at times but ends up being the most valuable week of the summer. Working with all ages for a week gives an entirely…

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Vintage Blog Posts from our Old WordPress Site

March 5, 2015January 8, 2020 Chris Chisholm No Comments

We just noticed that the ubiquitous internet still has our old WordPress Blog site published. The following posts are from the first year after Kim and I got married, then moved to Puyallup, and began teaching weekly homeschool, after-school, and evening classes on our various topics. The photos are great, the stories are fun, but…

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Making Healthy Natural Miso Soup with Kombu Kelp Seaweed

May 23, 2014January 8, 2020 Charles Borrowman No Comments

Living near the Pacific coast, we have the luxury of being in close proximity to countless numbers of seaweed (edible algea) including kelp species, each with their own flavors and uses. One of my all-time favorite seaweeds to use is kelps such as kombu (laminaria spp.) in the creation of dashi stock – the flavorful base…

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Backcountry Camp Cooking Recipe – Rice Pilaf

May 23, 2014January 8, 2020 Charles Borrowman No Comments

Check out other cooking blog posts by Wolf College wilderness chef Charles Borrowman including How to Cook for Backpacking Trips and more. When on a backcountry wilderness or backpacking expedition, it doesn’t take much more than the thought of yet another night of eating half soggy, half crunchy freeze-dried disaster to wrinkle one’s nose up…

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Stinging Nettle: Harvesting, Processing and Recipes

June 7, 2013August 24, 2020 Kim Chisholm 25 Comments

Those of us living in the Pacific Northwest (and many other regions around the world) are fortunate to be gifted every spring with an abundance of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). While it’s sting can be unpleasant, it teaches us to pay attention to our surroundings and I believe that’s a good thing. It also offers…

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Herbal and Critter Forage for Healthy Chickens

June 6, 2013February 18, 2020 Kim Chisholm No Comments

What are herbs and why might my chickens need them? An herb or herbaceous plant is generally defined as “any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.” Herbs can be used to prevent both internal and external parasites (via ingestion or externally when a chicken rubs against/brushes when walking by…

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Homeschool Classes in Bellingham, Olympia and Vancouver Learn to Prepare for Emergencies Including How To Build an Emergency Shelter and Make Fire

January 15, 2013February 21, 2013 Kim Chisholm No Comments

In Bellingham on Tuesday, it was a cold, snowy day! After some quick introductions, a few exercises to help us stay warm and a fictitious emergency scenario in front of Village Books we walked over to Padden Creek Trail to continue class. Each family was given a packet of emergency preparedness and survival handouts to take home to read…

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Ellensburg Homeschool Class Learns to Make Rope from Stinging Nettle, Cottonwood Bark and Other Plants

November 1, 2012February 7, 2013 Kim Chisholm No Comments

Today’s class met at Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park off Umtanum Rd. The trees along the river were brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red. We began our afternoon together learning how to spin rope out of raffia. It takes some practice to get it right but before long all of the kids were making some…

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

January 30, 2012January 8, 2020 Chris Chisholm

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 illustrate the importance of preparing oneself mentally for a survival situation. We started each evening by teaching everyone how to make strong rope out of…

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

January 21, 2012February 21, 2013 Chris Chisholm No Comments

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 would be complete before it began. Bibiana and her family decided they would like a lean-to built near their earth lodge – a place where…

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

January 15, 2012February 21, 2013 Chris Chisholm

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 headed outside to practice what we learned. Creating a mini debris hut for Skye’s stuffed dragon. After heading outside, we spent a few minutes talking…

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