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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
If you want to experience all of this and more, The Kamana Naturalist Training Program is for you!
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 about a month 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."
wildernessawareness.org/kamana/