Location: Western Cascade foothills near Seattle - (No overnight camping)
Foraging for and Identifying wild mushrooms
Learning the skills of trailing
Elk behavior and trailing
Further class conversations on animal minds
Location: Burlington and Seattle
Learning about raptor identification and migration
Raptor behavior and hunting strategies
Continuing the journey of studies as naturalists
Class conversations on how to be a good relative to many other species
Location: Okanagon Highlands - Methow Valley Area - overnight camping
Ecology of the mountains of the interior western USA
Skull/osteology studies
Track and sign studies
Bioblitz Survey
Class conversations on fire ecology and dynamic landscapes
Location: Mt. Rainer NP - overnight camping
Alpine and Subalpine ecology
Wildlife of the high mountains
Glacial geology and hydrology
Biological survey for stream macroinvertebrates
Class conversations on healthy aquatic systems and how we understand them
Location: Greater Seattle and Olympia- (No Overnight Camping)
Bird language studies part 2
Bird behavior, anatomy, ecology
Feather Identification
Class conversations on ethology and the animal mind
Location: Eastslope Cascade Mountains - Overnight camping
Behavioral studies of WA carnivores and herbivores
Tracking wolves, cougars and bears
The ecology of the eastslope Cascade mountains
Spring bird life of the eastern Cascade mountains
Class conversations on sharing space with large carnivores
Location: Olympic National Park (Overnight camping)
- Ecology of the seashore: inshore and tidepool life
- Life of old-growth forests
- Spring Wildlife behavior
- Wildlife tracking - animal gaits and kinetics
- Further conversations of eco-philosophy, and death in natural systems
Location: Central Washington - Overnight Camping
- Spring wildlife and plant life of the sagebrush steppe
- Tracking Sagebrush steppe species
- Herpetology studies - snake behavior, ecology and anatomy
- Observing spring bird life of the sagebrush steppe
- Class conversations on belonging and rewildling
Location: Greater Seattle - No Overnight Camping
Ecology of urban and suburban wild space
Understanding ecology, and natural succession
Bird language studies Part 1
Class conversations on understanding the minds of birds and supporting urban wildlands
Location: Central Washington (Overnight camping)
Introduction to tools and practices of the naturalist
Beginning the tracking journey including ecological tracking and clear print studies
Learning practices of nature awareness and quiet movement
Winter ecology and animal behavior
Introductions to pairing science and the animate world view
Raven's Roots is a naturalist school based in Bellingham, Washington. We teach ethnobotany, permaculture, wildlife tracking, naturalist survival skills and much more. Our mission is to re-connect humanity with the natural systems that surround us.
