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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The Folk School P.O. Box 83572 2300 Airport Way, Cabin 66 Fairbanks, AK 99708 907-457-1219 [email protected]

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Arkansas

Check this out! Classroom in the Woods	Sigma III Survival School & Outdoors Club Robert Allen 5710 Jenny Lind Fort Smith, AR 72904 479-561-3886 [email protected]
Ozark Natural Science Center Outdoor Skills Institute 1905 Madison 1305 Huntsville, AR 72740 479-202-8340 [email protected]	American Survival Co. Matt Tate 320 N Bloomington St, Suite D Lowell, AR 72745 984-377-2592 [email protected]

Arizona

Books by Tony Nester ANCIENT PATHWAYS, LLC Tony & Holly Nester PO Box 2068 Flagstaff, AZ 86003-2068 928-526-2552 [email protected]	Books by Cody Lundin Aboriginal Living Skills School, LLC Cody Lundin PO Box 3064 Prescott, AZ 86302 928-713-1651 [email protected]
Wilderness Way Adventures, LLC Custom training throughout North America Mike Lowe 970-560-0509	Ravens-Way Wild Journeys, LLC Vince Pinto & Claudia Campos-Pinto PO Box 393 Patagonia, AZ 85624 520-425-6425 [email protected]
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 [email protected]

California

Book by Tamara Wilder Paleotechnics Tamara Wilder PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415 707-793-2287 [email protected]	Books by Christopher Nyerges School of Self Reliance Christopher Nyerges PO Box 41834 Eagle Rock, CA 90041 626-791-3217
Oldways Workshops Norm Kidder Sunol Regional Wilderness PO Box 82 Sunol, CA 94536 925-862-2600 [email protected]	HEADWATERS OUTDOOR SCHOOL Tim Corcoran PO Box 1698 Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1690 831-423-3830 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Adventure Out Cliff Hodges PO Box 7040 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 800-509-3954 [email protected]	TrackersBAY 340A Cypress Drive Fairfax, CA 94930 415-717-3919
Thomas Coyne Survival School Thomas Coyne 805-503-8861 [email protected]	Bush Survival Training Joel van der Loon 3960 West Point Loma Blvd, Suite H 141 San Diego, CA 92110 619-636-0394
4 Elements Earth Education (4E) Rick Berry (California and New Jersey) PO Box 1823 Nevada City, CA 95959	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Colorado

Book by Robin Blankship EARTH KNACK Robin Blankenship PO Box 508 Crestone, CO 81131 719-256-4909 [email protected]	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods
Cottonwood Institute Ford Church 1076 Grant Place Boulder, CO 80302 303-447-1076 [email protected]	Nature Knowledge "Mountain Mel" Deweese 1825 Linden Street Grand Junction, CO 81503 970-242-8507 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Wilderness Survival Institute Don Davis 8415 Coyote Run Loveland, CO 80537-9665 970-669-9016 [email protected]	Sarqit Outdoor Living School & Rivers and Coasts Kayaks Ryan "Drover" Hall 7570 Deframe Street Arvada, CO 80005 720-263-6122 [email protected]
S.E.R.E. Training School Jessie Krebs PO Box 3068 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 877-765-8454	Laughing Coyote Project Gelsey Malferrari & Neal Ritter 9760 Isabelle Road Lafayette, CO 80026 303-325-5824 [email protected]

Connecticut

Two Coyotes PO Box 711 Monroe, CT 06468 203-843-3112 [email protected]

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Delaware

Abbott's Mill Nature Center 15411 Abbott's Pond Road Milford, DE 19963 302-422-0847

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Florida

Georgia

Iowa

Earth-Heart Malcom & Deborah Ringwalt PO Box 926 Fairfield, IA 52556 310-729-1300

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Idaho

Illinois

Nature Education Programs, Ltd. P O Box 2034 Elmhurst, IL 60126 630-955-9550 [email protected]	Center for American Archeology PO Box 366 Kampsville, IL 62053 618-653-4316 [email protected]
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Touch of Nature Environmental Center Scott Ferguson Southern Illinois University 1206 Touch of Nature Road Makanda, Illinois 62958 618-453-1121

Indiana

Maine

Massachusetts

Earthwork Programs Frank Grindrod PO Box 9 Williamsburg, MA 01096 413-522-0338 [email protected]	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Leapfrog Programs Felix Lufkin 30 Pomeroy Court Amherst MA, 01330 [email protected]	Wolf Tree Programs LLC Neill Bovaird PO Box 44 Montague, MA 01351

Maryland

Ancestral Knowledge Bill Kaczor PO Box 6 Brentwood, MD 20712 301-277-1276 [email protected]

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Michigan

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Rawhide Survival School Keith Clark 1238 W Westwood Dr Adrian, MI 49221 517-260-8195 [email protected]

Minnesota

North House Folk School 500 Highway 61 West Grand Marais, MN 55604 218-387-9762 [email protected]

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Montana

Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS) Thomas J. Elpel PO Box 697 Pony, MT 59747 E-mail Contact Page	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 [email protected]
Past Skills Wilderness School Bill McConnell PO Box 173 Bozeman, Montana 59771 406-570-0520	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Black Talon Basics, LLC Adrian & Amber Nolan 1405 6th Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 406-261-5661 [email protected]	Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center Brett Holmquist & Laura Marie Strong Holmquist PO Box 1314 Whitefish, MT 59937 406-260-8620 [email protected]

New Hampshire

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Kroka Expeditions 767 Forest Road Marlow, New Hampshire 03456 603-835-9087 [email protected]

New Jersey

Book by Linda Runyon Wild Food Company Linda Runyon PO Box 83 Shiloh, NJ 08353 856-234-3286	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	Practical Primitive LLC Eddie Starnater 14 Sussex Lane Great Meadows, NJ 07838 908-637-8137
Return to Nature Dan De Lion P1990 4th street North Brunswick,NJ 08902 732 599 0974	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods
Check this out! Foraging the Mountain West	4 Elements Earth Education (4E) Rick Berry (California and New Jersey) PO Box 1823 Nevada City, CA 95959

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 [email protected]
HAWK CIRCLE Ricardo Sierra PO Box 506 Cherry Valley, NY 13320 607-264-3396	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
Wilderness Way Michael Head 744 Glenmary Drive Owego, NY 13827 607-687-9186 [email protected]	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Check this out! Participating in Nature	Flying Deer Nature Center 5 Abode Road New Lebanon, NY 12125 518-794-6687 [email protected]
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
Ndakinna Educational Center James & Joseph Bruchac 23 Middle Grove Road Greenfield Center, NY 12833 518-583-9958	Check this out! Foraging the Mountain West

North Carolina

Book about Eustice Conway Turtle Island Preserve Eustace Conway 1443 Lonnie Carlton Road Triplett, NC 28618 828-265-2267 [email protected]	Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series
Earth School Richard Cleveland PO Box 777 Tryon, NC 28782 828-395-1758 [email protected]	Earth Connection North Carolina Wes Massey and Hardee Merritt 6118-J Farrington Road Chapel Hill, NC 27517 919-489-8893 [email protected]
Way of the Raven Benjamin 'Raven' Pressley Asheville, NC [email protected]	Wild Abundance Natalie Bogwalker PO Box 1991 Ashville, NC 28802 828-775-7052 [email protected]

Ohio

Midwest Native Skills Institute Tom Laskowski PO Box 31764 Cleveland, OH 44131 Toll Free: 888-886-5592 [email protected]	Northeast Ohio Primitive Living and Wilderness Survival School James Kellar PO Box 114 Bristolville, OH 44402 330-984-9986 [email protected]
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 [email protected]

Oregon

Book by John Kallas WILD FOOD ADVENTURES John Kallas, Ph.D 422 SE 49th Ave Portland OR 97215 503-775-3828 [email protected]	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 57 Hemlock Ridge Lane. Catawba, VA 24070 434-238-4094 [email protected]	Coyle Outside Daniel Coyle PO Box 2389 Corvallis OR 97333 541-760-0774
Ancient Arts Center Margaret Mathewson 16140 Lobster Valley Road Alsea, OR 97324 541-486-4311 [email protected]	ReWild Eugene Matt & Anna Bradley & Rees Maxwell 84779 McBeth Road Eugene, OR 97405 541-517-9098 [email protected]
Whole Earth Nature School Anna & Matt Bradley PO Box 5223 Eugene, OR 97405 541-937-5437	Nighthawk Naturalist School, LLC Chelsea Ernst & Tyler Doyle Bend, OR 901-486-4734 [email protected]
RewildPortland PO Box 6582 Portland, OR 97228 503-863-8462 [email protected]	Whole Earth Nature School PO Box 5223 Eugene, OR 97405 541-937-5437

South Carolina

Tennessee

Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Big Oak Wilderness School Lisa and G.T. Sanford 7616 Nolensville Road Nolensville, TN 37135-9458 615-776-2147
Check this out! Participating in Nature	East Tennessee Nature Guide & Survival Instuctor Tim Zimmerman Greeneville, TN [email protected]

Texas

Earth Native Wilderness School Dave Scott & Michel Orion Scott Austin, TX 512-299-8870	Check this out! Classroom in the Woods
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

Utah

Check this out! Participating in Nature	Book by Larry Dean Olsen BOULDER OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SCHOOL PO Box 1345 Boulder, UT 84716 800-335-7404 [email protected]
Making Tracks Earth Education Erik Rasmussen North Salt Lake UT 84054 [email protected]	Paleo-Logic Zak Baker 1475 S. Main St. #3 Bountiful, Utah 84010 801-529-5539 [email protected]

Vermont

Virginia

MOUNTAIN SHEPHERD WILDERNESS SURVIVAL SCHOOL Reggie Bennett 57 Hemlock Ridge Lane Catawba, Virginia 24070 434-238-4094 [email protected]	Cliffside Workshops Errett Callahan (retired) 2 Fredonia Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24503
EARTH CONNECTION Tim MacWelch PO Box 32 Somerville, VA 22739 540-270-2531 [email protected]	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	Living Wild Lynx Vilden
EARTHWALK NORTHWEST, INC. Frank & Karen Sherwood PO Box 461 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-746-7267	SURVIVE & THRIVE Dr. Nicole Apelian 204 S. Fork Road Raymond, WA 98577 360-875-7995 [email protected]
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 [email protected]	Bushcraft Northwest Mike Lummio PO Box 1274 Goldendale, WA 98620 360-606-1036 [email protected]
Raven's Roots Naturalist School Bellingham, WA 98225 360-305-3514	Cedar Root Folk School Scott Brinton PO Box 135 Nordland WA 98358 [email protected]

West Virginia

North American Bushcraft School Jason & Sera Drevenak 1435 Providence Church Road Hedgesville, WV 25427

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Wisconsin

Medicine Hawk Wilderness Skills, Inc. PO Box 07482 Milwaukee, WI 53207 630-955-9	Books by Tamarack Song TEACHING DRUM OUTDOOR SCHOOL Tamarack Song 7124 Military Rd. Three Lakes, WI 54562 715-546-2944 [email protected]
Lost Creek Adventures 21740 Siskiwit Lake Road Cornucopia, Wisconsin 54827 715-209-6956 [email protected]	North Winds Wilderness School Blake & Gregg Southard 24575 Old 35 Siren, Wisconsin, 54872 612-432-6253
Check this out! Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series	Bluebird Hill Homestead Earth Warriors Nature Club Heidi Madsen 456 Old E East Hudson, WI 54016 612-910-9756

Alberta

Books by Mors Kochanski KARAMAT WILDERNESS WAYS Randy & Lori Breeuwsma PO Box 483 Wildwood, AB TOE 2M0 877-527-2628 [email protected]

Alberta Primitive Skills Society Robert Edwards 5108-61 Ave Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1E7 403-505-8758 [email protected]

British Columbia

Thriving Roots Wilderness School Daniella Roze Victoria, B.C. 778-679-6994 [email protected]	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 [email protected]	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 [email protected]

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