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Welcome to Alderleaf Wilderness College, a wilderness survival school and outdoor education center. Alderleaf offers
courses on wilderness survival, wild edible & medicinal plants,
permaculture, wildlife tracking, and more.
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Featured Program:
Essential Wilderness Survival Skills
(Online Course)
Learn the core skills of survival in a format that allows you to participate at home and at your own pace.
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Popular Courses:
Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants Course
Learn how to utilize a diversity of native wild plants for food and medicine in the wilderness or at home.
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Weekend Wilderness Survival Course
Learn the most important skills for survival: shelter, water, fire, and food while gaining practical, hands-on experience.
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Wild Mushroom Identification Class
Learn the skills needed to forage for wild edible mushrooms! Spend a day learning about these magnificent fungi.
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Wildlife Tracking Walks
Discover the hidden world of animal signs that surround us all the time, while exploring local forests and riverbanks.
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Watch a short video introduction to Alderleaf Wilderness College:
"If you want to learn about wilderness survival and
primitive skills from extremely knowledgeable instructors, Alderleaf
Wilderness College is for you. I learned more than I ever thought
possible at their classes."
-Casey Kafka
"Alderleaf Wilderness College is outstanding at developing and
delivering wilderness skills programs, providing both a deep level of
knowledge and context for the teachings."
-Ryan Whisnant
"I would recommend the Wilderness Certification Program to
anyone wanting to reconnect with nature and a desire to live simply,
with and for the land. Through this program I have become the change I
was waiting for!"
-Jase Grimm
"Alderleaf provides a wide range of studies that will increase anyone's knowledge and understanding of the natural world."
-Seth Anthony
"Every course I've taken at Alderleaf Wilderness College has had a huge positive impact on my life and changed the way I look at, approach, and relate to the world around me."
-Tyler Shannon
"Alderleaf is a wonderful school for learning how to live with the earth and not just on it."
-Gianna Torres
"Alderleaf Wilderness College's staff uses teaching styles that allows for all kinds of learners to learn and have fun. I use this knowledge all the time. I would highly recommend this wilderness survival school to others."
-Rocco Gianni
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