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Camps Begin June 25th!!!!

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Mission Driven Nature Education

"Our son has just spent his second year of summer camp in your program (5 weeks this time) and loved every minute of it. Congratulations to an excellent team of counselors!" C.L., Summer Camp Parent

NATURE MENTORING CERTIFICATION

While designed specifically for teachers, mentors, and parents, this course is also an excellent way to develop your own capacity to learn and grow individually and implement local ecological knowledge and outdoor adventure skills in your life. It's a great supplement for those enrolled in or graduating from a related degree program, and an ideal entry into the field of experiential education careers. A variety of wilderness skills will be covered, catering to the variety of experience levels present. Program open to individuals 18 and over.

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Recent News and Notes from the Primitive Pursuits Blog...

Scholarship Funds Available

At Primitive Pursuits, we are committed to making our programs available to as many people as possible. To this end, we generate scholarships via our sliding-scale fee on a program-to-program basis and thanks to your generosity, we have funds available.

Returning to Our Roots with Arnot Forest

After 15 years of different habitats and locations for our programs, we’ve found a home with enough stability to allow our students to more deeply explore the “wild” than ever before.

Hello Spring!

Forest Preschool and Homeschool began their Spring session at Primitive Pursuits!

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Featured Staff

K. McCadden

Dancin', Singin', Trickstery Guide & Critter-Companion

Justin Sutera

Master bow-maker, flintknapper and buckskin fashion expert

Sierra Robinson

As a young girl, Sierra found her deepest connection to life through the land.

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