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

Subscribe to our YouTube channel - packed with over 100 informational videos:
www.youtube.com/user/primitiveskills

06/16/2026

Processing a large batch is a wonderful community effort. While cracking them down, we keep an eye out for any nuts that have been compromised by larva, sorting those out into a separate midden pile. What remains is a massive bounty of sustainable carbohydrates and healthy fats.

👉Ready to take your foraging skills to the next level? Click the link to join foraging courses
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-foraging-courses-foods-medicinals-and-utilities

Residential Immersion Program 8 WEEKSAugust 27 – October 21This program is an intensive, full-time apprenticeship in liv...
06/16/2026

Residential Immersion Program 8 WEEKS

August 27 – October 21

This program is an intensive, full-time apprenticeship in living close to the land. Over eight weeks you will build shelters, make fire, harvest food, track wildlife, craft tools, and develop the awareness disciplines that support long-term resilience. You will also learn leadership frameworks central to outdoor instruction, including the Invisible School and Coyote Teaching.

Training occurs at a time when the forest transitions from lush summer growth into the initial stages of autumn preparation. This seasonal shift demands adaptability and deep observation — and offers an unparalleled learning environment.

Skills You Will Acquire
• Multi-day shelter systems with improved insulation
• Fall food systems: nuts, roots, seeds, late greens, and field preservation
• Water strategies for shifting rainfall patterns
• Tracking and ecological pattern analysis
• Primitive tool manufacturing and maintenance
• Fire management in late-summer heat and early-fall moisture
• Quiet movement, sensory refinement, and landscape awareness
• Communal skills essential to long-term off-grid living

How This Benefits You
• The capability to live sustainably across seasonal change
• A strong portfolio of practical skills for guiding or teaching
• Increased resilience, clarity, and personal grounding
• Competence in resource assessment and environmental adaptation
• An expanded understanding of ecological rhythms




06/16/2026

Poison ivy exposure! Off grid plant solutions.

06/15/2026

Master of camouflage?

06/14/2026

Who says "roughing it" can't be cozy?
a properly constructed debris bed offers a surprisingly sound night's sleep. It’s all about creating that comfortable, insulating barrier between you and the ground while staying perfectly dry from the elements above.

👉Ready to trade your tent for a more primitive, immersive experience?
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person

got questions? DM us!

06/13/2026

What is a Brambleberry? Delicious. A brambleberry is delicious.

06/13/2026

Traditional skills teach you to look at the landscape differently—not just for what it is, but for what it can become.

👉Join the Maine Primitive community and discover skills that connect you more deeply to the natural world
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person

got questions? DM us!

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

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