Cedar Creek Nature Studies

1796 Cedar Creek Rd
Hot Springs,
Arkansas 71901
501-282-7475 or 501-622-6631
http://www.cedarcreeknaturestudies.com/

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CEDAR CREEK NATURE STUDIES 2006

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Who We Are Cedar Creek Nature Studies was founded in 1996 by Randy and Susie Teague. They have dedicated their lives to sharing their knowledge of wilderness living and nature awareness to anyone interested from young to old. Cedar Creek Nature Studies is located in the Ouachita Mountains just minutes from Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. They have designed classes for nature enthusiasts, both beginners and advanced alike. There are hiking trails, ponds, streams, and primitive camp sites. The 40 acres that Cedar Creek Nature Studies is located on is a dedicated sanctuary for all wild life and native plants. Susie Teague began her study of plants as a child under the instruction of her grandmother Rosa Leatherman and has continued her studies of wild plants under Tom Brown, Jr., Karen Sherwood at Earth Walk Northwest, Dr. Marijah McCain, ND at the Herbal Healer Academy in Mountain View, AR, and John Goude's, Dining on the Wilds. Randy Teague has been actively studying and teaching Awareness and Tracking for many years. He has studied under the instruction of Tom Brown Jr. of the Tracker School, Charles Warsham, and continues his studies through mentoring and hands-on dirt time.

2006 Class Schedule

• March 25 – Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk ($60)
• March 26 - Man Tracking I ($60)
• April 8 – Wild Edible Plants ($60)
• April 9 – Primitive Cooking ($60)
• April 22 - Primitive Skills ($60)
• April 23 - Fire Making ($60)
• May 6 – Animal Tracking ($60)
• May 7 – Awareness I ($60)
• May 20 - Medicinal Plants ($60)
• May 21 – Man Tracking I ($60)
• June 3 – Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk ($60)
• June 4 - Medicinal Plants ($60)
• June 17 & 18 – Fathers Day Weekend ($120)
• July 8 – Animal Tracking ($60)
• July 9 – Man Tracking II ($60)
• July 22 – Primitive Skills ($60)
• July 23 – Fire Making ($60)
• August 5 – Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk ($60)
• August 6 – Wild Edible Plants ($60)
• August 19 – Awareness I ($60)
• August 20 – Awareness II ($60)
• September 9 - Medicinal Plants ($60)
• September 10 – Soap Making ($60)
• September 23 – Fire Making ($60)
• September 24 – Primitive Skills $(60)
• October 7 – Awareness II ($60)
• October 8 – Man Tracking II ($60)
• October 21 – Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk ($60)
• October 22 – Wild Edible Plants ($60)
• November 4 – Flute Making ($60)
• November 5 – Pipe Making ($60)

Please note: The classes listed below are priced as 1 day or half day courses. Some of the scheduled classes may be in combination.

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Herbal Studies and Soap Making
With Susie Teague

HERBAL STUDIES: Learn to identify and prepare wild edible and medicinal plants with Susie Teague. Susie Teague will teach you how to identify plants as well as teach you how to distinguish the difference between edible, medicinal and poisonous plants. Teague will teach you step-by-step methods on gathering and preparing wild edible and medicinal plants.

Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk

Learn the rudimentary skills of identifying poisonous, edible and medicinal plants. We will spend a good portion of the day identifying poisonous and edible and medicinal plants. You will learn where and how to properly harvest and prepare Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants.

Wild Edible Plants

During this class, Susie will take you on a plant walk to identify poisonous and edible plants. Students will learn how to gather and prepare a Wild Edible meal. Susie will share some of her favorite recipes. By learning your edible plants, you will be able to go camping or hiking with less food, making for a lighter pack.

Medicinal Herbs

Susie will teach you step-by-step methods for preparing healing remedies. Students will use Susie's favorite recipes for preparing your own herbal first aid kit that you will take with you.

 

Soap Making

Learn to make your own soap from start to finish the easy way and take home a bar of soap you've made yourself.

Susie's classes are FUN and HANDS ON. Everyone will leave with a new appreciation for nature!

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Awareness & Tracking With Randy

AWARENESS & TRACKING: Randy's classes are designed to give you an experience in Nature that is normally over looked while walking along a garden path. His classes will open your eyes to a whole new world in nature.

Awareness I

 

During this class you will be taught how to magnify and develop the skills of Expanded Vision, Amplified Hearing and Enhanced Touch. You will learn to heighten your sense of smell and taste, also the Ancient Art of Moving and Sitting in nature silently, as well as Total Sensory Awareness. You will experience the Power of the Blindfold and the wonderment of the Mind Stalk.

Awareness II

During Awareness II we will delve deeper into the Ancient Skills of Awareness and you will experience the Language of the Birds, Concentric Rings and the Doorway to Nature.

Animal Tracking

These classes are intensives focusing on the basics of Tracking and Advanced Tracking Skills. During this class the student will learn Track Aging, Sign, Debris Tracking, Following a Trail and much more.

Man Tracking I & II

Randy will teach you the Search & Rescue Methods of Man Tracking. He will teach you how to track with a team and how to construct and use a Tracking Stick. You will learn how to read the Track and Age the Track. During the Man Tracking II Class, we will focus on the Skills learned in the Man Tracking I Class and experience an Intensive Man Tracking Excursion.

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Primitive Skills with Steve Fortin

PRIMITIVE SKILLS: Steve's classes will dig into the basic concepts of survival; SHELTER, FIRE, WATER, FOOD.

Primitive Skills

You will build a debris hut. This shelter when properly built, will keep you safe and warm in most any cold weather situation. You will also learn about shelter building in desert environs. Steve will discuss fire making and your options in survival situations. Where can you find water? Is it safe to drink? How can you make it safe? These are some of the things we will look at in this portion of the class. There aren't many things that show the sheer genius of the ancients like their creation and use of traps and snares. If you can build these and know where to put them, you'll never have to go hungry. The big four wild edibles will also be discussed.

 

Fire Making

In this workshop we will learn to properly start and maintain a fire with precision (no more hap-hazard attempts). Learn the four different grades of fuel and why they are important for success. We will discuss the secret to proper gathering and also utilizing fire to the most potential. And last but not least, we will build and use the bow drill method. The bow drill is the easiest and most widely adapted for of primitive fire making. This is a hands-on program, so be prepared to get a little dirty and be sure to bring a sturdy knife for this workshop.

 

Pipe Making

In this class, you will learn to make your very own Native American Ceremonial Pip