Our short courses range from 3 hours to one day, weekend or week long classes on topics such as permaculture, wilderness survival, herbalism, ethnobotany, hunter/gatherer lifestyle, wildlife tracking, bird language, homesteading and more. We're always adding new courses so check for updates either on this page or feel free to subscribe to our Facebook page, which is updated frequently. If you'd like to create a custom course for a small group, fill out the form here and we'll get right back to you. Below you’ll find all of our short courses for 2023. Check back regularly for updates.
Wildlife Tracking and Eval Prep - 3 weekends (3/8-9, 4/19-20, 5/3-4)
Cost: $900 with a $300 deposit
Instructors: Fil Tkaczyk and Kristian Boose
This intensive wildlife tracking course is intended to give students a broad exposure to species found in Washington's three major ecoregions and help them prepare and practice for tracking evaluations. This class can help students of all skill levels improve their tracking and observational skills.
This course includes a total of three weekends in the following areas: western washington lowlands/cascade foothills, central washington shrub-steppe and eastern cascade forests. The course will include full field days as well as additional evening sessions studying materials such as skulls, feathers, animal behavioral ecology, nests and bird pellets. We will be studying a diverse variety of tracks and sign during our field outings, as well as including wildlife observation as part of the study of tracking. The classes will include a variety of printed study materials to assist with deepening knowledge and to serve as study references.
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Coiled Cattail Basket with Driftwood Handle
Date: Friday May 16th
Time: 10am-4pm
Instructor: Reisha Beck
Cost: $125
Location: Twisp WA (exact location will be given after registration)
Join us for a day of basket weaving! In this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to make a medium sized coiled cattail basket, complete with a stylish driftwood handle and stylish cattail cordage. We will also cover how and when to harvest cattails, display and demonstrate other types of materials used in coiled basketry and cover the Ethnobotanical traditions of cattail baskets. Students will go home with a finished basket!
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Twined and Twill Cattail Basket Class
$100.00
Date: Saturday May 31st, 2025
Time: 10am-330pm
Instructor: Reisha Beck
Cost: $100
Location: Twisp WA (Exact location will be given after registration)
Join us for a day of basket weaving! In this hands-on workshop participants will learn the basics of twined cattail basketry. We will also cover how and when to harvest cattails, display and demonstrate other types of materials used in twined basketry and cover the Ethnobotanical traditions of cattail baskets. Students will go home with a finished basket!
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Folded Willow Bark Baskets
$100.00
Date: Saturday June 21th, 2025
Time: 10am-3pm
Instructor: Reisha Beck
Cost: $100
Location: Twisp WA. (Exact location will be given after registration)
Join Reisha for a day of basket weaving! In this hands-on workshop participants will learn the basics of folded willow bark basketry, as well as cordage making. We will also cover how and when to harvest willow bark, how to dry, store and process for weaving. Reisha will also display and demonstrate other types of barks used in basketry. Students will go home with a finished basket!
for more information and to register click here.