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PNW Naturalist Series - Wilderness Skills w/ Northwest Natura (Day 2)

This series is designed for adult individuals at any skill level who are interested in ramping up their survival skills while having fun “surviving” outdoors and learning about plants, wildlife, fire craft, foraging, and ethnobotany. Each class will focus on both wilderness and naturalist skills to deepen your awareness of the natural world and empower you with practical knowledge and confidence in yourself out in PNW late winter conditions. Each class will build on the previous one. 

Day 2 lessons: Knot-tying, Nature’s First Aid, and Natural Insect Repellents Participants will learn and practice at least 4 essential knots, and the basics of emergency shelter-building. We’ll go on a medicinal plant walk and craft a first aid salve that each person can take home or add to their first aid kit. Finally, we’ll create natural insect repellents together (a super helpful skill to have for upcoming spring and summer time!) 

Please register via event website. Space is limited.

Starts: March 22, 2026

Time: 12 - 4:30 p.m.

Admission: $200

Location: Northwest Natura Private Land (Maple Falls)
Mt. Baker HWY, Maple Falls, WA 98266

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Produced By: Northwest Natura

Contact Person: Jazmen Yoder

Email: nwnatura@gmail.com

        We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.
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