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AWCP Highlights

Several years ago we blogged highlights from a school-year of the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program (AWCP). Check out the series of posts below:

Week 1: Orientation Week

Week 2: Oregon Dunes Field Trip

Week 3: Primitive Fire, Survival Shelter Basics, & Bird Language

Week 4: Water Purification & Group Survival Shelters

Week 5: Fall Season Wild Edibles Foraging

Week 6: Elk Tracking, Plant Identification, & Knife Care

Week 7: Sagebrush Desert Field Trip

Weeks 8 & 9: Stone Tools and Intro to Permaculture

Weeks 10 & 11: Tree Identification and Bird Language

Weeks 12 & 13: Advanced Fire Skills & Intro to Herbal Medicine

Week 14: Survival Snares and Permaculture Elements

Weeks 15, 16, & 17: Wilderness First Aid & Winter Field Trip

Week 19: Medicinal Salves and Willow Basketry

Week 20: Survival Bow Making

Weeks 21 & 22: Habitat Restoration and Pine Needle Basketry

Week 23: Olympic Peninsula Field Trip

Weeks 24 & 25: Bird Feather Identification, Advanced Tracking, & Cordage

Week 26: Permaculture Strategies

Week 27: Wildlife Track & Sign Evaluations

Week 28: Wilderness Skills Career Preparation

Weeks 29-31: Spring Edibles, Permaculture Projects, Scout Week

Week 32: Wilderness Survival Field Trip

Week 33: Graduation



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