Wilderness Survival
Primitive Living
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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 479-561-5559 sigma3survivalschool@yahoo.com
Ozark Natural Science School Outdoor Skills Institute 1905 Madison 1305 Huntsville, AR 72740 479-789-2754 info@ozarkmountainpreparedness.com	Check this out! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools

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 520-636-8384 abodude@alssadventures.com
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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 Steven & Tamara Paleotechnics Tamara Wilder and Steven Edholm 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	Check this out! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools
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	Book by Larry Dean Olsen BOULDER OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SCHOOL Josh Bernstein PO Box 1590 Boulder, CO 80306 800-335-7404
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
Outdoor Wisdom and Living Skills (O.W.L.S.) Fire Mountain & Aaron Huey 5745 Olde Stage Rd. Boulder, CO 80302 720-231-9389	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	Primitive Skills & Braintanning Michael Foltmer 1330 Brantner Road Evans, CO 80620 970-339-5608
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

The Maine Primitive Skills School offers classes in Connecticut. See Maine for contact information.

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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! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools

Georgia

Medicine Bow Wilderness School Mark Warren 104 Medicine Bow Dahlonega, GA 30533 medbow@alltel.net	Hofunee Programs Scott Jones 2550 Elberton Rd Carlton, GA 30627 706-743-5144
Georgia Outdoor Survival Skills Jimmy Culpepper 9686 Georgia Hwy 219 Hamilton, GA 31811 706-628-4093 jcmtnhill@aol.com	Southeast School of Survival Jim Greene 206 Brookview Drive Dallas, GA 30132 770-406-1438 info@SoutheastSchoolofSurvival.com

Hawaii

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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

Illinois

Nature Education Programs, Ltd. Suite 215 - 3030 Warrenville Rd. Lisle, IL 60532 630-955-9550 natedpro@aol.com	Center for American Archeology PO Box 366 Kampsville, IL 62053 618-653-4316 CAA@caa-archeology.org
Trails of Awareness Project Mark Denzer 983 Morning Glory Road Carbondale, IL 62902 618-201-4090 mark@trailsofawareness.org	Check this out! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools

Indiana

The Wild Nature Project Kevin Glenn PO Box 7351 Bloomington, IN 47407 812-361-3471 kevin@wildnatureproject.com

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Maine

The 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 207-540-7632 tim@jackmtn.com	White Pine Programs Dan Gardoqui 330 Mountain Road Cape Neddick, ME 03902 207-361-1911 info@whitepineprograms.org

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! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools

Maryland

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

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Michigan

Willow Winds Jim Miller 962 F-30 Mikado, MI 48745

Houghton Primitive Skills and Wilderness Survival School David Talaga 2011G Woodmar Drive Houghton, MI 49931 989-545-4183 hougtonsurvival@gmail.com

Missouri

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First Earth Wilderness School, LLC Bo Brown 1696 S. Farm Road 241 Rogersville, MO 65742 bo@firstearth.org

Montana

Books by Thomas J. Elpel Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School, LLC Thomas J. Elpel 5338 Highway 41 Silver Star, MT 59751 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
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Nebraska

Spirit in the Wind Rick & Doris Hamilton 87255 464th Ave. Stuart, NE 68780 402-924-3180

Great Plains Tracker Nathan Holthusen 114 N. Spruce Street. Ogallala, NE 69153 308-289-4152 nathan@greatplainstracker.com

New Hampshire

Virtual Mountain Wilderness Survival Bruce Carroll PO Box 902 Keene. New Hampshire. 03431 828.719.5889 VirtualMountain@gmail.com

Kroka Expeditions 767 Forest Road Marlow, New Hampshire 03456 603-835-9087 info@kroka.org

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

New Mexico

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Video with John Stokes 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
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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

North Carolina

Book about Eustice Conway Turtle Island Preserve Eustace Conway 1443 Lonnie Carlton Road Triplett, NC 28618 828-265-2267 mail@turtleislandpreserve.com	Wild Abundance Natalie Bogwalker and Alex Kilgore PO Box 1991 Ashville, NC 28802 206-661-6550 WildAbundanceNC@gmail.com
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

Ohio

Videos with Tom Laskowski 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

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! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools
NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL Brian Wheeler 2870 NE Hogan Rd, Suite E, #461 Gresham OR 97030 503-668-8264 Info@nwsos.com	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	Mt. Defiance Forest Farm Woniya Thibeault 2520 Kingsley Road Hood River, OR 97031 541-231-2230 woniyat@yahoo.com

South Carolina

Windwalker Outdoor School Landy Young 142 Grapevine Road Summerville, SC 29483 843-871-3272 windwalkersc@yahoo.com

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Tenessee

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

Texas

Skills of Survival David Alloway May 24, 1957 - Mar 11, 2003	Camp Tonkawa April Holtzman 1036 CR 203 Collinsville, TX 76233 903-429-6483 camptonkawa@bigplanet.com
Primitive Living Skills of Texas Mark Suter 2907 Lodgepole Dr. College Station, TX 77845 979-777-3902	The Human Path Sam Coffman 25810 Mahogony Trail San Antonio, TX 78255 210-807-0891 sam@thehumanpath.com
Walking On The Land Nathan Martinez Leroy Scheel Rd Bulverde, Tx, 78163 210-896-6324 texanforager@gmail.com	Earth Native Wilderness School Dave Scott & Michel Orion Scott Austin, TX 512-299-8870 earthnativeschool@gmail.com

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	BOULDER OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SCHOOL offers classes in Utah. See Colorado for contact information.

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

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! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools

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

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
Boulder Outdoor Survival School offers classes in Alberta. See Colorado for contact information.	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! Search for primitive survival and nature awareness classes with Thomas J. Elpel's On-Line Calendar of Schools
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

Pathways School Chris Morasky & Dr. Michael Smith 250-357-2822

WOLF School of Natural Science Chris Chisholm & Melva van Schyndel Box 434, 1641 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver, B.C., V7M 2J5 604-418-8900

Ontario

Sticks & Stones Wilderness School Skeet Sutherland 75 First Street, Suite #248 Orangeville, ON, L9W 5B6 519-216-6842 info@wildernessschool.ca	P.I.N.E. Project Andrew McMartin 64 Clendenan Ave. Toronto, ON M6P 2W5 647-991-7463 info@pineproject.org
Earth Tracks Outdoor School and Wilderness Canoe Trips Alexis Burnett 314601 Hwy 6, RR1 Durham, ON N0G 1R0 519-217-4921 earthtracks@gmail.com	Beyond the Fire School of Survival Peter Wrigglesworth 14 East Street Petawawa, ON K8H 2N8 613-633-3724 beyondthefire@bell.net

New Brunswick

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

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