Wilderness Survival
Primitive Living
and Nature Awareness Schools
of North America
The most up-to-date directory on the internet... updated several times every year.

      Most of these schools are part-time "hobby" businesses. Year-round schools are listed in capital letters. We are unable to verify the qualifications or competence of the schools listed in this directory, and a listing here does not constitute any kind of endorsement. Please research the schools and services being offered before signing up for classes or other events.

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Arkansas

Ozark Mountain Preparedness Jerry Ward 204 CR 608 Berryville, AR 72616 870-350-6995 info@ozarkmountainpreparedness.com	Sigma III Survival School & Outdoors Club Robert Allen 5710 Jenny Lind Fort Smith, AR 72904 479-561-3886 sigma3survivalschool@yahoo.com
Ozark Natural Science Center Outdoor Skills Institute 1905 Madison 1305 Huntsville, AR 72740 479-202-8340 info@onsc.us	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Arizona

Books by Tony Nester ANCIENT PATHWAYS, LLC Tony & Holly Nester PO Box 2068 Flagstaff, AZ 86003-2068 928-526-2552 anester@apathways.com	Books by Cody Lundin Aboriginal Living Skills School, LLC Cody Lundin PO Box 3064 Prescott, AZ 86302 928-713-1651 abodude@codylundin.com
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Ravens-Way Wild Journeys, LLC Vince & Claudia Pinto 1200 W. Mariposa Road, No. 19 Nogales, AZ 85621 520-425-6425 nature-journeys@hotmail.com
Book by Peter Bigfoot Reevis Mountain School Peter Bigfoot HC 02, Box 1534 Roosevelt, AZ 85545 520-467-2675	Book by Randy Kinkade Willow River Wilderness School Randy Kinkade 520-360-6868 randy@willowriverwilderness.com

California

Book by Tamara Wilder Paleotechnics Tamara Wilder PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415 707-793-2287 ts@paleotechnics.com	Books by Christopher Nyerges School of Self Reliance Christopher Nyerges PO Box 41834 Eagle Rock, CA 90041 323-255-9502
Oldways Workshops Norm Kidder Sunol Regional Wilderness PO Box 82 Sunol, CA 94536 925-862-2600 svisit@ebparks.org	HEADWATERS OUTDOOR SCHOOL Tim Corcoran PO Box 1698 Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1690 831-423-3830 info@hwos.com
Back 2 Earth School Geoff & Alissa Barnes and Joe Beardsley PO Box 585 Angwin, CA 94508	California Survival School (Locations across the state) Dan Baird 211 Hope St. #390273 Mountain View, CA 94041 877-256-3214 info@casurvival.com
Adventure Out Cliff Hodges PO Box 7040 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 800-509-3954 cliff@adventureout.com	TrackersBAY 340A Cypress Drive Fairfax, CA 94930 415-717-3919
Survival Training School of California Thomas Coyne 805-503-8861 stscgonative@gmail.com	Earth-Heart Malcom & Deborah Ringwalt PO Box 926 Topanga, CA 90290 310-967-1336 mail@earth-heart.net

Colorado

Book by Robin Blankship EARTH KNACK Robin Blankenship PO Box 508 Crestone, CO 81131 719-256-4909 earthknack@yahoo.com	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods
Cottonwood Institute Ford Church 1076 Grant Place Boulder, CO 80302 303-447-1076 info@cottonwoodinstitute.org	Nature Knowledge "Mountain Mel" Deweese 1825 Linden Street Grand Junction, CO 81503 970-242-8507 mtnmel@youwillsurvive.com
Feet on the Earth Lorene Wapotich PO Box 18302 Boulder, CO 80308 303-642-0562 info (at) FeetOnTheEarth (dot) org	Wilderness Medicine Outfitters Carl Weil 2477 County Road 132 Elizabeth, Colorado 80107 303-688-5176 carl@wildernessmedicine.com
Wilderness Survival Institute Don Davis 8415 Coyote Run Loveland, CO 80537-9665 970-669-9016 dondavis@frii.com	Sarqit Outdoor Living School & Rivers and Coasts Kayaks Ryan "Drover" Hall 7570 Deframe Street Arvada, CO 80005 720-263-6122 info@Sarqit.com
Wild Earth's Children Simon Harrison 109 Hopi Court Lyons, CO 80540 303-823-0875 simon@wildearthschildren.org	Laughing Coyote Project Gelsey Malferrari & Neal Ritter 9760 Isabelle Road Lafayette, CO 80026 303-325-5824 info@laughingcoyoteproject.org

Connecticut

Two Coyotes PO Box 711 Monroe, CT 06468 203-843-3112 info@twocoyotes.org

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Delaware

Abbott's Mill Nature Center Jason Beale 15411 Abbott's Pond Road Milford, DE 19963 302-422-0847 jason@delawarenaturesociety.org

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Florida

Earth Knack leads Canoe Trips in the Florida Everglades. See Colorado for contact information.	Byron Kerns Survival School Byron Kerns 16116 SE 156 Place Road Weirsdale, FL 32195 bykerns7@aol.com
Green Earth Survival School Hank Fannin 2457 SE Carpenter St. Port St. Lucie, FL 34984 772-336-7193 hankfannin@comcast.net	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Georgia

Idaho

BACKTRACKS, LLC Dave & Paula Wescott PO Box 905 Rexburg, ID 83440 208-359-2400 Dwescot@aol.com	TWIN EAGLES WILDERNESS SCHOOL Jeannine Tidwell and Tim Corcoran 433 Cedar Springs Sandpoint, ID 83864 208-265-3685 info@twineagles.org
Southfork Survival School Charles Melgin 3341 Highway 13 Stites, Idaho 83552 208-926-4514 info@southforksurvivalschool.com	Rawhide Survival School Charles Melgin 863 Shadow Creek Eagle, Idaho 83616 208-968-8863 phoenixapparat@gmail.com
Omega Tactical and Survival School John Gillenwater P.O. Box 549 Cascade, Idaho 83611 208-833-5561 omegatacticalandsurvival@gmail.com	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods

Illinois

Indiana

Maine

MAINE PRIMITIVE SKILLS SCHOOL Michael Douglas 716 Church Hill Road Augusta, ME 04330 207-623-7298 info@primitiveskills.com	Heart Teachings with Old Turtle (a.k.a Earthways) Ray Reitze 159 Earthways Road Canaan, ME 04924 207-426-8138
Camp Forest 84 Payson Road Brooks, ME 04921 207-722-3708 camp@campforestmaine.com	Sunrise Wilderness Skills Matt and Kate Pinkham 63 Page Street Brownville, ME 04414 207-965-8784
JACK MOUNTAIN BUSHCRAFT, LLC Tim Smith PO Box 77 Ashland, ME 04732 207-518-8804 jmbushcraft@gmail.com	White Pine Programs Dan Gardoqui 330 Mountain Road Cape Neddick, ME 03902 207-361-1911 info@whitepineprograms.org
Koviashuvik Local Living School Ashirah & Chris Knapp PO Box 383 Temple, ME 04984 207-778-0318	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Massachusetts

Walnut Hill Tracking & Nature Center Nick Wisniewski and Valerie Major 325 Walnut Hill Rd Orange MA 01364 978-544-6083 walnuthilltracking@verizon.net	Earthwork Programs Frank Grindrod PO Box 9 Williamsburg, MA 01096 413-522-0338 frank@earthworkprograms.com
Massachusetts Outdoor Adventures William Thurlow 169 Williamsville Road Hubbardston, MA 01452 508-981-7991 wthurlow@gmail.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Maryland

Ancestral Knowledge Bill Kaczor & Suzy Wald Kaczor PO Box 295 Mount Rainier, MD 20712 301-277-1276

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Michigan

Missouri

Minnesota

Montana

Books by Thomas J. Elpel Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS) Thomas J. Elpel PO Box 697 Pony, MT 59747 E-mail Contact Page	Videos by Thomas J. Elpel Green University, LLC Thomas J. Elpel PO Box 697 Pony, MT 59747 E-mail Contact Page
Video with Melvin Beattie Braintan Buckskin Melvin Beattie PO Box 9736 Helena, MT 59604-9736 406-458-5493	Book by Jim Halfpenny A NATURALIST'S WORLD Jim Halfpenny & Diann Thompson PO Box 989 Gardiner, Montana 59030 406-848-9458 trackdoctor@tracknature.com
Past Skills Wilderness School Bill McConnell PO Box 173 Bozeman, Montana 59771 406-570-0520 info@pastskills.com	Heart Root Nature Connection Luc Tunkel 4484 Hawks Garden Lane Bigfork, MT 59911 406-407-2818 lucas.tunkel@gmail.com
Black Talon Basics, LLC Adrian & Amber Nolan 1405 6th Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 406-261-5661 blacktalonbasics@gmail.com	Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center Brett Holmquist & Laura Marie Strong Holmquist PO Box 1314 Whitefish, MT 59937 406-260-8620 brett@ravenwoodolc.org
Gettin' Primitive Gary Steele St. Ignatius, MT 406-544-2725 gettinprimitive@gmail.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Book by Linda Runyon Wild Food Company Linda Runyon PO Box 83 Shiloh, NJ 08353 856-234-3286 lrunyon8@yahoo.com	Books by Tom Brown Jr. THE TRACKER, INC. Tom Brown, Jr. PO Box 173 Asbury, NJ 08802-0173 908-479-4681
On Point Tactical Tracking School Kevin Reeve PO Box 2131 Vincentown, NJ 08088 609-668-5384 enroll@onpointtactical.com	Practical Primitive LLC Eddie Starnater 14 Sussex Lane Great Meadows, NJ 07838 908-637-8137 info@practicalprimitive.com
Return to Nature Dan De Lion P1990 4th street North Brunswick,NJ 08902 732 599 0974	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods

New Mexico

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The Tracking Project John Stokes PO Box 266 Corrales, NM 87048-8788 505-898-6967

New York

Gibbons' Woodfolks John Gibbons 3 Northway Court Plattsburgh, NY 12901 518-563-6780	Primitive Pursuits Tim Drake c/o Cooperative Extension Association of Tompkins County 615 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-2292 primitivepursuits@hotmail.com
HAWK CIRCLE Ricardo Sierra PO Box 506 Cherry Valley, NY 13320 607-264-3396 Ricardo@hawkcircle.com	Survival Resources John D. McCann PO Box 307 Hyde Park, NY 12538 845-471-2434
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Video with Steve Brill Wildman Steve Brill 320 Palmer Terrace, 2A Mamaroneck, NY 10543 914-835-2153 wildmansteve@bigfoot.com
Wilderness Way Michael Head 744 Glenmary Drive Owego, NY 13827 607-687-9186 caretaker@wildernesswayschool.com	The Wilderness Center Marty Simon 435 Sandy Knoll Road Chateaugay, NY 12920 518-497-3179
Check this out! Participating in Nature	Flying Deer Nature Center 5 Abode Road New Lebanon, NY 12125 518-794-6687 info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org
Wild Earth David Brownstein 29 S Chestnut St #201 New Paltz, NY 12561 845-256-9830	Woodland Ways Mike Pewtherer PO Box 228 Philmont, NY 12565 518-542-9081 woodlandways@woodlandways.com

North Carolina

Book about Eustice Conway Turtle Island Preserve Eustace Conway 1443 Lonnie Carlton Road Triplett, NC 28618 828-265-2267 mail@turtleislandpreserve.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Earth School Richard Cleveland PO Box 777 Tryon, NC 28782 828-395-1758 info@lovetheearth.com	Earth Connection North Carolina Wes Massey and Hardee Merritt 6118-J Farrington Road Chapel Hill, NC 27517 919-489-8893 wes@masseybrothers.com
Way of the Raven Benjamin 'Raven' Pressley Asheville, NC raven@wayoftheraven.net	Wild Abundance Natalie Bogwalker and Alex Kilgore PO Box 1991 Ashville, NC 28802 206-661-6550 WildAbundanceNC@gmail.com

North Dakota

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Rawhide Survival School Keith Clark PO Box 1284 Watford City, ND 58854 701-609-0742 lifehealer@live.com

Ohio

Midwest Native Skills Institute Tom Laskowski PO Box 31764 Cleveland, OH 44131 Toll Free: 888-886-5592 tom@survivalschool.com	Book by Peter Gail Goosefoot Acres Center for Resourceful Living Peter Gail, Ph.D PO Box 18016 Cleveland, OH 44118 216-932-2145 PETERGAIL@aol.com
Northeast Ohio Primitive Living and Wilderness Survival School James Kellar PO Box 114 Bristolville, OH 44402 330-984-9986 james@medicinescout.com	Primitive Arts Collective Tom Brown III Po Box 58352 Cincinnati OH, 45258 513-878-0400
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Global Survival Institute Bob Newcomer 513 Mill Avenue S.E. Suite 291 New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 877-432-9018 gsisurvive@gmail.com

Oregon

Book by John Kallas WILD FOOD ADVENTURES John Kallas, Ph.D 4125 N. Colonial Ave. Portland, OR 97217-3338 503-775-3828 mail@wildfoodadventures.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Lifesong Wilderness Adventures Mark Wienert Jr. 73569 Highway 101 North Bend, OR 97459 530-859-0539
TrackersPDX 1424 SE 76th Ave. Portland, OR 97215 503-253-5898	TrackersBEND Bend, Oregon 503-253-5898
Mountain Shepherd Wilderness Survival School - West Scott Smith 7729 N. Willamette Blvd. Portland, OR 97203 503-314-1218 info@mountainshepherd.com	Coyote Trails School of Nature PO Box 3537 Ashland, OR 97520 541-482-0513
Ancient Arts Center Margaret Mathewson 16140 Lobster Valley Road Alsea, OR 97324 541-486-4311 margaret@peak.org	ReWild Eugene Matt & Anna Bradley & Rees Maxwell 84779 McBeth Road Eugene, OR 97405 541-517-9098 rewild.eugene@gmail.com
Whole Earth Nature School Anna & Matt Bradley PO Box 5223 Eugene, OR 97405 541-937-5437	From Farm and Forest Woniya Thibeault & Bryon Lichtenhan 2520 Kingsley Road Hood River, OR 97031 541-231-2230 woniyat@yahoo.com
RewildPortland PO Box 6582 Portland, OR 97228 503.863.8462 peter@rewildportland.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

South Carolina

Windwalker Outdoor School Landy Young 142 Grapevine Road Summerville, SC 29483 843-871-3272 windwalkersc@yahoo.com	EarthSkills, LLC Alex Garcia 138 Hagood Mill Road Pickens, SC 29671 864-898-2936
Trail Blazer Survival School Justin Williams 205 Batesville Rd. Ste. 2 Simpsonville, SC 29681 864-263-3850 Tom@trailblazersurvival.com	Check this out! Participating in Nature

Tennessee

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Big Oak Wilderness School Lisa and G.T. Sanford 7616 Nolensville Road Nolensville, TN 37135-9458 615-776-2147

Texas

Utah

True Nature Farm Sustainable Living & Wilderness School Eden Gal 4580 Hell's Backbone Road Boulder, UT 801-717-9293 info@truenaturefarm.org	Zion Wilderness Survival School 1920 Chalet Circle Santa Clara, Utah 84765 801-615-4044 info@zionwildernesssurvivalschool.com
Paleo-Logic Zak Baker 1475 S. Main St. #3 Bountiful, Utah 84010 801-529-5539 Questions@BeFoundAlive.com	Book by Larry Dean Olsen BOULDER OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SCHOOL PO Box 1345 Boulder, UT 84716 800-335-7404 info@boss-inc.com

Vermont

ROOTS Reclaiming Our Origins through Traditional Skills Brad Salon & Sarah Corrigan PO Box 932 Montpelier, VT 05601 802-456-1253	Vermont Wilderness School Steve Young and Mark Morey PO Box 2585 Brattleboro, VT 05303 802-257-8570
Peak Survival Richard Lee The General Store RT 100 Pittsfield, VT 05762 peaksurvival@gmail.com	Farm and Wilderness Foundation 263 Farm & Wilderness Road Plymouth, VT 05056 802-422-3761
Check this out! Classroom in the Woods	Institute for Natural Learning Mark Morey P.O. Box 2485 Brattleboro, VT 05303 802-254-5800

Virginia

MOUNTAIN SHEPHERD WILDERNESS SURVIVAL SCHOOL Reggie Bennett 57 Hemlock Ridge Lane Catawba, Virginia 24070 434-238-4094 info@mountainshepherd.com	Cliffside Workshops Errett Callahan 2 Fredonia Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24503 434-528-3444
EARTH CONNECTION Tim MacWelch PO Box 32 Somerville, VA 22739 540-270-2531 tim@earth-connection.com	NATURE AWARENESS SCHOOL Del & Lynne Hall PO Box 219 Lyndhurst, VA 22952 540-377-6068
Byron Kerns offers classes in Virginia and Florida. See Florida for contact information.	Check this out! Participating in Nature

Washington

W.A.S. Resources WILDERNESS AWARENESS SCHOOL PO Box 5000, PMB 137 Duvall, WA 98019 425-788-1301	Four Seasons Prehistoric Projects Lynx Vilden (a.k.a. Lynx Shepherd)
EARTHWALK NORTHWEST, INC. Frank & Karen Sherwood PO Box 461 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-746-7267	SIMPLY SURVIVAL Greg & Kim Davenport PO Box 449 Stevenson, WA 98648 509-427-4022
Bridges to the Past Patrick & Kamber Farneman PO Box 14 Valley, WA 99181	WOLF CAMP Chris Chisholm 1313 2nd Street, Suite A Snohomish, WA 98290 425-248-0253
ALDERLEAF WILDERNESS COLLEGE Jason Knight 18715 299th Ave SE Monroe, WA 98272 206-369-8458 info@wildernesscollege.com	Bushcraft Northwest Mike Lummio 2501 49th Street Washougal, WA 98671 360-606-1036 info@bushcraftnorthwest.com
Tribal Edge Ben Sanford PO Box 693 Carlsborg, WA 98324 360-683-7641 mail@tribaledge.info	Methow Wilderness School PO Box 828 Twisp, WA 98856 509-997-7169 methowschool@yahoo.com
Houghton Primitive Skills and Wilderness Survival School David Talaga 775 Forest Way Pullman, WA 99163 989-545-4183 hougtonsurvival@gmail.com	Cedar Root Folk School Scott Brinton PO Box 135 Nordland WA 98358 cedarrootschool@gmail.com

Wisconsin

Medicine Hawk Wilderness Skills, Inc. PO Box 07482 Milwaukee, WI 53207 630-955-9550 natedpro@aol.com	Books by Tamarack Song TEACHING DRUM OUTDOOR SCHOOL Tamarack Song 7124 Military Rd. Three Lakes, WI 54562 715-546-2944 balance@teachingdrum.org
Lost Creek Folk Arts and Traditional Skills School Gregg Weiss 21740 Siskiwit Lake Road Cornucopia, Wisconsin 54827 715-209-6956	Native Ways School Gregg Weiss PO Box 133 Cornucopia, Wisconsin 54827 715-209-6496 info@nativeways.com

Alberta

Books by Mors Kochanski KARAMAT WILDERNESS WAYS Randy & Lori Breeuwsma Box 483 Wildwood, AB TOE 2M0 780-325-2345 orders@karamat.com	Check this out! Participating in Nature
The Trapper Ross Hinter PO Box 246, Site 1, RR1 Dapp, AB T0G 0S0 780-446-0091 bonefur@telus.net	Boulder Outdoor Survival School offers classes in Alberta. See Colorado for contact information.

British Columbia

Thriving Roots Wilderness School Daniella Roze Victoria, B.C. 778-679-6994 daniella@thrivingroots.org	WOLF School of Natural Science Chris Chisholm & Melva van Schyndel Box 434, 1641 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver, BC V7M 2J5 604-418-8900
Soaring Eagle Nature School 1153 Lakewood Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 4M3 604-365-7669 info (at) eagleawareness(dot) org	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Ontario

Quebec

Book by André Bourbeau Laboratoire d'expertise et de recherche en plein air Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 555, boulevard de l'Université Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1 418 545-5011 x5391	Book by André Bourbeau
Les Primitifs Simon Denis & Mathieu Hebert Base de plein air de Ste-Foy & Municipalite de St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, QC Canada 418 997-9448 info@lesprimitifs.com	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

New Brunswick

Northwoods Survival Jeff Butler 279 South Ridge Road Knowlesville, NB E7L 1N2 506-246-5204 northwoodssurvival@gmail.com

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