Alderleaf Wilderness College Updates

Listed below are new articles, classes, and recent updates to the Alderleaf Wilderness College website. Checking this page frequently is a great way to stay abreast of new information on our site!

Herbal Cold Remedy

Learn how to make your own herbal cold remedy from wild harvested local plants.

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Ecosystem Succession: Cycles of Nature

Learn about ecosystem succession and its role in maintaining a healthy environment.

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Human Tracking Course - The Science of Mantracking

This human tracking course teaches the sciences of mantracking skills as applied to detecting, interpreting, preserving and following sign of the passage of humans, be they lost, missing or evasive.

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Water Hemlock - One of the Most Poisonous Plants in North America

Learn how to identify water hemlock, a deadly poisonous plant. Knowing how to recognize deadly species is an important first step to study wild plants.

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Calendar of Courses and Events at Alderleaf

Courses, classes, workshops, presentations, and events at Alderleaf

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Survival Essentials: What Matters Most

Be sure to consider these survival essentials when planning for any trip or emergency.

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Swamp Ecosystem

Come learn about survival in a swamp ecosystem.

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Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship

Study tracking on an on-going basis with experienced wildlife trackers at the Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship.

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Wilderness First Aid Training Course

Wilderness first aid training course with CPR certification. Standard 3-day class with the Wilderness Medicine Training Center.

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Plant Identification: A Practical Approach

Plant identification in the field can be a challenge. Learn about this simple, straightforward system for identifying plants.

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Recognizing Woodpecker Habitat

Learn about what makes good woodpecker habitat and how to differentiate between the signs of different types of woodpeckers.

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Floating Pond Plants: For Habitat, Food and Beauty

Check out the many wonderful uses for floating pond plants in your own pond setting.

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Permaculture Articles

This section of the website contains permaculture articles on a variety of topics, from edible forest gardens, to permaculture ponds and plants.

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Garden Companion Planting

Garden companion planting is the concept of planting mutually supportive species together so that all the plants benefit each other. It is a key to growing abundant food gardens.

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Recognizing bobcat habitat

Learning to know where bobcat habitat is found can help you know more about the most abundant wild cat in North America.

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Recognizing Wolverine Habitat

Learning to know what makes good wolverine habitat can help you increase your odds of seeing this elusive member of the weasel family.

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Recognizing Wild Turkey Habitat

Learning more about wild turkey habitat can help you to better understand the wild turkey.

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Position Announcements

Job openings / position announcements at Alderleaf

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Fukuoka Farming: Working with Nature

Fukuoka Farming is a unique approach to natural farming that utilizes direct observations of nature and applies them to growing food, and is based on the work of THE ONE STRAW REVOLUTION author Masano

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Media Coverage of Alderleaf Wilderness College

Press, Video, Radio, Blogs, and Social Media Coverage of Alderleaf Wilderness College

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Tent Camping Checklist

Having a well thought out tent camping checklist can help you pack faster and more efficiently and be prepared for all conditions.

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Forest Food Web: Knowledge for Designing Edible Forest Gardens

Understanding the function of a forest food web can greatly enhance your effectiveness in creating, maintaining and improving a permaculture edible forest garden.

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Coyote Habitat

Knowing coyote habitat will help you to better understand the lives of coyotes.

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Permaculture Design Course

Earn a Permaculture Design Course Certificate at Alderleaf with hands-on experience on our permaculture farm and wilderness campus.

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Types of Mushrooms for Medicine and Permaculture

There are some amazing types of mushrooms out there that are excellent choices as natural medicine and for permaculture.

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Plants for Ponds: A Permaculture Approach

Knowing the key plants for ponds can help you create a new pond or improve an existing one.

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Alderleaf Wilderness College Reviews

Check out what others have to say about us, read Alderleaf Wilderness College reviews.

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Snares and Traps for Survival Trapping

Knowing how to use snares and traps for survival trapping situations can help you deal with one of the most challenging pursuits in a longer term survival situation: the ability to obtain protein.

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Freshwater Ecosystems: Ponds for Permaculture

Understanding what freshwater ecosystems are and how they function can help you better utilize a pond in permaculture practice.

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Outdoor Survival Techniques

Outdoor survival techniques from Alderleaf instructor, Dave Scott

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How to Shoot a Bow Instinctively

This article focuses on a method of shooting inspired by the principals of how to shoot a bow instinctively as developed and taught by G. Fred Asbell in his book Instinctive Shooting.

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Benefits of Small Backyard Ponds

There are many benefits of small backyard ponds for both, people and the environment.

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The Alderleaf Campus

Alderleaf Campus: home to our classrooms, office, and a small-scale ecovillage and permaculture farm.

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Recognizing Badger Habitat

One great way to better understand the famous and sometimes fierce American badger (taxidea taxus) is by understanding badger habitat.

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Pemmican Recipes

Are you looking for some excellent pemmican recipes? Here are several great recipes you can try out to make this amazing food.

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Wilderness Survival Course

Learn skills that can save your life at this weekend wilderness survival course

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Northwest Coast Native Americans: Survival Lifeways

For many generations, Northwest coast Native Americans have practiced skills of survival and wilderness living that was deeply connected with the rhythms of the land around them.

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Flint Knapping Tools

Using flint knapping tools to make arrowheads, knives, and other flaked implements.

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Self Sufficiency Series

Register for the Self Sufficiency Series, three summer courses focused on sustainable living and self reliance!

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Wilderness Survival Series

Register for the Wilderness Survival Series, six back-to-back weekends of survival skills training!

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Survival Nature Awareness Class

Learn nature awareness skills for wilderness survival, including bird language, wildlife tracking, stealth, observation, and camouflage.

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Wilderness Orienteering & Navigation Class

Learn map & compass, as well as aid-less navigation techniques, for traveling in the wilderness at the Wilderness Orienteering & Navigation Class

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Survival Trapping & Tracking Course

Learn survival trapping and tracking techniques for emergency and long-term survival situations at this course.

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Survival Knots, Cordage, & Lashings Class

Learn how to make cordage and the most useful knots & lashings for wilderness survival in this survival knots, cordage, and lashings class.

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Wilderness Survival School | Alderleaf Wilderness College - Survival Courses

Wilderness courses on outdoor survival skills, wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, permaculture, outdoor leadership, and nature studies. Alderleaf Wilderness College : Nature & Wilderness Survival School

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Evergreen Shrubs in Permaculture

Evergreen shrubs are a useful groups of plants in the practice of permaculture.

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Presentation on Wildlife Tracking and Conservation with Adriaan Louw

Adriaan Louw presents on wildlife tracking and conservation in South Africa

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Black Bear Pictures

Taking black bear pictures is can be exciting and challenging.

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Special Message from Alderleaf co-founder, Jason Knight.

Special message about unique upcoming opportunities with guest instructor Adriaan Louw of South Africa!

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Tracker Evaluations

Tracker Evaluations with CyberTracker Conservation: Track & Sign Evaluations and Trailing Evaluations

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