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Wolf Journey CLASS SERIES offered in Western WA

PART TWO Intro - Trail of the Tracker
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8

PART THREE Intro - Trail of the Herbalist
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12

PART FOUR Intro - Trail of the Scout
• Chapters TBA

PART FIVE Intro - Trail of the Artisan
• Chapters TBA

PART FIVE Intro - Trail of the Hunter
• Chapters TBA

PART FIVE Intro - Trail of the Pioneer
• Chapters TBA

PART EIGHT Intro - Handbook for Earth Skills Students, Environmental Teachers & Outdoor Leaders
• Journaling Cover Page
• Wildlife Recording Form
• Student Transcripts
• Glossary & Rescources
• Taxonometric Classification
• Outings Guide
• Teaching Guide
• Outdoor Leader Program Policies
• More TBA

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Saturday Workshop Series
(Autumn Ethnobotany; Winter Survival; Spring Wildlife)

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Gifts of the Forest
- STINGING NETTLE -

Artwork copyrighted and used with permission from Wolf Journey alumna Joanna Colbert.

Workshop participant collecting nettles last spring. Now they're full grown and ready to harvest for fiber and other uses!

Email, Call, Send A Registration Form, or Use PayPal to Register for Gifts of the Forest - Stinging Nettle

Space is Available! Email Your RSVP, Call to Reserve Space, Send A Registration Form with Check, or Use PayPal to Register for this workshop running 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Oct. 2. Meet between 9:45-10:00 AM under the covered shelter at Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance off 14th Street. We'll start promply at 10:00, walk next door to the Wolf Campus for lunch, and continue until 4:00. The address to use for MapQuest or Google Maps is 1700 12th Ave. SW, Puyallup WA 98371. Workshop Cost is just $45 for one person, $40 for a second friend/family member, and $35 per additional friend/family member:

Join us to celebrate one of the Top 10 Most Important Plants of the Pacific Northwest each month. This fall, we'll cover 3 of these plants in depth during our Autumn Workshop Series (October Nettles; November Oaks; December Cattails) and also touch on the others (Grasses, Pines, Seaweeds, Cedar ...) so join us for any of these great workshops, and take a huge step toward understanding the most critical plants of our region!

Make Rope from Stinging Nettle - Our strongest native plant fiber!

Central to this workshop is making rope from stinging nettle, the strongest dry plant fiber that is native to Western Washington. We will harvest and dry it, then spin it into cordage using various "reverse wrap" methods. You can take as much home as you make for use over the coming year so you never have to buy rope at the store again!

Surprisingly Tasty Stinging Nettle - Our most nutritious native green!

We'll also celebrate the nutritional and medicinal qualities of nettle, harvesting new growth that comes up in the fall, making it into a tasty soup, pesto, and lasagne! You'll also learn to properly dry and store it for continual use as a tea tonic for improved health during the cold and flu season.

Make Fire with Stinging Nettle - One of our best sources of dry tinder!

Further, nettles are an incredibly good source for fire tinder in otherwise wet forest environments. You will put together your own tinder bundle of nettle, grass, cattail and cedar bark to practice blowing coals into flame. We will also test the strength of nettle rope, using it while demonstrating the bow-drill method of traditional fire by friction.

History of Stinging Nettle - Fascinating uses around the world!

Finally, to put the ethnobotanical uses of stinging nettles into context, we will start and end the day with a look at how nettles have been used around the world - from crafts that local indigenous people have historically made from nettle - to treatments (for various ailments like arthritis) common to modern-day northern Europe!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Gifts of the Prairie:
OAKS and the ACORN


Artwork copyrighted and used with permission from Wolf Journey alumna Joanna Colbert.

Megan collecting seeds from plants in the prairie.

Email, Call, Send A Registration Form, or Use PayPal to Register for Gifts of the Prairie - Oaks and the Acorn

Space is Available! Email Your RSVP, Call to Reserve Space, Send A Registration Form with Check, or Use PayPal to Register for this workshop running 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Nov. 6th starting at Fort Steilicoom Park near Tacoma. Meet between 9:45-10:00. Get directions using MapQuest or Google Maps using the address 8714 Elwood Drive SW, Lakewood, WA, 98499 but meet at the large shelter near the playground and sports fields. Workshop Cost is $45 for one person, $40 for a second friend/family member, and $35 per additional friend/family member.

Join us to celebrate one of the Top 10 Most Important Plants of the Pacific Northwest each month. This fall, we'll cover 3 of these plants in depth during our Autumn Workshop Series (October Nettles; November Oaks; December Cattails) and also touch on the others (Grasses, Pines, Seaweeds, Cedar ...) so join us for any of these great workshops, and take a huge step toward understanding the most critical plants of our region!

Lowland Oak Prairies - Why did they almost disappear despite Ice Age & Native Origins?

Fort Steilicoom is home to the northernmost remnant Oak Prairie in Western Washington. Learn the natural history of these ecological anomolies, and why the greatest world societies before mass cultivation of grain were based around the oak tree.

Central to Great Societies of History - Acorns are still incredibly nutritious and versitile!

We'll spend the morning collecting acorns while also identifying other species from our Top 10 Most Important Plants of the Pacific Northwest, then end the morning by learning how to efficiently crack open the acorns before tossing them into boiling water to extract their tannins. That tannic water will be saved for processing hides and other uses. We will dry some of our acorns and grind them into flour with a mortor and pestle.

The Role of Fire in the Prairie - Make traditional fire and burn-bowls using Oak & Grass!

While some of the acorns are drying, we will mash others fresh to make "ash cakes" over a lunchtime fire. We will also gather oak wood to make a "bow drill" fire kit so that you can witness traditional firemaking, and learn to recognize seasoned oak wood with the goal of making "burn bowls" for boiling water using hot rocks. So many ethnobotanical technologies to learn today!