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About Alderleaf Wilderness College

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Alderleaf Wilderness College is a nature education center and wilderness survival school. Alderleaf offers innovative permaculture, wildlife tracking, nature education, sustainable living, and wilderness survival courses in the Pacific Northwest. Led by a staff of seasoned professionals, our wilderness courses provide you with valuable nature skills.

Alderleaf offers a variety of classes, presentations, and programs of varying lengths. You can participate in a day-long, weekend, week-long, monthly, or extended program. Core fields of study include:

  • Wilderness Survival & Bushcraft
  • Permaculture & Sustainable Living
  • Wildlife Tracking & Awareness
  • Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants
  • Naturalist Skills & Ecology
  • Nature-based Education & Leadership

Our core program, the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program, prepares you for a variety of outdoor careers in environmental education, field research, and sustainable living. Graduates receive a Certificate in Wilderness Education & Ecology. Certification program students also have the option to receive undergraduate college credits.

Whether its animal tracking applied to wildlife management, survival skills applied to natural disaster preparedness, or wild medicinal plants for home health care, Traditional Ecological Knowledge provides solutions for many modern environmental challenges. We hope you enjoy our site!


Courses at Alderleaf Wilderness College

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Our Campus: Alderleaf Farm

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