Animal Tracking Workshop
Location: Boulder, Utah
Dates/Times: 9 am – 5 pm; Session 1: Mon., Oct. 16, 2023 • Session 2: – Tues., Oct 17, 2023
Tuition: $100 per session (sliding scale available — please email pam.furches@gmail.com to register and apply for the sliding scale).
Presented By: Ann Hunkins
Age Requirements: Adult or 12-16 with parent attending.
Materials Needed: Pack your own lunch, notebook, pen, flashlight & mirror (optional), hat, water, sun protection, and wear hiking shoes/attire.
To Register: Reserve your space by emailing pam.furches@gmail.com and mailing a deposit of $25 (non-refundable unless the class does not fill and is canceled). Enrollment is limited to 10 participants per session.
Trying to figure out if those tracks you saw are bobcat, coyote, or bear and what they are up to? Join expert Ann Hunkins to learn basic animal track and sign identification. We will study gaits, how different animals move, and patterns they leave for us to read. We will also practice sensory awareness exercises, different ways to see, thinking like the animal, and gratitude. This is a beginner’s class, but people with experience are welcome; there will be something to learn for everyone and sessions will be tailored to fit your experience level.
Ann Hunkins got hooked on animal tracking as an ancient form of reading stories on the land during a class with tracker Tom Brown back in the 1990’s. Animal tracks and signs are now a necessary nutrient for her. Since then she has studied with Casey McFarland, Jim Lowery and others through workshops and evaluations via the international tracker certification organization Cybertracker. She holds a Specialist Certification in Track & Sign and a Level III in Trailing. She teaches tracking workshops to adults and children and runs game cameras for the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Santa Fe County Open Space and the Santa Fe Master Naturalist Program. She is also hooked on bird language, and tries to convey the fluent connection with life, our bodies and the world that tracking can bring. Ancestral skills such as fire-coaxing, plant body medicines and basketry are also central to her understanding of living a real life.
Accommodations: Out-of-town participants, visit boulderutah.com for lodging options. Camping options are available in Dixie National Forest or the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. RV hookups are available at Hall’s Store.
Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants Beyond the Garden Gate
Location: Night Raven Garden Sanctuary • Boulder, Utah
Dates/Times: To accommodate all who are interested, Constance is offering two dates (the same class will be offered on each of the dates): Wednesday 9/27, and Sunday 10/1 • 9 am-1 pm
Reciprocity Options: $75/person – or – $50 with a $10(or more) donation to the Boulder Skills Foundation – or – 5 hours of work trade
Presented By: Constance Lynn
Materials Needed: Pack a notebook, pen, hat, water, and wear sun protection.
To Register: Please reserve your space by sending an email to constancelynn@gmail.com
While our gardens are a vital part of meeting our nutritional needs there is a wild apothecary and food source in the plants beyond our garden gates. In this class, we will walk with native eyes and learn about the medicinal and edible plants we likely pass every day. Students will also get to taste some wild foods and prepare a special bread.
Constance Lynn has been teaching classes on holistic health, organic gardening, nature awareness and relationship with plants for over thirty years. You can learn more about her offerings at: nightravenholistichealth.com
Traditional Animal Processing Workshop
Location: Boulder, Utah
Dates/Times: 8 am – 5 pm; Mon., Oct. 2 – Wed., Oct 4
Tuition: $130
Presented By: Jeff Sanders
To Register: Contact Jeff at (435) 263-2060. Reserve your space with a $50.00 deposit by 9.15.23. This workshop often sells out, please reserve early. Credit cards are accepted, and checks should be made to Jeff Sanders. Enrollment is limited to 8 participants. (As of 9/27/23: 3 spots available – contact Jeff if you would like to be on the waitlist).
During this three-day workshop students will learn to humanely slaughter and then skin, eviscerate, and butcher a locally raised sheep in a traditional way, using little more than one’s knife. We will identify the parts of the animal and learn how to process the muscles, sinew and tendons, intestines, and organs as well as share some ways to cook the edible parts. Students will have the opportunity to work on projects including bone tools, sinew and intestine cordage, hoof rattles, hide glue, and more. Examples of such items will be available. A dish will be prepared utilizing meat from the animal for the Skills Foundation Fundraiser Lunch at the Harvest Festival.
For additional workshop information or to register, please call Jeff at 435-263-2060.
Accommodations: Out-of-town participants, visit boulderutah.com for lodging options. Camping options are available in Dixie National Forest or the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. RV hookups are available at Hall’s Store.
Seed Saving Basics
Led by: Constance Lynn and Pam Fuches
When: Saturday, May 20 at 1:30 pm
Fees: This is a free event! $5-$10 Donations are appreciated.
Registration: Please use this link to sign up and for location: https://calendly.com/constancelynn/seed-saving-basics.
Join us for this intro to seed saving basics. Stay after the class for a seed swap and perennial plant exchange. This class is the first in a three part series. In July we will teach techniques for hand pollinating corn and squash. In October we will share seed collecting and processing techniques.
Inkle Loom Weaving 101
When: Saturday, April 15 (1-5pm) and Saturday, April 22 (10am-12pm)
Rescheduled: Please see notes below
Location: Boulder Town Park/Community Center (weather dependent)
Led By: Pam Furches
Materials Fee: $15
Instructor Fee: $35
(To be paid at the first class).
Common Ailments of Dogs and Cats
Common Ailments of Dogs and Cats
My name is Adrienne Pincetl. I am a veterinarian and in May I will be giving a presentation through the Boulder Skills Foundation on common ailments of dogs and cats.
I wanted to reach out beforehand to see if there is any interest in veterinary care while I am in Boulder. I have a mobile veterinary business in SLC, so it would be relatively easy to bring all the equipment I need and schedule appointments for house call visits.
I have the capacity to do wellness appointments (vaccines), treat minor injury and illness, and perform acupuncture. I only treat cats and dogs, so unfortunately no livestock, horses, rodents or snakes 🙂
This would also be useful as it would give us the chance to establish a VCPR (veterinary-client patient relationship). This means that in the future, I would have more legal ability to provide veterinary advice and prescribe medications (likely through an online delivery system such as Chewy) through phone consultation or telehealth.
I will be available on May 5, the day before the scheduled presentation, for house call visits, and possibly also May 4 depending on interest levels.
Feel free to reach out to me directly if you are interested! You can email adriennepincetldvm@gmail.com , or you can call me (no texts please) at 801-230-7211. My website is highcountryvets.com
Regardless, I am really looking forward to meeting everyone, talking about dogs and cats, and enjoying beautiful Boulder in the springtime!
Thanks for your time.
Adrienne
A Boulder Season of Natural Dye
• Much, but not all, of the class will be self-directed, with some guidelines on the varied ways to approach the season laid out in the first class
• If participants are interested, the class may meet a couple of times throughout the season to see how your collections are going and possibly do some garden tours
• Friday, October 6, will be a big day of final fiber preparation and dyeing