Maine Primitive

Maine Primitive https://linktr.ee/maineprimitive Founded by Naked and Afraid survivor Michael Douglas, Maine Primitive teaches ancestral skills, survival, and Earth Living.

We globally help people reconnect to land, instinct, and community through hands-on experience. The Maine Primitive Skills School is a wilderness survival school located on 23 wooded acres in Augusta, Maine. Our goal is to reconnect people to ancient technologies and to themselves. We teach primitive skills, survival skills, wilderness survival, modern survival, bushcraft, native awareness, wildli

fe tracking, earth living, shelter building, water collection & purification, friction fire making, bow making, flintknapping, wild edibles, hide tanning, scout skills, primitive hunting, earth philosophy, drum making, survival trapping, and more. We are a group dedicated to reconnecting ourselves and others to our ancestral roots through skills that have been practiced for two million years. Primitive skills connect us to what is meaningful and real and dispel the illusions created by modern society. Through our odyssey we have become a teaching community that continues to grow and celebrate new members each time we gather for a class. Wilderness Survival and Earth skills may be what we teach, but they really teach us how to be a family once again. We invite you to become part of our tribe by walking through our door. Be warned: these primitive skills will change you. You will not see the world in the same way nor will you be able to return to the place from whence you came. We welcome you to our Survival School. Stay up to date with everything going on at the school - visit this address to sign up for our monthly newsletter:
http://eepurl.com/kXlHj

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06/03/2026

Most people walk past plantain every day without realizing it’s one of the most useful plants growing around them.

From soothing minor skin irritations to supporting digestion, this “common weed” has been used for generations as both food and natural first aid.

The coolest part? Once you learn to identify it, you’ll start seeing it almost everywhere.

📣Learn practical foraging and plant knowledge with Maine Primitive
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-foraging-courses-foods-medicinals-and-utilities

06/03/2026

Redundancy in transportation? There is wisdom and using waterways for More options and choices.

Ancestral Scout: Stealth, Awareness, and Field MovementJune 20-24This course provides a structured approach to the origi...
06/03/2026

Ancestral Scout: Stealth, Awareness, and Field Movement

June 20-24

This course provides a structured approach to the original Scout disciplines. You will learn how to read micro-sign, track movement across varied substrates, use natural cover effectively, and move quietly through dense terrain. These skills were essential for the protectors of traditional communities, who relied on awareness rather than confrontation.

Michael Douglas brings decades of experience in primitive stealth, martial movement, tracking, and field psychology. His instruction emphasizes discipline, responsibility, and the role of the Scout as a servant-leader who protects rather than pursues conflict.

Skills You Will Acquire
• Silent approach and retreat patterns
• Shadowing, flanking, and observation positions
• Natural cover utilization and improvised concealment
• Reading pressure releases and subtle disruptions
• Long-range awareness and landscape scanning
• Field decision-making under variable conditions

How This Course Benefits You
• Enhanced safety and clarity during backcountry travel
• Strengthened ability to avoid hazards and anticipate movement
• Increased confidence in low-impact navigation
• Deep internal calm created through disciplined awareness
• A refined understanding of human and animal movement

This training offers rare insight into an ancient discipline still relevant today.




06/03/2026

Less gear to train@more options? What is your approach to flourishing in any environment?

Long-Term Shelters: Off-Grid ConstructionJune 20–24The Long-Term Shelters course begins soon. This immersion teaches you...
06/02/2026

Long-Term Shelters: Off-Grid Construction

June 20–24

The Long-Term Shelters course begins soon. This immersion teaches you how to build structures that are not only functional but durable across days and weeks of real outdoor living. You will design, construct, test, and refine shelters using natural materials and proven primitive technologies.

Michael Douglas brings decades of long-term off-grid habitation, natural building experience, and structural problem-solving to this course. His instruction distills the essential principles required for safe, stable, season-ready shelters.

Skills You Will Acquire
• Multi-night shelter construction
• Water-proofing and weather-proofing systems
• Cob and debris integration techniques
• Micro-climate assessment and hazard avoidance
• Long-term shelter maintenance routines
• Thermal efficiency and airflow management

How This Course Benefits You
• Build the structural competence required for extended wilderness stays
• Learn natural building through direct practice and evaluation
• Increase your confidence in creating protective, efficient living spaces
• Strengthen your ability to teach or guide others in outdoor environments
• Gain long-term off-grid living strategies applicable anywhere

If long-term capability is your goal, this course is essential.




06/02/2026

What are the top four plants to know? This one should make everybody’s list.

06/01/2026

It’s easy to look at a primitive debris hut and think, "Yeah, there’s no way that's actually warm." But nature’s insulation is surprisingly effective.

Mastering this kind of land fluency isn't about being perfectly comfortable; it's about knowing how to cooperate with the materials around you to stay safe and warm when it matters most.

📣Ready to test your own limits and master primitive shelter construction? Click the link to join The Earth Living Experience
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-survival-2-earth-living

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Address

716 Church Hill Rd
Augusta, ME
04330

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

Telephone

+12076237298

Website

https://linktr.ee/maineprimitive

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