:: Wilderness Skills & Animal Studies ::
Wilderness Survival & Exploration
Participants will learn about such human necessities as protection from the elements, making fire, finding food and water. Jim also demonstrates how people past and present obtain resources from the wild. During hands-on, outdoor workshops students can learn key skills such as how to make a shelter, navigate, find water, food, make fire and avoid potential hazards like getting lost, injured, struck by lightning, drowned, or attacked by a wild animal. (Grades 5 - 12)
Animal Tracking & Animal Studies
Tracking can help students of all ages better understand the everyday life of animal. Starting with the very basic What's That Track program (K - 12) to more indepth programs like Animal Studies (3 - 12), students will use plaster casts of various animal footprints to identify animal tracks. Students will also receive general information and lore about the animals that made them. Advanced programs can include indepth surveys of various animals using modern field techniques and technologies from notepads and measuring tapes to GPS equipped PDAs. (K - 12)
Join Jim on his next Wilderness Adventure
Whether learning to survive or locate rare animal species in the Adirondack wilderness or track wolves and grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, Jim offers experiences to last a lifetime. People of all ages looking for an educational outdoor adventure can join Jim along with other wilderness experts such as Ivan Erchak, Dr. James Halfpenny, and Gary Marchuk during one of the many programs offered by the Ndakinna Education Center. (Grades 2-12)
