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Wolf Camp in Summer:
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Overnight Youth Camps in Washington State

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School Break Camps travel to Wa, Ca, Wi, La
Custom Programs for Schools & Homeschoolers
Wolf Journey Classes all over Western WA:
1-3 pm Homeschoolers; 4-6 pm Afterschoolers
The Wolf College in Summer:
Residential Teaching Apprenticeships
Earth Skills Training Camps in Western WA

Academic Year Programs:
Co-op Earth Skills Apprenticeships in Western Wa
Earth Skills Training Camps travel to Wa, Ca, Wi, La
Wolf Journey Classes 7-9 pm around Western Wa
Weekend Workshops in the Puget Sound region

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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.

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Summertime Residential Apprenticeships beginning June 13th, 2010.
Three-Season Cooperative Apprenticeships beginning September 18th, 2010.
Saturday Field Trips for Apprentices running throughout the academic year.

Saturday Workshop Series running throughout the academic year.
Sunday Permaculture Farm Series running throughout the academic year.
Weekly Wolf Journey Classes running throughout the academic year.

Summer Day Camps beginning July 5th, 2010.
Overnight Youth Camps beginning February 14, 2010.
Adult Training Camps beginning February 14, 2010.


We also offer Custom Designed Programs for schools, families, businesses, service organizations and other groups.

Our Wolf Journey Correspondence Course featuring Naturalist Certification which includes complimentary end-of-every-chapter mentoring as you procede through your field exercises in Wolf Journey Books 1-4: Earth Skills for the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist and Scout,

Summertime Residential Apprenticeships

Apply now for your choice of these Summertime Residential Teaching Apprenticeships running June 10th - August 20th, 2011, with optional stay until September 10th. Capacity will be limited to 10 students between all the apprenticeships in Summer 2011. Your tuition includes participation in all programs at Wolf Camp throughout the length of your training period, including instruction, camping, facilities, and food. Beyond that, you need not incur any other expense during the summer except for health insurance, which we can help you secure at a very inexpensive rate. Non-Credit Tuition is $2,750 if you apply by September 10, 2010; or $3,000 if you apply by November 1, 2010; or $3,250 if you apply by December 20, 2010; or $3,500 if you apply by March 1st, 2011; or $3,750 if you apply by April 30th, 2011; or $4,000 if you apply by June 5, 2011 if space remains available. You may receive discounts for previous experience, registering additional family members, and referring friends, with your financial contribution bottoming out at a minimum of $2,500. Further, a benefit of completing one of our Summertime Residential Teaching Apprenticeships is that afterwards, you can attend any of our 2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR ETHNO-ECOLOGY APPRENTICESHIPS for just $1,500 per semester. A $500 deposit (fully refundable only if your application is not accepted - otherwise it can only be used as credit toward future programs) is required to hold your spot. Chris Chisholm will be your mentor through this experience, with assistance from Kim and guidance from Seasonal Faculty who will be teaching during the summer. All programs include program development and employment assistance upon graduation. Reserve your spot by applying right away.

1. The Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship featuring an Earth Skills Instructor Certification option, follows this schedule in 2011: (and see our Ethno-Ecology Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

June 13-19: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - A: Teaching All Ages in the Outdoors, Preparing Program Lessons, and Managing the Risks.
June 20-26: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - B: Mentoring in the Outdoors, Facilitating Groups, Wilderness First Aid, Open Water Lifeguarding & CPR.
June 27 - July 3: Learn Wilderness Survival and how to teach older youth while assisting a lead instructor during our overnight camps.
July 4-10: Learn to teach younger children by assisting a lead instructor during our summer day camps on wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, wilderness survival, and pioneer crafts.
July 11-17: Learn Ethnobotany, Human Tracking and Birding, and how to teach older youth while assisting a lead instructor during our overnight camps.
July 18-24: Learn to teach younger children by assisting a lead instructor during our summer day camps on wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, wilderness survival, and pioneer crafts.
July 25-31: Learn Wildlife Tracking & Backpacking and how to teach older youth and adults while assisting a lead instructor during our overnight camps.
August 1-7: Learn to teach younger children by assisting a lead instructor during our summer day camps on wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, wilderness survival, and pioneer crafts.
August 8-14: Learn Earth Skills Arts & Craft and how to teach older youth and adults while assisting a lead instructor during our overnight camps.

Optional Complimentary Week of August 15-21: Learn to teach younger children by assisting a lead instructor during our summer day camps on wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, wilderness survival, and pioneer crafts.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 22-28: Learn Fishing or Sustainable Pioneering and how to teach youth, adults and families, while assisting at overnight camps.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 29- Sept 4: Learn Hunting or Cultural Sensitivity and how to teach youth and adults, while assisting at overnight camps.
Complimentary Evaluation for your Earth Skills Instructor Certification ican be scheduled anytime during the academic year.

2. The Herbalist & Ethnobotany Teachers Training featuring an Ethnobotany Instructor Certification option, follows this schedule in 2010: (and see our Three Seasons Cooperative Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

June 13-19: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - A: Teaching All Ages in the Outdoors, Preparing Program Lessons, and Managing the Risks. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also working on Wolf Journey Part Three - Trail of the Herbalist, taken to the in-depth level as described in the Wolf Journey Handbook for Students & Teachers.
June 20-26: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - B: Mentoring in the Outdoors, Facilitating Groups, Wilderness First Aid, Open Water Lifeguarding & CPR. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also working on Wolf Journey and maintaining the Wolf Camp gardens.
June 27 - July 3: Attend our Wilderness Survival Training Camp and live on wild edibles only during your wilderness trek.
July 4-10: Assist our lead instructors during Wild Chefs & Healers Plant Extravaganza day camp.
July 11-17: Attend our Wild Ethnobotany Training Camp.
July 18-24: Choose between assisting during our summer day camps and working on your Wolf Journey field exercises and the Wolf Camp gardens.
July 25-31: Attend our Backcountry Trackers Training Camp and focus on learning all the wild plants you encounter!
August 1-7: Choose between assisting during our summer day camps and working on your Wolf Journey field exercises and the Wolf Camp gardens.
August 8-14: Attend the The Earth Skills Artisan and focus on ethnobotanical crafts like cedar bark basketry, thatching, spinning rope, instrument making, etc.

Optional Complimentary Week of August 15-21: Assist our lead instructors during summer day camps.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 22-28: Attend our Sustainable Pioneering Camp.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 29 - Sept 4: Attend our Cultural Sensitivity Retreat.
Complimentary Evaluation for your Herbal Pioneering Instructor Certification can be scheduled anytime during the academic year.

3. The Wildlife Trackers Instructor Training for adults featuring a Wildlife Tracking Instructor Certification option follows this schedule in 2010: (and see our Three Seasons Cooperative Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

June 13-19: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - A. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also working on field exercises from Wolf Journey Part Two - Trail of the Tracker, taken to the in-depth level as described in the Wolf Journey Handbook for Students & Teachers.
June 20-26: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - B. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey Part Two - Trail of the Tracker.
June 27 - July 3: Attend our Sailing with Sealife camp.
July 4-10: Assist our lead instructors during our wildlife tracking day camp, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey.
July 11-17: Attend our Advanced Tracking, Birding, Search & Rescue camp.
July 18-24: Assist our lead instructors during our wildlife tracking day camp, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey.
July 25-31: Attend our Backcountry Trackers Training Camp and focus on honing your backcountry skills.
August 1-7: Assist our lead instructors during our wildlife tracking day camp, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey.
August 8-14: Attend the The Earth Skills Artisan and finish projects you'll need in preparation for Hunting Season, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey.

Optional Complimentary Week of August 15-21: Assist our lead instructors during our wildlife tracking day camp, while also continuing to work on one field exercise each day from Wolf Journey.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 22-28: Attend our Fishing Camp.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 29 - Sept 4: Attend our Hunting Camp.
Complimentary Evaluation for your Wildlife Tracking Instructor Certification can be scheduled anytime during the academic year.

4. The Traditional Technologies Instructor Training featuring a Traditional Technologies Instructor Certification option follows this schedule in 2010: (and see our Three Seasons Cooperative Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

June 13-19: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - A. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also working on gathering the materials you will need for primitive living.
June 20-26: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - B. You may come in and out of this course as directed by your instructor, while also processing materials you will need for primitive living.
June 27 - July 3: Attend our Wilderness Survival Training Camp and leave everything behind except food during your survival trek.
July 4-10: Assist our lead instructors during summer day camps. Move between the four day camp themes as directed by your instructor in order to learn additional skills you will need for primitive living.
July 11-17: Attend our Wild Ethnobotany Training Camp to gather wild edibles.
July 18-24: Move amongst our summer day camps as directed by your instructor in order to learn additional skills you will need for primitive living. Spend evenings working on your primitive crafts and break times where campers and parents can watch you work.
July 25-31: Attend our Backcountry Trackers Training Camp and focus on honing your backcountry skills.
August 1-7: Work on your primitive crafts during the evenings and spend break times where campers and parents can watch you work during our summer day camps.
August 8-14: Attend the The Earth Skills Artisan and finish projects you'll need for primitive living.

Optional Complimentary Week of August 15-21: Assist our lead instructors during summer day camps.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 22-28: Attend our Primitive Fishing Camp.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 29 - Sept 4: Attend our Primitive Hunting Camp.
Complimentary Evaluation for your Primitive Skills Instructor Certification ican be scheduled anytime during the academic year.

5. The Recreation Administration Internship for adults featuring an optional Naturalist Mentoring Certification, follows this schedule in 2010: (and see our Three Seasons Cooperative Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

June 13-19: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - A: Teaching All Ages in the Outdoors, Preparing Program Lessons, and Managing the Risks.
June 20-26: Attend the Earth Skills Educational Training - B: Mentoring in the Outdoors, Facilitating Groups, Wilderness First Aid, Open Water Lifeguarding & CPR.
June 27 - July 3: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on wilderness survival and marine biology.
July 4-10: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our summer day camps on wildlife tracking, ethnobotany, wilderness survival, and pioneer crafts.
July 11-17: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on tracking and ethnobotany.
July 18-24: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our summer day camps.
July 25-31: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on tracking and backpacking.
August 1-7: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our summer day camps.
August 8-14: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on stone age artisanry, natural arts and music.

Optional Complimentary Week of August 15-21: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our summer day camps.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 22-28: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on fishing and sustainable pioneering.
Optional Complimentary Week of August 29 - Sept 4: Serve as Co-Assistant Camp Director during our overnight camps on hunting and cultural sensitivity.
Optional Naturalist Mentoring Certification evaluation can be scheduled in September.

6. The Summer Youth Mentoring CIT Program featuring a Naturalist Mentoring Certification option, is open to ages 13-17, and includes the following schedule in 2010: (and see our Three Seasons Cooperative Apprenticeships for follow-up programs)

• Attend the EARTH SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, June 21-25, 2010: Mentoring in the Outdoors, Facilitating Groups, Wilderness First Aid, Open Water Lifeguarding & CPR, charged at $500.
• Next, attend the Camp Week of June 27 - July 3, 2010 either as a student if you have not yet taken one of our overnight survival camp weeks in the past, if you have, then you can either be a mentor for Survivors Side of the Mountain, or attend Living
• Next, attend as a student anytime during summer at one or more overnight camps you have yet to take with us, charged at $500.
• Then attend, as an assistant to an instructor, one or more overnight youth camps you completed in past years, charged at $200.
• In addition, attend as an assistant to an instructor, one or more summer day camps for kids, no charge except travel, room and board, which would normally total about $100.
• Optional Naturalist Mentoring Certification evaluation can be scheduled in according to your school calendar.

Academic Year Earth Skills Apprenticeships

Apply now for your choice of the Wolf College Earth Skills Apprenticeships which are open to adults and teens living anywhere in Washington, northern Oregon, or southwestern British Columbia. Capacity will range from 2-10 students depending on the program, with a maximum of 20 apprentices combined.

Winter-Spring Semester starts January 8, 2011 and runs until June 11.
Fall-Winter Semester starts September 10, 2011 and runs until January 14, 2012.
Winter-Spring Semester of 2012 starts January 7 and runs until June 10.

Non-Credit Tuition is $1,750 for your first semester if you register by November 1st, 2010, or $2,000 if you register by December 20, 2010, or $2,250 thereafter, if space remains available. You may receive discounts for previous experience, registering additional family members, and referring friends, with your financial contribution bottoming out at a minimum of $1,500. Your second semester will cost $1,750, and if you choose to pursue a second specialty, your third and fourth semesters will each cost $1,500. In addition, for each semester you complete, you will receive $500 off our SUMMERTIME RESIDENTIAL TEACHING APPRENTICESHIPS, and if you complete that program, your tuition per additional academic year semester will remain $1,500. A $500 deposit (fully refundable only if your application is not accepted - otherwise it can only be used as credit toward future programs) is required to hold your spot. Chris Chisholm will be your mentor through this experience, with assistance from Kim and guidance from other Veteran Faculty members. Reserve your spot by applying right away.

1. The Part-Time Wolf College Ethno-Ecology Apprenticeship featuring Naturalist Mentoring, Ethnobotany, and Ethnozoology Specialist Certification options includes attendance at: (and see our Summertime Residential Teaching Apprenticeships as well as our Outdoor Living Year One - Traditional Technologies program for choice of follow-ups)

• 5 monthly Apprenticeship Field Trips per semester running from 9-4 on Saturdays;
• Attendance at your choice of any one of our scheduled Training Camps per semester (all expenses except travel to-from the course site included);
• 15 weekly Earth Skills Study Groups per semester running from 7-9 p.m. in the location nearest your home;
• End-of-every-chapter mentoring feedback from your instructor Chris Chisholm as you procede through your independent field exercises in the Wolf Journey curriculum; expected progress is one field exercise per week, or a minimum of 20 field exercises per semester;
• 4 all-day Saturday Workshops per semester taking place in the mid-south Puget Sound area
• 4 Sunday Afternoon Herbaculture Workshops taking place at the Wolf Campus in Puyallup;
• 4 Study Days normally taking place on Sundays at the Wolf Campus in Puyallup;
• Choice of optional Naturalist Mentoring, Ethnobotany, and Ethnozoology Specialist Certification evaluations upon graduation.

2. The Full-Time Outdoor Living Year One - Traditional Technologies program featuring Traditional Technologies Specialist Certification options costs $1,000 and begins at the end of the summer upon completion of any of our Summertime Residential Teaching Apprenticeships and includes:

• Space on land on which to live primitively; alone, in a small group, or in community with others in the program:
• 10 monthly Apprenticeship Field Trips running from 9-4 on Saturdays with transportation provided from your primitive living site.
• 30 weekly, on-site, one-on-one and group mentoring sessions with your instructor, Chris Chisholm.
• Optional attendance at our Evening Wolf Journey Classes and Weekend Workshops running throughout the academic year.
• Graduation Rite of Passage Ceremony, option of moving into the complimentary Outdoor Living Year Two – Stone Age, and choice of optional Stone Age Skills Certification Evaluations to be scheduled in the fall.

2011 APPRENTCIESHIP FIELD TRIPS

January 15, 2011: Orientation & Ethnoecological Phenology Calendar

February 19, 2011: Field Trip to the Coast

March 19, 2011: Field Trip to Snohomish County Permaculture & Tracking Sites

April 16, 2011: Field Trips to Wolf Haven and the Mima Mounds Oak Prairie Preserves

May 21, 2011: Museum Visits & Graduation Rites of Passage

September 17, 2011: Apprenticeship Orientation and Alpine Hike

October 29, 2011: Phenology Calendars in Puyallup

November 19, 2011: Field Trip to Whatcom Elders

December 17, 2011: Solstice Ceremony in Puyallup

January 21, 2012: Museum Visits & Graduation Rites of Passage

ACADEMIC YEAR SERIES OF SATURDAY WORKSHOPS (for adults, and children with attending parents)

October 2, 2010 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance, Puyallup, WA focusing on NETTLES: make rope from this, the strongest local native dry plant fiber; process it into one ofhte best winter tonics to keep you healthy; and whip up tasty gourmet dishes with it today.

November 6, 2010 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Fort Steilicoom Park near Tacoma, WA focusing on OAKS: process acorns into one of the most nutritional flours available; witness how to make fire by friction using oak wood; and boil water using hot rocks in a bowl you make with oak.

December 4, 2010 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Reese Park in Sultan, WA focusing on CATTAILS: learn its ecological niche and harvest rhizomes to make ash cakes; see how its downy seed-head helps to make fire and then enjoy its shoots roasted over the coals; and finally, turn its insulative leaves into a natural sleeping bag.

January 8, 2011 from 10 AM - 4 PM in the Marysville area: NATURAL BUILDING & SHELTERS: DEBRIS HUTS AND THE PIT HOUSE:

February 5, 2011 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance, and the Wolf College home office in Puyallup, WA, focusing on TRADITIONAL FIRE BY FRICTION: do a firemaking challenge in order to create a group fire with all-natural materials, using a choice of non-commercial incindiary devices we demonstrate; build a heat-reflecting rock wall for the lean-to we have on campus; and rock-boil water in burn-bowls.

March 5, 2011 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance, and the Wolf College home office in Puyallup, WA, focusing on HERBAL FIRST AID

April 2, 2011 from 10 AM - 4 PM at Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance in Puyallup, WA, on NATURAL NAVIGATION

May 7, 2011 from 10 AM - 4 PM in Clark's Creek Park - South Entrance, Puyallup WA for the DAWN CHORUS OF THE BIRDS

June 4, 2010 from 10 AM - 4 PM along the Puyallup River near Orting, WA (Pierce County) for our WILDLIFE TRACKING INTENSIVE

ACADEMIC YEAR SERIES of SUNDAY HERBACULTURE WORKSHOPS (for youth and adults)

1-4 PM monthly on Sundays. $25 for one person, $20 for a second friend/family member, and $15 per additional friend/family member.

January 10, 2010: Winter Is - The Most Important Time for Gardens (Check out our BLOG of this workshop!)

February 7, 2010: Time to Lay Down Roots in the Lowlands. (Check out our BLOG of this workshop!)

September 26, 2010: Description TBA August 30.

October 24, 2010: Description TBA September 28.

November 14, 2010: Description TBA Ocotober 26.

December 12, 2010: Description TBA November 16.

January 23, 2011: Description TBA December 14.

February 13, 2011: Description TBA January 25.

March 13, 2011: Description TBA in February 15.

April 10, 2011: Description TBA in February 15.

May 15, 2011: Description TBA in April 12.

ACADEMIC YEAR of WOLF JOURNEY CLASSES (for youth and adults)

$10-$15 per class following our Wolf Journey curriculum. Simply RSVP at 425-248-0253 or email us and we'll set a place for you!

2010-11 WOLF CAMPUS STUDY DAYS

AUTUMN 2010

October 3, 2010, Sunday

October 8, 2010, Friday

October 17, 2010, Sunday

October 22, 2010, Friday

November 7, 2010, Sunday

November 28, 2010, Sunday

WINTER-SPRING 2011

January 9, 2011, Sunday

February 6, 2011, Sunday

March 6, 2011, Sunday

April 3, 2011, Sunday

May 1, 2011, Sunday

SPECIAL SERIES OF JUNE WORKHOPS

Taking Place in Cle Elem, WA with transportation available from Ellensburg & North Bend:

June 13, 2011, Monday: Navigational Awareness in Pine & Sage Country

June 14, 2011, Tuesday: Voices of the Birds in Pine & Sage Country

June 15, 2011, Wednesday: Tracking Predators & Prey in Pine & Sage Country

June 16, 2011, Thursday: Wilderness Survival - Fire & Shelter in Pine & Sage Country

June 17, 2011, Friday: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Pine & Sage Country

Taking Place in Port Townsend, WA with transportation available from Sequim & Port Angeles:

June 20, 2011, Monday: Navigational Awareness in Pine & Sage Country

June 21, 2011, Tuesday: Voices of the Birds in Pine & Sage Country

June 22, 2011, Wednesday: Tracking Predators & Prey in Pine & Sage Country

June 23, 2011, Thursday: Wilderness Survival - Fire & Shelter in Pine & Sage Country

June 24, 2011, Friday: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Pine & Sage Country

SUMMER DAY CAMP SCHEDULE

Ages 6-11, with 5 year olds accepted if good in classroom situations, and 12-13 year olds accepted if good with younger children.

Instruction runs Monday-Friday from 9:30-3:30 (plus the option of riding in our vanpools for an additional $15-$35 (depending on your location) for the week (except Friday afternoon) plus a very important family session on Friday from 3:30-5:00. Enrollment in 2011 will run between 15-50 campers per week with 4-12 instructors and assistants. We supervise swimming whenever possible and safe, and strictly supervise lunch breaks (pack your own). Tuition: The cost per week is $200 if you register by September 10, 2010, or $225 if you register by December 20, 2010, or $250 if you register by March 1, 2011, or $275 if you register by April 30, 2011, or $300 if you register by June 5, 2011, or $325 thereafter if space remains available. Cumulative discounts of $25 are given per additional family member, and $25 off for referring any new family who registers someone for camp, with the minimum price per week bottoming out at $200 plus vanpooling fee. Choose from the following themes taking place during the weeks of June 27 - August 26, 2011: • Future Survivors Fun
• Wild Chefs & Herbology • Wildlife Tracking & Birding Games. (There will also be pilot kids camps plus workshops for adults and teens running in Ellensburg (June 13-17, 2011) and Port Townsend (June 20-24, 2011) which will be priced per day: $45 for one day, $40 for a second day, $35 for a third day, $30 for a fourth day, and $25 for the fifth day. Click below for daily themes.)