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Essex County Beekeeping Association
Location: 10 Beekeepers’ Road Topsfield Fairgrounds 207 Newburyport Tpk. U.S. Route 1 Topsfield, MA 01983
Description: The Essex County Beekeepers' Association is offers a nine week course for beginning beekeepers and others with an interest in bees. Practical Beekeeping is an introductory level course designed to provide students, with no previous knowledge or experience with beekeeping, the necessary information and skills to keep honeybees and produce honey and beeswax.
Contact: http://www.essexcountybeekeepers.org, beeschool@essexcountybeekeepers.org, 978-887-6100
Category: Beekeeping
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Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife
Location: NA
Description: All first-time hunters who wish to purchase a Massachusetts hunting or sporting (combination) license must successfully complete a Basic Hunter Education course. The Basic Hunter Education course is standardized across North America. A government-issued Basic Hunter Education certificate, from any North American jurisdiction, is accepted to meet this requirement. The MassWildlife Hunter Education Program offers about ninety-five (95) courses each year across the state from January through November and offers different formats to meet the public’s needs. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be mailed a Certificate of Completion recognized in all U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico.
Contact: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/education-events/hed/basic-hunter-education-courses.html, (508) 389-7820
Category: hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, firearms
BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc.
Location: P.O. Box 366 Duxbury, MA 02331
Description: BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc. offers fully guided and semi-guided deer hunts throughout Southeastern Massachusetts.
Contact: http://www.baymencharters.com/, (781) 934-2838
Category: hunting,fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: P. O. Box 342 Eagle Lake, Maine 04739
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 207-444-7529
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: Kentucky
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 606-621-0103
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: Florida
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, (239) 963-8230
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: New Brunswick
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 506-300-0477
Category: hunting, fishing
Washington State University Extension
Location: 1919 NE 78th St Vancouver, WA 98665
Description: A series of college programs geared towards individuals who wish to expand their knowledge on many farming practices
Contact: http://extension.wsu.edu/, zena_edwards@wsu.edu, 360-397-6060
Category: Food Preservation, Soil Management, Pest Control, Sustainable Agriculture, Gardening, Animal Husbandry, Forestry/Milling, Fishing, Land Surveying
Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Location: PO Box 77 Ashland, ME 04732
Description: Our immersion programs integrate expedition leadership, bushcraft, primitive living skills, field ecology (edible and medicinal plants, mammals and their tracks, weather, the night sky, etc.), expedition canoeing and snowshoeing, natural crafting, off-grid homesteading, fly fishing, building your own gear (canoe paddles, pack baskets, bows, crooked knives, etc.) and living a simple, outdoor life.
Contact: http://jackmtn.com/, jmbushcraft@gmail.com, 207-518-8804
Category: plant ID, off the grid, fishing, homesteading, survival, camping,
New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center
Location: 673 So. Main St. Wolfeboro, N.H. 03894
Description: The New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center (NHOLC) was built for men and women just like you. Classes are designed for all ages and experience levels to give you the best opportunity for success and enjoyment in the woods and on the waters of New England. Each workshop includes comprehensive classroom training and in the field, hands-on experience. Grab your snowshoes, shotgun, or fishing rods and join us for fun and education that will last a lifetime!
Contact: http://nhoutdoorlearning.com/, steve@nhoutdoorlearning.com, 603-608-8673
Category: butchering, firearms, hunting, fishing, trapping,survival, plant ID, dog training, camping, cooking, backpacking
Northeast Fly Fishing School
Location: 33 Main St, Hancock, NH 03449
Description: In Northeast Fly Fishing School you will not only learn how to fly cast, but where and when to cast. In our fly fishing lessons you will learn how to identify what trout eat, how to select flies that match trout food and how to present the fly in a natural way on a trout stream, not just a casting pond. We teach you how to "read the water" and learn where trout hold in a stream, how to approach them and how to cast to where they will eat your fly.
Contact: http://www.nhriversguide.com/Learn-to-Fly-Fish-in-New-Hampshire.htm, dave@nhriversguide.com, 603-554-0067
Category: fishing
Tall Timber Lodge: Fly Fishing School
Location: 609 Beach Rd. Pittsburg, NH 03592
Description: Learn a variety of techniques and skills specific to fly fishing New England waters, and practice them during prime fishing times on the Northeast's premier fly fishing stream, the Connecticut River. This class is designed to help participants catch trout consistently, year-round.
Contact: http://www.talltimber.com/tall-timber-all-inclusive-packages/tall-timber-fly-fishing-school-package/, 603-538-6651
Category: fishing, hunting
Evening Sun Beginners Fly Fishing School
Location: 55 Groton St. P.O. Box 1273 Pepperell, MA 01463
Description: Charlie Shadan, owner and operator of the Evening Sun Fly Shop, has been fly fishing and fly tying for decades. His ambition is to take the mystery and perception of high cost out of fly fishing.
Contact: http://www.eveningsunflyshop.com/, Charlie@eveningsunflyshop.com , 978.433.4910
Category: fishing
LL Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools
Location: USA
Description: Expert guides. Amazing scenery. Hundreds of new outdoor activities to learn. Plus, customized trips, all-inclusive adventures, kids' camps and more. Starting at only $25
Contact: https://www.llbean.com/llb/ods/33?nav=bc, 800-441-5713
Category: Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Off the Grid, Firearms, Backpacking
Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School
Location: 529 Route 9, Unit #10 Waretown, NJ 08758
Description: The Tracker School was founded in 1978 by Tom Brown Jr, Americas most renowned Tracker, and Wilderness Survival expert. Based on the teachings of Stalking Wolf, the Apache elder from whom Tom learned his skills when he was just seven years old, he began teaching. The school has expanded to include over 75 classes, divided into eight course tracks.
Contact: https://www.trackerschool.com/, registration@trackerschool.com, 609-242-0350
Category: Survival, Homebuilding, Hunting, Trapping, Camping, Off the Grid, Fishing, Foraging, Basket Making,
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 30 Chestnut Avenue, Suite #2 Burlington MA 01803
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, 617-928-3443
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 2 Blackburn Center Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, ngroppo@fishingpartnership.org, 978-282-4847
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 139 Court Street, Unit 101A Plymouth, MA 02360
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, lcaron@fishingpartnership.org, 781-635-0011
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 114 MacArthur Drive New Bedford, MA 02740
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, dkelsey@fishingpartnership.org, 508-991-3043
Category: Survival, Fishing
Wilderness Awareness School
Location: 26425 NE Allen St, Ste 203 Duvall, WA 98019
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA.
Contact: https://wildernessawareness.org/, 425-788-1301
Category: Survival, Plant ID, Foraging, Hunting, Land Surveying, Fishing,
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