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Tim canoeing in a remote area

Follow Us On The Lower Canyons Of The Rio Grande River Canoe Expedition

I’m en route to west Texas to rendezvous with a few old friends. We’re going to meet at Monahans Sandhills State Park (where one of our party is the honcho), spend the night discussing tales of derring-do around a fire, then get up and head south to the border. The put-in for the trip through […] Read more

Students under the pavilion working on projects.

2024 JMBS Wilderness Immersion Program Updates – Almost Full

brook trout being held up for a photo

Updating Our Contact Info

Unloading gear at a remote camp site

Renting Outdoor Gear from Maine Gear Share

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Podcast

lining canoes on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester

End Of The 2023 Field School Season | JMB Podcast 119

Recorded on November 20, 2023. We just wrapped up the field school season, and in this episode I look back and reflect on the experiments we ran during 2023. I discuss the Expedition Instructor (XI) as a continuous 6-month, residential program, moving the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester back to May and the high waters of […] Read more

Cooking on a fire in winter.

Professional Training Vs. Personal Enrichment | JMB Podcast 118

Open Fire Cooking

Wild Pooping | JMB Podcast 117

Canoeing in the North Maine Woods

Making Hard Decisions | JMB Podcast 116

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Video

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JMBS Pot System Nesting Bowl | JMB Vlog 171

Nesting bowl for the JMBS Pot System. More about it in this blog post. And here’s a link to the bowl, available in many stores. Update 3/15/24: I bought a second bowl and the two nest perfectly in the 2-quart pail. #FullTangLifestyle […] Read more

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Foraging Sunchokes | JMB Vlog 170

Fall 2023 WBS Update | JMB Vlog 169

Beginning Canoe Paddle Carving | JMB Vlog 168

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About Jack Mountain Bushcraft Media

– Ago Puteus Foris –
We’re a bushcraft, guide training and wilderness expedition school and traditional Maine Guide service founded in 1999. We help people become more skilled, more knowledgeable, more experienced and more confident by using traditional wilderness skills, a few simple tools and field-based experience. This is our media hub. For information on our programs, go to JackMtn.com, and check out our Calendar to see all upcoming programs.

Tim Smith, M.Ed., Registered Master Maine Guide.
    Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Founder

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We’ve put up a lot of posts over the years. These are some of our most popular.


Books

The Woods Cook

Outdoor cooking with a professional guide. More info.

Bushcraft Education

Riffs and reflection on teaching and learning outdoors. More info.

First Person Ecology

Our nature study curriculum. More info.

BushcraftSchool.com
Private community & online learning platform.

JMB Blog & Media Hub
Home to our blog, videos, podcast and photos, going back to 2006.

JMBS Calendar
All of our upcoming events.

Typos, Etc.
Anything that appears to be an error in spelling or grammar is actually the author’s clever use of the vernacular, and as such is not an error, but rather a carefully placed literary device demonstrating prodigious artistic prowess.

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Life Member – Maine Wilderness Guides Organization
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