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About Alderleaf Wilderness College

wilderness college wildlife american bittern 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, wilderness wisdom provides solutions for many modern environmental challenges.

To learn more about Alderleaf, visit the following pages:

Courses at Alderleaf Wilderness College

Faculty and Guest Instructors at Alderleaf

Our Campus: Alderleaf Farm

Student Testimonials

Media Coverage of Alderleaf Wilderness College

Alderleaf Wilderness College Reviews

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Articles written by Alderleaf Staff

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