Join us in outings to increase our awareness of and participation with the natural world. Wild edible/medicinal walks, tracking adventures, primitive camping, nature study/awareness and traditional northern arts and crafts using materials hunted and gathered from the local landscape will provide the foundation for our meetups. Everyone with an interest is encouraged to join. The term Wildcrafting typically refers to the identification and harvesting of edible/medicinal plants. While this will be the topic of many of our outings, the broadest meaning of the word is used as our guideline. WildCrafting will include any activity or skill that puts us in direct participation with the natural world for our needs. Other words used to describe these interests are primitive skills, rewilding, feral living or wilderness survival. Popular teachers in the field include Thomas Elpel, Jon Young, Tom Brown Jr., and Larry Dean Olsen to name but a few.

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  • February 18 at 1:00 PM, 7 Hunter Gatherers attended

    Japanese Knotweed Flutes

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species that is common in our region. It is edible and useful to those who know its ways. The canes have nodes in them just like bamboo... Learn more

  • February 18 at 11:00 AM, 12 Hunter Gatherers attended

    Fire by Friction - Bow Drill Workshop

    They rated it 5.00 5.003 (3 ratings)

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    Fantastic Meetup with such great people! I think this has inspired us to do a repeating skills meetup each month. ...

    —Jon Harshbarger

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    Wow! What an awsome day. Everyone was so friendly and motivated. ...

    —Sean cornell

  • February 4 at 11:00 AM, 6 Hunter Gatherers attended

    Trackers' Guild

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Monthly meetup that will focus on finding and interpreting animal tracks and sign. Over the course of time, we will expand our knowledge and experience with all of the... Learn more

  • January 7 at 11:00 AM, 2 Hunter Gatherers attended

    Trackers' Guild

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Monthly meetup that will focus on finding and interpreting animal tracks and sign. Over the course of time, we will expand our knowledge and experience with all of the... Learn more

  • December 3, 2011 at 12:00 PM, 10 Hunter Gatherers attended

    Fall Cattail Harvest

    They rated it 5.00 5.002 (2 ratings) and uploaded 5 photos

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    Great group! Everyone was so nice and I learned a lot. Glad we had such great weather :)

    —Keli

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    Cattails were a little past prime for fiber uses but the rhizome and sprouts were tasty. ...

    —Jon Harshbarger

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