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“Keep up the great work! You have really come a long way (since starting Wolf Camp in 1996). I believe in the work you and others are doing to help give the gift of wilderness insight ... to our children, that we might learn these powerful lifeskills in the fullness of nature.” - Ricardo Sierra, Founder of the Hawk Circle - Earth Mentoring Institute in Cherry Valley, NY.
Click Here if you would like to listed to an Audo Recorded Camp Greeting from Wolf Camp founder and coordinator Chris Chisholm for which you may need the free RealOne Player if it's not already installed in your system, and there is also a Audio Recorded Camp Greeting from our top earth skills specialist Nikki for you to listen to if you like.
Wolf Camp was voted 1 of 2 Best Camps in the Northwest Family News Reader's Poll of 2001, the only year they ran a poll, and we were also chosen as one of the five "best camps ever" by YM Magazine in its March 2003 issue.
Custom Designed Programs
For for a price quote on your ideas, just email us or call 360-319-6892 in Whatcom & Skagit Counties • 425-248-0253 in King County, or 360-799-1997 in Snohomish County or if you are calling from long distance.
Visit us or we'll come to you with a world of nature and survival using real-life stories, lecture, games, and hands on practice, while imparting skills and knowledge that last a lifetime. The captivating activities we offer will bring you deep into secrets of the naturalist, tracker, herbalist, wilderness scout, primitive artisan and survivalist. We are confident you’ll be inspired by the nurturing, experienced instructors from Wolf Camp, and that you’ll walk away with a priceless connection to the natural world.
We contract with all kinds of groups, including:
- Schools: presentations and field trips
- Businesses: teamwork challenge retreats
- Scout Troops: badge work of ancient scout
- Military: survival and tracking training to help supplement yours
- Summer Camps: staff training & camper time
- Colleges & University: independent study & credits
- Families & Individuals: activities & outings for you
- Outdoor Guides: sub-contracts & on-going ed
- Homeschoolers: lessons/classes you value
- Other Group Designs: overnight camping trips and multi-visit skill-building series
Organizing a program is easy:
- Call us at 360-799-1997 or email us us with your request, idea, or questions.
- We'll write up a simple proposal to send or email back to you.
- You make any suggested changes and send us a small deposit.
- We'll see you on the confirmed date!
Some popular themes have included:
- Birds & Their Voices: our island is a major migratory stop-over for almost every bird found on the west coast, with populations of eagles, loons, herons, owls and songbirds residing here year-round. 4-8 hours or multi-day.
- Animal Tracking: experience nature with our region's premier wildlife trackers who live right here on Lummi Island, specializing in the arts of tracking and the language of the birds. 6-12 hours or multi-day.
- Wilderness Survival: learn the critical order of survival to gain confidence in outdoor emergency situations, and to keep your family safe even if the lights west out for an extended period back home. 4-8 hours or multi-day.
- Wild Edible Plants: gather delectable wild edibles of the land and sea with some of our region's top herbalists who live right here on Lummi Island, and prepare a feast together using primitive cooking methods. 4-8 hours or multi-day.
- Healing Herbal Salons: we'll bring "Melva's Salon" to you, where you can enjoy facial masks, herbal steams, foot soaks, hair rinses, healing teas and other surprizes using herbs gathered right here on the island. 2-4 hours or multi-day.
- Aboriginal Craftmaking: learn the ancient art of flintknapping using Lummi Island jasper and slate, make authentic hide-drums, spin natural rope from local plants, and make other crafts with our primitive living specialists. 4-8 hours or multi-day.
- Primitive Fire by Friction: yes, it can be done, and you can do it with personal instruction from our staff, making your own bow-drill or other primitive method to make fire like your ancestors. 3-6 hours or multi-day.
- Local Geology & Astronomy: learn about the geology of Lummi Island and Mt. Baker which towers over the island skyline, discover stories of our crystal-clear nighttime skies. 2-12 hours or multi-day.
- Local Ecology: learn about the island's wetlands, intertidal life of starfish and sea anenomies, seaside old growth douglas fir trees, reclaimed fields of wildflowers and more. 2-4 hours or multi-day.
- Naturalist Art & Journaling: join our resident nature artist to sketch and create nature writings about the trees, wildflowers, birds, mammals, frogs, ponds, beaches and tide pools of the island. 2-4 hours or multi-day.
- Lostproofing & Orienteering: learn to navigate in nature with and without a compass, using maps of Lummi Island, and embarking on our orienteering challenge designed for all skill levels. 3-5 hours or multi-day.
- Professional Music & Storytelling: join professional storyteller Bill "Bear Rock" Baroch, M.Ed. and our other instructors around the campfire with songs and tales from on and off the island. 2-3 hours or multi-day.
Other topics may also include:
- An Introduction to Earth Skills
- An Introduction to the Principles of Permaculture
- Starting on the Wolf Journey
- A Day of Survival: Wild Foods, Shelter & Fire
- Primitive Fire by Friction
- A Tour of Wolf Camp: Permaculture Farm, Primitive Craftwork, Sustainable Forestry, Bogs & Wetlands, Tracks & Birds
- The Herbal Salon: teas, scents, steams, masks, and powders for health and vitality
- Edible & Medicinal Plants of Disturbed Soils
- Kayaking to Collect Seaweads (small group)
- Tracking Bears in the Salmon Stream (autumn)
- Fishing on Woods Lake (in season)
- Bird Tracks & Voices
- Wildlife Tracking Field Trip
- Animal Forms & Costume Party
- Pioneering Skills
- Sailing with Sea Mammals
- Campfire Music & Adventure Stories
- See the list of our 6 Spring-Fall Class Series Themes or 6 Summer Weekend Stayover Themes and choose any topic you would like us to present, at a time and place that is best. You can also choose from any of our 6 Summer Day Camp Themes, 6 Adult & Family Camp Themes, or 12 Resident Youth Camp Themes.
- Lostproofing, First Aid Scenarios, Emergency Shelter Building
- Flintknapping & Crafts, Hide-Drum Making, Basketry & Cordage
- Wetland/Intertidal Life, Marine Mammals, Astronomy & Geology
- Old Growth Rainforests, Sagebrush Desert Ecology, Alpine/Glacier Ecology\Naturalist Journaling & Sketching
- Using the Wolf Journey earth skills curriculum including the Parent & Instructor Handbook, in your Classroom or Outdoor Program, and arranging high school or college credit for students studying this curriculum: Click on this link to find out how to teach skills of the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Scout, Hunter and Artisan in your classroom or outdoor program.
For for a price quote on your ideas, just email us or call 360-319-6892 in Whatcom & Skagit Counties • 425-248-0253 in King County, or 360-799-1997 in Snohomish County or if you are calling from long distance.
Click Here if you would like to listed to an Audo Recorded Camp Greeting from Chris for which you may need the free RealOne Player if it's not already installed in your system, and there is also a Audio Recorded Camp Greeting from our top earth skills specialist Nikki for you to listen to if you like.
Come Meet Us
June 28, 2008, Saturday 2:00 p.m., Three Amongst the Wolves presentation by world-renown adventurist Helen Thayer, also author of Polar Dream and Walking the Gobi. We consider this the pinnacle event of our year, and believe us when we tell you that you will be absolutely grateful, profoundly moved, and totally delighted if you attend! Sustinance and refreshments provided, with donations accepted for Helen's world-wide youth education program, the Adventure Classroom. RSVP email required, or call 360-799-1997.
June 29, 2008, Sunday 10:00-5:00, Wolf Camp Open House, Visiting Day, Work-A-Thon, and Bar-B-Que. Come visit camp, joining us for the bar-b-que lunch by donation, or collect pledges to raise funds for your camp expeirence at the Work-A-Thon if you like. RSVP email required, and to request pledge forms.
September 21, 2008, Sunday 8:00-8:00, International Day of Peace bonfire, medicine lodge, autumnal feast and fast for cooperative intensive participants and alumni.
October 25, 2008, Saturday 5-8 pm, Twelve Year Anniversary Harvest Party for alumni, family and supporters. This is our way to say "thank you", with dinner provided plus inspirational music and stories with violin virtuoso and salishin bard Swil Kanim, tentative. You may arrive as early as 5:00 pm on Friday and stay as long as 5:00 pm on Sunday to help harvest and prepare for the winter. Our annual summer raffle runs throughout the summer, with winners drawn during the Harvest Party.
Click for a link to the Summer Weekend Stayovers course descriptions. Campers ages 9 and above who attended camp the week prior (or in the past) may stay by themselves. Otherwise, all ages are welcome with parent or legal guardian. The cost is $75 for the first family member, $50 for the second, and $25 for the third. No charge for children 5 and under. The weekend itinerary normally includes a pot-luck lunch on Saturday from Noon-1, clean-up and naps from 1-2, swimming and fishing from 2-4, pizza and pop from 4-5, clean-up and campfire prep from 5-6, nature movie from 6-8, and campfire music and stories from 8-10. Sunday starts with a nature walk and fishing from 8-9, breakfast runs 9-10, the weekend theme workshop runs from 10-12, lunch is from 1-2, camp clean-up is from 2-3, scavenger hunt prep is from 3-4, camp tours for newly arriving campers are from 4-5, and dinner is from 5-6.
June 28-29, 2008: Leadership Theme (Unique Schedule due to Helen Thayer presentation and Work-A-Thon)
July 5-6, 2008: Wildlife Theme (arts of tracking and bird language)
July 12-13, 2008: Firemaking Theme (fire by friction and hazards)
July 19-20, 2008: Ethnobotany Theme (wild and cultivated edible/medicinal plants)
July 26-27, 2008: Arts Theme (primitive crafts and the composition of poetry, painting, and music)
August 2-3, 2008: 4x4 Essencials Theme (preparations for backcountry travel)
August 9-10, 2008: Scouting Theme (history, philosophy and challenge, with unique schedule due to Stilliguamish River Festival)
August 16-17, 2008: Maps Theme (geographies of washington and scotland)
October 25-26, 2008: Thanksgiving Harvest Theme (Unique Schedule due to Swil Kanim performance and Harvest Party)
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