Bushcraft Basics: Fire & Shelter Building with Northwest Natura

This course will take place on Private Land in Whatcom County off Highway 542 next to Boulder Creek ~2 miles east of Maple Falls, WA. 

The skills we will cover in this outdoor workshop include: 

- An Introduction to Bushcraft in the Pacific Northwest: Survival priorities 

- Activities: Knots, Shelter construction from raw materials, Second shelter construction: simple tarp deployment, Knife, ax, and saw practice with guidance if needed, Fire-making tutorial using foraged materials and no lighter, Use a ferro rod or flint & steel. Optional to make tea over a fire using wild edible/medicinal plants. 

We will practice all of these skills together in this full-day course. Northwest Natura is providing day-use materials including: Morakniv 511 knives, Ferrocerium rods and strikers, Fire resources (wood, tinder), Saws (limited number), Axes (limited number), Tarps, paracord, and other shelter supplies. 

Demo Equipment; examples of several kit items Info/registration available on the event website.