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Kamana Naturalist Home Study Program
The Kamana Naturalist Training Program is an experiential four-level home study course through which you gain a comprehensive naturalist training background. You learn wildlife tracking, bird language, survival and native living skills, traditional herbalism, naturalist mentoring and more. It is the ultimate blueprint for your time spent in the field and in conducting nature-related research. You become a confident naturalist, melding modern field ecology with the skills of a native scout. It was written by naturalist and tracker Jon Young, who uniquely designed it to model the process in which renown naturalist Tom Brown, Jr. mentored him as a boy. Kamana is completed "at your own pace and at your own place." It may take one to four years total to complete all four levels of the program. Kamana One: Exploring Natural Mystery embarks you on the Kamana journey and it only takes a few weeks to complete. You move through two weeks of awareness exercises and six areas of ecological study using a field guide and audio series narrated by Jon Young. It will help you see if the entire Kamana program is for you, as well as beginning to see the world through "native eyes."
Written material(s) (e.g. curriculum guides, unit plan, lesson plan, etc), Professional development / Training workshops, Downloadable resource(s), Web-based activity, Audio/ Visual
*Understand the language of the forest and see more wildlife *Learn outdoor survival skills that could save your life * Learn to use the medicinal and edible plants of your area * Discover the mysteries of wildlife through tracking * Learn to move safely and with confidence outdoors
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General public, Youth Group (scouts, after school programs, Campfire, 4-H, day camps), Adults, K-12 teacher, Nonformal educator, Business, Family, Higher education, Tribal group, Homeschool
outdoor education curriculum, nature home study course, wildlife, plants, nature skills, wildlife tracking, bird language, naturalist training,
The Foundation of Wilderness Skills! Kamana is a supportive, structured program for learning the language of nature. I found it opened my awareness and deeply changed my perceptions. I highly recommend it to all who want to learn to be a home in the natural world. —Starhawk, Author, Activist & Kamana One graduate
http://www.wildernessawareness.org/home_study/kamana.html
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See website for details we have Kamana Online as well!
Mason and Thurston Counties, Lewis County, Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, and Wahkiakum Counties, Kitsap County, Snohomish and Island Counties , Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties, King County, Pierce County, Kickitat and Skamania Counties, North Central Washington, Kittitas County, Yakima County, Colville - Lake Roosevelt Region, Central Eastern Washington, Spokane County, Southeastern Washington
Central South (Kittitas, Yakima, Klickitat, Benton, Grant), Columbia River Gorge to Coast (Benton, Klickitat, Skamania, Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific), Far Eastern Corridor (Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin), North Cascades (Whatcom, Skagit, Okanogan, Chelan), North Central (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas), Olympic Peninsula (Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Mason), Puget Sound (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, Island, San Juan), South Cascades (Kittitas, Pierce, Yakima, Lewis), Southwest (Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania)
All of Washington, Beyond Washington -- NAAEE International Directory, Beyond Washington -- NAAEE National Directory
Agriculture & Forestry, Earth Science, Ecology/Biodiversity, Land Use, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife, Marine Systems, Aquatic/fresh Water Systems, Wetlands, Regional Topics -- Shoreline/Beaches, Regional Topics -- Shrub Steppe, Regional Topics -- Forests, Regional Topics -- Mountains