Discounts on Early
Registration (before May 15th) : $20.00
off!
Carpooling Refund!
- If you carpool to the Workshop's site you will receive a refund
from your Workshop fee!
2 people/car : $10.00 refunded each!
3 people/car : $20.00 refunded each!
4 people/car : $30.00 refunded each!
Carpool refunds given at end
of workshop
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Cascadia Wild at WeMooniversity
Saturday, May 1, noon-6pm. $30-50 sliding scale; children free.
Wilderness Survival and 'The Sacred Four'
Fire by Friction and Basket-Making
A Beltane Workshop for Women
Facilitated by WeMooniversity in Estacada, OR, and Musawa,
We'moon elder.
Learn the sacred four of wilderness survival: fire, shelter,
water, and food. Make a basket and fire-starting bow-drill kit
to take home. Snacks provided. Instructors: Marion Warfield
and Teri Lysak
Workshop participants are invited to stay for potluck dinner
(bring a dish) and Beltane Circle. May Day fire ignited by workshop
participants.
BYOK (Bring your own knife).
Please register by April 26
To register and for more information, please contact:
Elise at elov333@yahoo.com or 797-834-6343
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Plant Identification and Use
Saturday, May 15, 10am-4pm. Cost $25
Learn botany terminology, parts of a flower, common plant families,
and what to look for in order to identify plants. By the end
of the class, you should be able to recognize and know the uses
of many local plants. Come prepared to be outside in the woods.
Bring lunch, water and appropriate clothing.
Location: 3-Creeks Natural Area (also called North Clackamas
District Park or Harmony Road Neighborhood Park). We will meet
at the adjacent North Clackamas Aquatic Park, located at 7300
SE Harmony Road.
Instructor: Teri Lysak
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Wildflowers of the Gorge Hikes
Join our fun easy-going hikes to various Gorge locations
to learn our wonderful local Spring Wildflowers in the Columbia
Gorge. Click here for more
information.
May 1: Herman Creek
May 16: Dog Mountain
June 6: Angels Rest
Instructor: Max Hagenmeyer
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Drum Making
Saturday, June 19. Noon to 4pm. Cost $70, or $65 for Cascadia
Wild members.
Learn how to make, use, and care for your own personal Native
American Style hand drum. The drum is oldest known musical instrument
and is used throughout earth as a musical, expressional, and
healing instrument. Drum beats resonate through our entire being.
It is first sound we hear in our mother’s womb as her
heart beat, it is constantly felt in our bodies as our own heart
beat, and when our personal drum beat ends in this realm, so
do we.
Drums will be made using deer, elk, or horse hides on a wooden
frame. Prices start as low as $70 for single sided 8 inch deer
skin drum. Larger sizes up to 36 inches, as well as double sided
Buffalo Mother (Pow wow) Drums can also be made. Contact the
instructor for prices and to reserve supplies. Drums can be
made by individuals (as young as 8), families, or small groups.
Advance registration required. You must register by Saturday,
June 12, so the instructor has time to purchase supplies.
Location: Cascadia Wild, 3945 SE Hawthorne.
Instructor: Trevor Murphy. For questions contact Trevor at
goatman.murphy@yahoo.com.
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Survival Skills Series
Basic skills
Saturday, May 29, noon-4pm. Cost $20.
Learn basic woodcraft skills such as knots, tarp set up, making
string and withes from native materials, finding and preparing
tinder, whittling, and cooking over a fire. Sample Doug-fir
needle tea brewed over our fire. Bring a knife to whittle with.
Location: Thousand Acres Natural Area (Sandy River Delta).
Take Exit 18 of I-84, and meet in the parking lot on the north
side of the highway.
Instructor: Teri Lysak
Shelter
Saturday, June 12, noon-4pm. Cost $20.
Learn how to use the natural materials you find in the area
to build a shelter that will keep you warm and dry for the night,
and learn how to choose a good location for your campsite. Both
improving on natural shelters and building a debris hut will
be covered.
Location: 3-Creeks Natural Area (also called North Clackamas
District Park or Harmony Road Neighborhood Park). We will meet
at the adjacent North Clackamas Aquatic Park, located at 7300
SE Harmony Road.
Instructors: Trevor Murphy and Josh Belvill
Fire
Saturday, June 26, noon-4pm. Cost $20.
Make a fire without matches, using a bowdrill or hand drill
that you made yourself. Learn how to find and prepare tinder,
the best sizes and kinds of wood to use, and how to keep a fire
going under weather conditions. Location: 3-Creeks Natural Area
Instructor: Trevor Murphy
Water
Saturday, July 17, noon-4pm. Cost $20.
Learn how to filter water to make it safe to drink, how to find
water in the landscape, and how to build a solar still to condense
water from the air when is none nearby. Location: 3-Creeks Natural
Area
Instructors: Trevor Murphy and Max Hagenmeyer
Food: Survival Trapping
Saturday, July 24, 10am-4pm. Cost $25.
Learn how to make primitive snares and deadfalls that you can
use in a survival situation to secure food. Making traps, where
to locate them, and the basics of running a commercial trapline
will be covered. Location: Thousand Acres Natural Area (Sandy
River Delta).
Instructor: Josh Bellvil
Food: Edible Plants and Creepy Crawlies
Saturday, July 31, noon-4pm. Cost $20.
Learn what sources of food are available in the wilderness,
and taste common edible plants and insects. We will discuss
what foods provide the most calories and what were the staples
of the local Native Americans. Location: 3-Creeks Natural Area
Instructors: Trevor Murphy and Teri Lysak
Navigation
Saturday, August 7, 10am-4pm. Cost $25.
Learn how to navigate using a map and compass, and how to use
landmarks to navigate even without a compass. Location TBA.
Instructor: Teri Lysak
Overnight Survival Campout
Saturday August 21, 9am to Sunday August 22, 5pm. Cost $65.
Practice the skills you have learned earlier in the summer!
Location TBA.
Instructor: Trevor Murphy
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Animal Tracking
Tracking Club
The Tracking Club meets at Oxbow Park on the last Sunday of
every month. This is not a Cascadia Wild event, though we strongly
support it. For more information, contact: TrackingClub@yahoogroups.com.
Tracking Classes
Last Sunday of every month, May-August, 12:30-4:30pm (just after
Tracking Club). Cost $15.
Take your tracking skills beyond just being able to identify
the animal. Attune your eye to the world of tracking.and animal
signs. In this series of classes, we will covers topics such
as following a trail, pressure releases (reading what the animal
was doing), local ecology, and tracking in the forest.
Location: Oxbow Park. There is a $5 enty fee to the park. We
will meet at the floodplain, the first parking lot on the left
after you enter the park.
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Mindfulness workshops
Sunday, July 11 and Sunday, August 8. 9:30-11:00am. Cost: FREE!
Connect to the information available through your senses. Click
here for more information.
Instructor: Max Hagenmeyer
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Forest Tree Ecology
Saturday, August 14, 9am-5pm. Cost $50.
Come take a walk through the woods and learn to read the stories
in the trees. Learn to identify the native trees (even from
a moving car!), where different species are found and why they
are there, how to deduce the history of the stand, and how to
recognize common tree diseases. Topics include tree ecology,
shade tolerance and its importance, forest succession and disturbance
history, habitat types, health and history of individual trees,
and forest insects and diseases.
Location: Lost Creek Campground area on the Mt Hood National
Forest. Carpooling to site is encouraged.
Instructor: Teri Lysak
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*** REGISTRATION
***
To register, please fill out the registration
form and mail it with your payment to:
Cascadia Wild
1912 NE Killingsworth St
Portland, OR 97211
You may also email us (info@cascadiawild.org) or call 503-235-9533
to register. Your registration will be reserved for 4 days without
accompanying payment.
Full refunds will be issued up to 2 weeks before the class
date.
Online payment will hopefully be available later in the season.
For more information:
Email us at: info@cascadiawild.org, or call
(503) 235-9533).
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the Nomadic Potter, Estabon Fire, for his amazing and intensive
Primitive Pottery Workshop! 