Books & Equipment for Classes
Please note, we have tried to keep student expenses to a minimum. The equipment listed below is the least expensive we could find without compromising quality and reliability. If you have an alternative you would like to use as a substitute, contact us.
Apprenticeship Books & Supplies
REQUIRED Apprenticeship Books
REQUIRED Apprenticeship Supplies
Nature Skills Certification Books & Equipment
REQUIRED Nature Skills Books
Recommended Nature Skills Books
REQUIRED Nature Skills Equipment
Knife (you can use an alternate knife to this one but it must be full tang with sheath or folding knife with lock-back blade)
Tent (or equivalent: hammock shelter, tarp and groundcloth)
Comfortable closed-toe footwear or Vibram toe shoes.
At least one complete layer of wool, silk or non-cotton upper body clothing
Non-cotton long pants and shorts
Long sleeved light cotton sun shirt/mosquito shirt
Fleece, sweatshirt, or wool sweater
Raincoat or poncho
Sunblock
Swim suit
Food
Snacks
Headlamp or flashlight with extra batteries
Sleeping bag and sleeping pad
Hat
Water bottle & water
Bowl, cup, fork, and spoon
Pencils
Water purification tablets (with Tetraglycine Hydroperiodide) ~ available at Long’s Drugs in the camping section.
Vitamin C tablets or capsules
Personal toiletries
Toilet paper
Small garden shovel
Recommended Nature Skills Equipment
Cotton bandanas (work as camp towels, emergency bandages, fire billows, extra containers, shade flaps on sunhats, hot pads etc.)
Camera
Musical Instruments
Camp Towel
Field Guide(s)
Clippers
Folding saw
Star chart
Pleasure reading
Tabis (felt-bottomed water shoes available at Long’s Drugs)
Wild Crafting Certification Books & Equipment
Required Wild Crafting Books
Medicine at Your Feet
Recommended Wild Crafting Books
Required Wild Crafting Equipment
Tabis (felt-bottomed water shoes [or felt-bottomed Booties] available at Long’s Drugs)
Knife (you can use an alternate knife to this one but it must be full tang with sheath or folding knife with lock-back blade)
Comfortable closed-toe footwear or Vibram toe shoes.
Long sleeved light cotton sun shirt/mosquito shirt
Raincoat or poncho
Sunblock
Swim suit
Food
Snacks
Hat
Water bottle & water
Recommended Wild Crafting Equipment
Leather Gloves
Camera
Folding saw
Clippers
