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Apr
3
Mon
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park
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Apr 3 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Feather and Frond Forest School will be running a 5 Day Nature Camp for children aged 7-12 at Cornwall Park, April 3 to April 7th!

Our Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a host of opportunities for kids to explore the natural world and have fun adventures with friends. We will be digging deep into the Book of Nature using Awareness Games, Sensory Immersion, Wild Edibles/Plant ID, Survival and Earth-based Skills, Scout Skills, Adventuring, Storytelling and more throughout the week. We will likely be getting dirty too!

Our low 6-to-1 Child-to-Mentor ratio means that your child will not be lost in the crowd and will have ample opportunity to bond with their peers and our experienced mentors. This low ratio is one of our keys to providing a top-level program for your young naturalist/adventurer!

More information and online enrollment form can be found at: http://featherandfrond.org/2017-spring-break-camp

If you have any additional questions, please direct them to us at: contact@featherandfrond.org.

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Categories: Kids Tags: adventure Ages 7-12 animal forms animal tracking Bird Language confidence building elementary school kids environmental education fire fun games jedi skills training natural history nature connection no child left inside No School primitive skiils shelter Spring Break wild edibles
Apr
4
Tue
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park
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Apr 4 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Feather and Frond Forest School will be running a 5 Day Nature Camp for children aged 7-12 at Cornwall Park, April 3 to April 7th!

Our Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a host of opportunities for kids to explore the natural world and have fun adventures with friends. We will be digging deep into the Book of Nature using Awareness Games, Sensory Immersion, Wild Edibles/Plant ID, Survival and Earth-based Skills, Scout Skills, Adventuring, Storytelling and more throughout the week. We will likely be getting dirty too!

Our low 6-to-1 Child-to-Mentor ratio means that your child will not be lost in the crowd and will have ample opportunity to bond with their peers and our experienced mentors. This low ratio is one of our keys to providing a top-level program for your young naturalist/adventurer!

More information and online enrollment form can be found at: http://featherandfrond.org/2017-spring-break-camp

If you have any additional questions, please direct them to us at: contact@featherandfrond.org.

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Categories: Kids Tags: adventure Ages 7-12 animal forms animal tracking Bird Language confidence building elementary school kids environmental education fire fun games jedi skills training natural history nature connection no child left inside No School primitive skiils shelter Spring Break wild edibles
Apr
5
Wed
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park
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Apr 5 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Feather and Frond Forest School will be running a 5 Day Nature Camp for children aged 7-12 at Cornwall Park, April 3 to April 7th!

Our Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a host of opportunities for kids to explore the natural world and have fun adventures with friends. We will be digging deep into the Book of Nature using Awareness Games, Sensory Immersion, Wild Edibles/Plant ID, Survival and Earth-based Skills, Scout Skills, Adventuring, Storytelling and more throughout the week. We will likely be getting dirty too!

Our low 6-to-1 Child-to-Mentor ratio means that your child will not be lost in the crowd and will have ample opportunity to bond with their peers and our experienced mentors. This low ratio is one of our keys to providing a top-level program for your young naturalist/adventurer!

More information and online enrollment form can be found at: http://featherandfrond.org/2017-spring-break-camp

If you have any additional questions, please direct them to us at: contact@featherandfrond.org.

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Categories: Kids Tags: adventure Ages 7-12 animal forms animal tracking Bird Language confidence building elementary school kids environmental education fire fun games jedi skills training natural history nature connection no child left inside No School primitive skiils shelter Spring Break wild edibles
Apr
6
Thu
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park
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Apr 6 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Feather and Frond Forest School will be running a 5 Day Nature Camp for children aged 7-12 at Cornwall Park, April 3 to April 7th!

Our Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a host of opportunities for kids to explore the natural world and have fun adventures with friends. We will be digging deep into the Book of Nature using Awareness Games, Sensory Immersion, Wild Edibles/Plant ID, Survival and Earth-based Skills, Scout Skills, Adventuring, Storytelling and more throughout the week. We will likely be getting dirty too!

Our low 6-to-1 Child-to-Mentor ratio means that your child will not be lost in the crowd and will have ample opportunity to bond with their peers and our experienced mentors. This low ratio is one of our keys to providing a top-level program for your young naturalist/adventurer!

More information and online enrollment form can be found at: http://featherandfrond.org/2017-spring-break-camp

If you have any additional questions, please direct them to us at: contact@featherandfrond.org.

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Categories: Kids Tags: adventure Ages 7-12 animal forms animal tracking Bird Language confidence building elementary school kids environmental education fire fun games jedi skills training natural history nature connection no child left inside No School primitive skiils shelter Spring Break wild edibles
Apr
7
Fri
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park
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Apr 7 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Spring Break Nature Camp @ Cornwall Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Feather and Frond Forest School will be running a 5 Day Nature Camp for children aged 7-12 at Cornwall Park, April 3 to April 7th!

Our Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a host of opportunities for kids to explore the natural world and have fun adventures with friends. We will be digging deep into the Book of Nature using Awareness Games, Sensory Immersion, Wild Edibles/Plant ID, Survival and Earth-based Skills, Scout Skills, Adventuring, Storytelling and more throughout the week. We will likely be getting dirty too!

Our low 6-to-1 Child-to-Mentor ratio means that your child will not be lost in the crowd and will have ample opportunity to bond with their peers and our experienced mentors. This low ratio is one of our keys to providing a top-level program for your young naturalist/adventurer!

More information and online enrollment form can be found at: http://featherandfrond.org/2017-spring-break-camp

If you have any additional questions, please direct them to us at: contact@featherandfrond.org.

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Categories: Kids Tags: adventure Ages 7-12 animal forms animal tracking Bird Language confidence building elementary school kids environmental education fire fun games jedi skills training natural history nature connection no child left inside No School primitive skiils shelter Spring Break wild edibles
May
27
Sat
Fire Walk with Me – Survival Skills with NWN @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF
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May 27 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Fire Walk with Me - Survival Skills with NWN @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF

Fire Walk with Me, bushcraft enthusiast, ecologist, and your host, Jazmen with NWN.

For many of us who live in the PNW, not only is the borrowed name of this course very familiar, so are the verdant rainforests of the Salish Sea that surround us. If you go camping, hunting, or exploring in the woods, could you build a fire with limited tools in the PNW if you needed to? Fire Walk with Me is a basic survival course, a walk in the forest, and an opportunity to learn the principles of firemaking through collecting materials and building one on your own (without a lighter) in the wild Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

We strive to be as hands-off as possible, so you walk away with a new skill that you can practice successfully on your own time and time again.

In this course, learn the basic principles of fire-starting, land use laws, and how to procure burnable material in the notoriously damp PNW.

We will walk through the woods together, collecting tinder materials and firewood while learning ethics of foraging and harvesting wood from natural areas.

Each person will build their own fire without a lighter and use our 5-step fire-building that will likely be your new go-to fire-building method.

Firelighting is the most important bushcraft skill to learn. If you want to increase your preparedness for a survival situation through learning how to procure the right materials to successfully start a fire with only a knife and a simple fire tool, this class is for you!

This class will take place rain or shine!

Learn more and register through the website link.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Education Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #survivalskills Bushcraft camping fire hiking Nature outdoor skills
Nov
5
Sun
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF
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Nov 5 all-day
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF

Do something fun for Daylights Savings! Come out and enjoy an afternoon baking bread over a campfire in the woods with Northwest Natura!

The first portion of this course will focus on practicing how to light a fire without a lighter in damp conditions. You will be provided with a fixed blade knife to use for the day and a ferro rod that you can take home with you.

We will celebrate fire crafting successes in the second half of this course by baking bread over an open flame together.

This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:

Mini lectures on firelighting with a ferro rod, foraging for dry materials, breadmaking, fire safety, and “leave no trace” ethics.

Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.

Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.

Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.

Experience building a cooking tripod.

Experience preparing and cooking (and eating!) bread over an open flame.

The location of this course will take place on forested public land in Whatcom County. Registered Participants will receive driving directions and other information in an email sent 3-4 days prior to the event.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: baking Bushcraft fire forest outdoors primitive skills survival skills
Feb
4
Sun
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Forested Lands near Welcome, WA
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Feb 4 all-day
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Forested Lands near Welcome, WA

Come out and enjoy an afternoon learning survival firelighting and how to bake bread over a campfire with Northwest Natura!

This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:

Opportunities with Guidance on the following:

-Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.
-Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.
-Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.

-Learn Jazmen’s outdoor bread recipe to share with your friends and family.
-Preparing and baking (and eating!) at camp.

Northwest Natura is a small Bellingham business owned by naturalist, Jazmen Yoder. She directs but maintains a hands-off approach with this class so you can successfully make a fire in damp conditions and bake outdoors on your own again without guidance.

At every NWN class there is a sense of community. Expect bonding, laughter, and total joy in the woods!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Education Food & Beverage Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: adventure baking bread Bushcraft camping fire hiking Nature outdoors wildcraft wildcrafting
Feb
17
Sat
Bushcraft Crash Course: Survival Basics @ Forested Lands near Welcome, WA
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Feb 17 all-day
Bushcraft Crash Course: Survival Basics @ Forested Lands near Welcome, WA

This course will take place on State Lands in Whatcom County off Highway 542 near Deming, WA. Details on location will be provided in an email 3-4 days prior to the event.

Bushcraft is a term used to describe the practice of skills which aid in living outdoors. Here are the skills we will cover in this crash course:

Survival Basics
-Rule of Threes
– Fire making without a lighter
– Water sources and sanitation
– Shelter – temporary shelter construction
– Food – winter wild foods
– Knot-tying and lashing basics.
– Tarp deployment
– Cooking tripod
– Tools of the trade and practice using them.
– Knife and ax skills
– Containers
– First aid kits

We will practice all of these skills together in this full-day course. Knives and ferro rods provided for the day.

A list of basic things to bring to this course will be provided in an email 3-4 days before the event.

Feel free to bring your own outdoor tools such as a knife, ax, fire starter, tarp, containers (pots, water bottles), paracord, first aid kit, etc. so you can practice with your kit and/or I can answer any questions about your gear and help you troubleshoot issues you may have with them.

Space is limited to 8.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Education Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #survivalskills adventure baking bread Bushcraft camping cooking fire First Aid hiking Nature outdoors preparedness wildcraft wildcrafting
Mar
3
Sun
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Northwest Natura Forest Land
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Mar 3 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Outdoor Skills: Fire & Breadmaking @ Northwest Natura Forest Land

Come out and enjoy an afternoon learning survival firelighting and baking bread over a campfire with Northwest Natura!

This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:

Opportunities with Guidance on the following:

-Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.

-Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.

-Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.

-Learn Jazmen’s outdoor bread recipe to share with your friends and family.

-Preparing and baking (and eating!) 2 loaves between 2 small groups at camp.

Jazmen will direct but maintain a hands-off approach with this class so you can successfully make a fire in damp conditions and bake outdoors on your own again without guidance.

At every NWN class there is a sense of community. Expect bonding, laughter, and total joy in the woods!

Gluten free bread options are available upon request! Send your request in an email after signing up!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Food & Beverage Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #survivalskills baking Bushcraft family friendly fire Nature survival skills wildcrafting
April 2017 – March 2024 Apr 2017 – Mar 2024