Our long time friend and camp dog Takoda died this Spring. We wil all miss his special help in and around camp and his special ability to ease along with the flow!!
Apply for our Six Month Residential Apprenticeship Program: the September-February 2008 program is full. We are now accepting applications for our February-July 2009 program, application deadline is September 15th.
What's your answer to The Monthly Track Contest?
Do you have questions that relate to nature study? About
an outdoor school program you have studied under? Need
help remaining focused on the primitive
skills? Or do you just want to share some cool
nature awareness related experiences? Welcome then to
our seasonal skills list, our on-line
mentoring, and Nature Awareness projects. Visit our
instructor link and include
that you are interested in the on-line mentoring outdoor school
program. Our Lead instructor will get back to you with
your on-going and evolving nature study
projects. 
Spring Skills List for graduated students on the following Trails of Study:
Fox Trail Graduates: find a newly greening plant and follow it through to flowering. Journal the plant, it's growth and all that it leads you into learning.
Deer Trail: bait your outdoor tracking box with peanut butter and bird seed. Use the tracks to identify the animals that inhabit your neighborhood.
Bear Trail: make a fish spear - and improve the door on your shelter that you constructed last Fall.
Owl Trail: go to your sit area well before dawn and sit through the sunrise as you listen to the dawn chorus of all sounds.
Weasel Trail: weasel walk to and from your sit area blindfolded..
Coyote Trail: with the Spring renewal - caretake your sit area that has served you all through the winter season.
Link to instructors with your responses and to continue your on-line mentoring skills program.
Visit our News & Events page for updates to our weekend program schedule.
