Heart-J Center · Courses
The founding curriculum, in the open
Everything here is in development. Nothing here is a promise.
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These have no dates and no confirmed instructors. They are published so you can tell us which ones matter to you.
Topics involving wild foods, ethnobotany, natural medicine, first aid, technical tool use or saw work will be offered only with appropriately qualified instructors, careful risk management and clear safety boundaries.
- Wildlife Behavior Through Sign
- Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Recovery
- Wild Foods of the Colorado Front Range
- Reading Weather and Water
- Practical Ethnobotany
- Leadership Under Field Conditions
- Wilderness Risk Management
- Instructor Development
- Veterans Backcountry Leadership Intensive
- Watershed Stewardship
- Habitat Restoration Practicum
- Trail Building and Erosion Control
- Post-Fire Landscape Assessment
- Introduction to Saw Skills
- Natural Navigation
- Off-Trail Route Finding
- Backcountry Campcraft
- Horse-Supported Backcountry Travel
- Colorado Winter Tracking
- Advanced Tracking and Trailing
- Seasonal Wildlife Tracking
- Wilderness Observation and Bird Language
- Search, Sign and Lost-Person Tracking
- Backcountry First Aid and Evacuation
- Survival Psychology and Decision-Making
- Five- or Seven-Day Advanced Field Practicum
- Family Backcountry Skills
- Parent and Teen Survival Weekend
- Women's Backcountry Foundations
- Educator Field Methods
- Ethical Hunting and Field Care
- Wildlife Identification and Regulations
- Wilderness Risk Management for Groups
- Friction Fire Intensive
- Natural Cordage and Containers
- Bow Making
- Hide Tanning and Natural Materials