All Adult Classes
WILDERNESS SKILLS 4-WEEKEND IMMERSION
September-December, 2025
This immersive program offers a hands-on, in-depth experience to help you develop essential survival skills and deepen your connection with nature. Over four weekends, you'll learn fire-building, wildlife tracking, navigation, plant identification, and food procurement, all while gaining confidence in the wilderness. This program is designed for all skill levels, whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your abilities.
INTERPRETING BIRD BEHAVIOR
September 13, 2025
Birds are constantly communicating about what's happening in the environment through behavior and vocalizations. You, too, can learn the ancient skill of interpreting the voices and movements of birds!
INTRODUCTION TO WILD PLANT MEDICINE
September 19, 20 and 21, 2025
This weekend intensive introduces the medicinal uses of Pacific Northwest native and introduced plants, focusing on plant identification, poisonous lookalikes, ethical harvesting, and wild plant first aid. Designed for beginners but valuable to all, this course provides a solid foundation for building your knowledge and confidence in working with medicinal plants.
INTRODUCTION TO MYCOLOGY: MUSHROOMS, ECOLOGY, AND FORAGING
October 4, 2025
Explore the fascinating world of mushrooms in this hands-on class, where you'll learn about their roles in ecosystems and how to identify common varieties. Gain essential skills for safe, sustainable foraging, while building confidence and a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
OLYMPIC PENINSULA TRACKING IMMERSION — APEX PREDATOR
October 2025 through May 2026, meeting monthly (except for January)
The Olympic Peninsula tracking immersion involves seven weekends over eight months of intense concentrated skills, utilizing one of the largest cougar projects in the world as our curriculum’s cornerstone! Our highly trained staff will take you on monthly adventures through many amazing ecosystems in and around the Olympic mountains. Participants will receive hands-on training covering all of the fundamentals of wildlife tracking.
KNOT TYING ESSENTIALS: LEARN 6 MUST-KNOW KNOTS
October 11, 2025
Join us for an engaging knot-tying class where you'll learn six essential knots for outdoor adventures, from securing tarps in thunderstorms to towing cars. Whether your new to knot-tying or simply need a refresher, this hands-on session will equip you with practical skills for various scenarios!
WILDLIFE TRACK AND SIGN CERTIFICATION — FULL, email for waitlist info@cedarrootschool.org
October 18 and 19, 2025
Spend two days in the field with professional wildlife tracker, naturalist, and educator David Moskowitz in this Cybertracker certification course (www.cybertracker.org). David actively engages participants in identification and interpretation of tracks and signs, and allows plenty of time for questions and discussion.
WILDLIFE TRAILING CERTIFICATION
October 20 and 21, 2025
In a CyberTracker Trailing Evaluation, each participant takes the lead in following fresh animal spoor to find and, if possible, observe the animal without alerting it. This dynamic field assessment challenges and deepens your tracking skills through real-time problem-solving and direct engagement with wild landscapes.
LEARNING TO WEAVE WITH WILLOW
December 6, 2025
Join us for a fun, hands-on day of creating small willow projects! Connect with others in the community while exploring essential weaving techniques and crafting beautiful pieces, laying the foundation for future basketry projects.
2026
APPLIED MAMMAL BONE ANATOMY FOR WILDLIFE TRACKERS AND NATURALISTS
February 21 and 22. 2026
Spend a hands-on weekend exploring the fascinating world of mammal bones and what they reveal about an animal’s life and behavior. Blending lecture, guided exercises, and up-close time with real specimens, this class builds both foundational and advanced skills in wildlife tracking through the lens of bone structure and function.
WILDLIFE TRACK AND SIGN CERTIFICATION
May 16 and 17, 2026
Spend two days in the field with professional wildlife tracker, naturalist, and educator David Moskowitz in this Cybertracker certification course (www.cybertracker.org). David actively engages participants in identification and interpretation of tracks and signs, and allows plenty of time for questions and discussion.