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Since 1987 EARTH SKILLS 2016 Walk with the Animal Series • Desert Tracking Courses • Basic & Advanced Tracking • Trailing & Mapping • Gaits & Track Interpretaon • Red Fox & Coyote Tracking • Fall Tradional Skills • Wild Edible Plant Cooking • Earth Philosophy 1-4 • Solo Spiritual Quest

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Since 1987EARTH SKILLS 2016

Walk with the Animal Series • Desert Tracking Courses • Basic & Advanced Tracking • Trailing & Mapping • Gaits & Track Interpretation • Red Fox & Coyote Tracking • Fall Traditional Skills • Wild Edible Plant Cooking • Earth Philosophy 1-4 • Solo Spiritual Quest

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EARTH SKILLS 2016 Since 1987

1113 Cougar Court, Frazier Park, CA 93225 661-245-0318 • www.earthskills.com • [email protected]

* = classes with no prerequisite Group trainings may also be scheduled.

TrackingMore than following a trail, more than identifying a track, more than reading the landscape, tracking is learning how to “become the animal.” With your skills of visualization and interpretation you step across a threshold into its world. The ancient skill teaches you attention to detail, calm focus and expanded awareness, and will really make the landscape come alive – whether you’re a novice or an experienced outdoorsperson.

Classes in 2016: *Basic Tracking *Basic Tracking in Joshua Tree *Basic Tracking at the Desert Studies Center Walk with the Animal Series Advanced Tracking Trailing & Mapping Gaits & Track Interpretation Tracking Red Foxes and Coyotes

Wilderness & Traditional SkillsKnowledge about the wilderness can make you safe, it can make you confident; but it definitely does make you involved. Sleeping in a primitive shelter, making fire without matches, preparing and sampling wild edibles – these are the experiences that make you part of the wilderness you’re walking through. They also bring you closer to the “ancient ways” of native peoples, from whom many of the skills are learned.

Classes in 2016: *Wild edible plant cooking *Medicinal Plant workshop under development *Primitive Skills under development *Fall Native Culture Weekend

Earth PhilosophyMany of our students consider the Earth Philosophy classes to be the most important and relevant classes we teach, and we definitely concur. In these workshops, you are not really learning, but rather “relearning” the skills of awareness, openness, and intuition. We’re convinced that the earth philosophy skills are essential to really master tracking and survival, because they steadily increase your confidence and greatly expand your awareness. We are indebted to Tom Brown, Jr., for passing on ancient, universally relevant techniques.

Classes in 2016: *Intuitive Skills Workshop & Personal Skills Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 1 & 2) Community Skills Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 3) Razor’s Edge Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 4) *Solo Spiritual Quest

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Basic Tracking & Awareness (No Prerequisite)

Basic Tracking gives you a solid introduction into mammal track and sign identification, as well as nature awareness techniques that will make your future outings exponentially richer. Working closely with the instructors, you will practice identifying and in-terpreting tracks from clear prints and patterns, and will learn how to read signs and what they say about animal feeding, breeding and behavior. We show you how tracks are “windows” to animals’ body language and biology. Finally, you learn methods to slow the mind and body so that you see, hear and experience more than you ever have.

January 30 (Saturday), Malibu Creek March 20 (Sunday), Malibu Creek April 9-10, Tracking in Joshua Tree, see below*June 10 (Friday), Windy Springs PreserveOctober 1 (Saturday), Malibu Creek

$68

* May be taken by itself or in conjunction with Advanced Tracking and Trailing & Mapping.

Basic Tracking in Joshua Tree(No Prerequisite)

This two-day Basic Tracking class takes advantage of a splendid location, a private campground in Joshua Tree. We will introduce track identification with abundant field practice tracking jackrabbits, foxes, bobcats, coy-otes and other desert animals. We will cover mammal signs, track interpretation and awareness skills. This class is offered through the Desert Institute. To enroll, call the Desert Institute at (760) 367-5535 or go to:

http://www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/field-classes/

This class counts as a Basic Tracking class, but is also open to those who have already taken Basic Tracking. This class usually fills early.

Basic Tracking at the Desert Studies Center(No Prerequisite)

We return to this fabulous location in the East Mojave where in the past we’ve taught many beginning and ad-vanced tracking workshops, working on badger, kit fox and gray fox, bighorn sheep, ringtail and bobcat among many other species. The combination of lectures, video, demonstrations, and extensive field work in sandy sub-strate near Soda Lake afford an excellent and thorough introduction into tracking, ideal whether you are a field biologist or simply a desert aficionado. Indoor accom-modations and fully catered meals included.

April 9-10 (Saturday - Sunday), Joshua Tree National Park

$110 Enroll through the Desert Institute: 760-367-5535 or http://www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/field-classes/

November 4-6 (Friday eve - Sunday), Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx

$325 credit or $245 non-credit Enroll through the Uni-versity of California Riverside Extension

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Walk with the Animal Series(Basic Tracking Required)

A two-session series that combines practical with intu-itive tracking, provides abundant practice, and makes you become a more confident and resourceful tracker.

“Walking with the animal” means stepping beyond the analytical, and allowing the animal that left its prints to show you who it is, where it went and how it moved. Such tracking is intimate and connected, allowing you to understand the animal and its habitat through its own eyes. This essential and ancient dimension of track-ing has been relatively lost among modern trackers, but we’ve been busy reviving the skill for ourselves and our students. One of our graduates told us, “[The] class…has totally changed my way of tracking and I look at tracks…totally differently now. They are alive. My tracking went from black and white to very vivid colors.”

Through our own practice and from sharing methods with our students over the past three years, we know that “walking with the animal” doesn’t happen auto-matically; it requires a certain approach, and it requires learning to read and trust your natural intuitive abili-ties. Fortunately we’ve established that no matter your tracking experience, these methods can be successfully learned and applied, and that’s what this series is about. If you are an experienced tracker, we show you how to merge technical tracking with your natural intuition, bringing about amazing new possibilities. If you are a beginning tracker, we show you how to progress dynamically as you learn, allowing the practical and intuitive dimensions to complement each other.

(You can access our students’ wisdom, as well as some cool stories, at www.walkwiththeanimal.com.)

Our two sessions cover the essential principles “making contact with the trail,” “maintaining contact with the trail,” and “learning to read your intuition.” Journaling about each assignment is an integral part of the training, and there will be some required homework between sessions. You will be mentored by both the instructors and past WWTA students. The sessions are camping, with dinners and breakfasts provided.

Enrollment includes one copy of Jim’s book, Walk with the Animal.

May 21-22 (Saturday-Sunday), Ft. Tejon SHPJuly 16-17 (Saturday-Sunday), Frazier Park areaBoth dates are required$395

Camping and some meals are included.

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Five-Day Tracking Intensive at Windy Springs

Immersion into the many levels of tracking, and significant advancement of your tracking skills, are the goals of this multi-day workshop at Windy Springs, a private reserve with spectacular tracking opportunities. You may join us for all or part of the week depending on your wishes and what you’ve done already tracking-wise. This class is a thankful nod to our past because, when we began to learn tracking in the 1980’s, the Kern River was one of our principal study areas. Here’s the schedule:

Day 1. Basic Tracking. Introduction into track identification and interpretation, with lots of practice in an awesome tracking area. (If you’ve taken this before you may enroll at half price as a refresher.)

Days 2-3. Advanced Tracking. Following challenging trails, pressure releases, animal sign scouting, advanced awareness and human tracking practice.

Days 4-5. Trailing and Mapping . Following individual animals for long distances (in small teams and individually), intuitive tracking, understanding your animal. Surveying and understanding animal movement patterns through large-scale exploration and mapping.

The above-listed price covers all five days and includes four dinners and four breakfasts; participants bring their own lunches. Pricing for partial attendance is as follows: Basic & Advanced Tracking, $293, Advanced Tracking & Trailing / Mapping $440; Advanced Tracking or Trailing / Mapping $225 each.

Advanced Tracking(Basic Tracking required)

Becoming an advanced tracker means above all being able to see nuances the novice would miss: spotting tracks in pine needles, leaves or on hard-packed ground; noticing subtleties in track aging; being able to follow an animal across difficult terrain. The advanced tracker also gains confidence in reading tracks for motion and in distinguishing tracks of individual animals of the same species. Finally, he or she learns to be less obtrusive and more alert to the rhythms of nature. We know that the complete tracker must draw on the different talents of analysis, perspective and intuition. Thus this class gives you practice in all of those things. You will track animals across challenging terrain, practice reading soil movement or “pressure releases” in tracks, learn to read patterns of animal movement on the landscape, and stalk quietly at night. In teams, you will track the instructors as a final exercise.

June 10-12* (Friday evening - Sunday),Windy Springs Preserve

$225

*May be taken back-to-back with Trailing & Mapping the following two days,

June 13-14* (Monday - Tuesday), Windy Springs Pre-serve

$225

*May be taken back-to-back with Advanced Tracking the previous two days.

Trailing & Mapping(Advanced Tracking or equivalent experience required)

We follow the Advanced Tracking workshop with two days of intensive tracking work based on intriguing questions that emerge there. We will follow animals’ trails for long distances, interpreting their choices and learning methods to keep on track after “hitting the wall.” We will practice intuitive tracking and reading the personality of individual animals through their tracks. Finally we’ll expand the work we did in 2011 through 2014, mapping animal trails to understand larger-scale patterns of animal use and travel, keying this to seasonal habits and biology of the resident bears, mountain lions, gray foxes and other mammals.

June 10-14 (Friday morning through Tuesday after-noon), Windy Springs Preserve

$498

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May 14 (Saturday), Frazier Park area

$75

May be taken back-to-back with Red Fox and Coyote Tracking following

Gaits & Track Interpretation(Basic Tracking required)

The path to visualizing movement of animals vividly and accurately from the tracks they left is made easier and more direct in this one-day workshop, because we’ve been refining our teaching methods over the past few years as well as adding more and more learning resources. Our indoor session will use video, track pattern photos, and numerous hands-on exercises to boost your ability and confidence to recognize gaits and nuances of movement from tracks. We’ll show you methodically how to approach a track pattern and verify the gait, and give you practice applying principles of soil movement in tracks. Then, we’ll adjourn to a local area where you’ll get some good field practice. We know this will cut years off of your learning curve, resulting in tracks coming alive.

Red Fox and Coyote Tracking(Basic Tracking required)

Canids with vastly different styles, red foxes and coyotes can be found in many places within our state, each species offering some fascinating tracking opportunities (as well as confusion because their tracks can be mistaken for one another’s). This clinic offers a very close-up view because we’ll work with captive red foxes and coyotes at Working Wildlife, studying nuances of movement and body language, and of course comparing the tracks. We’ll also share a wealth of information, gleaned from dozens of studies, about the biology and habits of each—geared to expand the possibilities of your future tracking. We’ll talk about the red fox’s cat-like hunting style, its denning and pup rearing, movements within their home ranges, and conflicts with coyotes. We’ll cover coyote scent marking, territorial behavior, social systems, breeding behavior, feeding patterns and auditory communication. Enroll early because class size is limited!

May 15 (Sunday), Frazier Park and Working Wildlife

$110

May be taken back-to-back with Red Fox and Coyote Tracking preceding

Wild Edible Plant Cooking(No Prerequisite)

In this class, you work in teams that each prepares a number of dishes using wild native plants, so that we can feast on the results by mid-afternoon. In this el Nino year we anticipate a good harvest of wild greens such as mustard, curly dock, nettle, lambsquarter among others, along with acorns and elderberries from this year’s crop. This workshop often goes to a wait list, so enroll early!

March 19 (Saturday), Frazier Park $75

Medicinal Plant Collecting & Preparation(No Prerequisite)

This class features field collecting of native medicinal plants including yarrow, penstemon, Fremontia, and Yerba Santa among others; you will learn harvesting and preservation techniques (dry-ing and oil infusion for example) and take home a number of plants to address common medical conditions. We will also prepare an elixir, sample medicinal teas, and make a traditional tobacco con-tainer used for making offerings as you collect. Taught by Tanya Jenkins and Jim Lowery.

July 10 (Sunday), Frazier Park $65

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Fall Native Culture Weekend: Northwest(no prerequisite)

One of our most popular and memorable weekends ever was our Native Culture of the Northwest ten years ago, because of the fine food, the stories about Raven, and sharing of crafts and the incredibly rich culture of the Pacific Northwest. Jacques Condor, a master storyteller and dancer with Tsimshian heritage, will bring us back to the Northwest again in 2016, this time with a new menu, new hands-on projects, and a rich evening session. Accomodations include shared cabins or tent camping. Since our Wrightwood location has an attendance limit, we think this class will fill up, so reserve early!

September 24-25 (Saturday - Sunday), Mt. Kare Camp in Wrightwood

$170 adults, $50 children

Earth Philosophy SeriesWe consider these workshops to be our most important, and many of the hundreds who have taken them would likely agree. After all, the survival, nature awareness and tracking skills we pass on are all anchored in a wisdom and deep connection to nature and spirit well known to indigenous people but barely imaginable in our modern culture. Whether you weave a basket, knap some stone or track an animal, doing it without the sense of spirit within the skill, as it were, would be unheard of among the elders who teach us.

Fortunately, a complex of techniques embracing this dimension has been passed on to us and we will do the same to you. “Earth philosophy” means specific methods to silence the “monkey mind” (as a student recently described it), listen purely, understand our intuition or “inner vision,” communicate with things outside of us, and ground ourselves in nature—and that’s just for starters! Hardly “new age,” these techniques come from a Lipan Apache elder who was Tom Brown, Jr.’s mentor and we humbly teach them without modification.

The following descriptions provide a sense of each class, but to understand their impact and usefulness you’ll just have to experience and practice the techniques yourself—which is why we invite you to attend the first weekend at no cost except for the direct expenses of food, materials and location.

Intuitive Skills + Personal Skills Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 1 & 2)(Some previous Earth Skills class recommend-ed)

We are waiving the usual $195 course fee in lieu of a modest dona-tion that will cover food, insurance and materials, because we feel the skills presented here are so important.

This intensive class combines two levels of the Earth Philosophy curriculum, beginning Saturday morning and running to Sunday afternoon. In the Intuitive Skills part of the program, we show you, through many activities and lots of practice, how to own and trust your intuition. In the Personal Skills curriculum, you learn how interactions with the natural world can address personal questions and empower personal gifts that may be temporarily lost in the modern world.

Specifically we cover: Walking in Balance; Relying on Your Inner Vision; Communication with Plants, Animals and Tracks; Spir-itual Intent; Empowering Personal Gifts; and Learning the Four Directions.

September 10-11 (Saturday - Sunday), Los Padres NF$40 or what you can afford

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Community Skills Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 3)(Personal Skills Workshop Required)

Also called Earth Philosophy 3, this workshop is devoted to further refining spiritual communication; practicing the sacred stillness; applying earth philosophy skills in work and life; and learning and practicing healing in the narrow and broad sense. There are indi-vidual and many group activities and assignments.

April 30-May 1 (Saturday - Sunday), Frazier Park area

$165

Razor’s Edge Workshop (=Earth Philosophy 4)(Personal Skills Workshop Required)

Those who complete this powerful class are committed to a per-sonal path of awareness and of walking “the razor’s edge,” that is applying ancient skills in a challenging modern environment. We see in our 45+ graduates of this class a certain wisdom, balance and resourcefulness that is quite special.

June 4-5 (Saturday - Sunday), Frazier Park area

$165

Solo Spiritual Quest(No prerequisite)

For the twentieth year, we are excited to offer the Solo Spiritual Quest, an experience for answering deep personal questions, bal-ancing and grounding one’s life, and empowering one’s personal gifts. Our past quest participants have ranged in age from 18 to their 70’s, with extraordinarily varied backgrounds.

While the quest has roots in ancient ceremonies that have occurred in many cultures around the world, it maintains its relevance and power for us modern people. This is because the very act of being alone for four days and nights, and fasting within the rhythms of nature, brings you to a threshold of teaching and centering. The unessential tends to be stripped away, allowing you to discover what is real and necessary for you at this time. Some have quested to sort out important decisions, some to empower underused gifts, and some to shed the complicating “chaff” that modern life be-stows. Some of our questers repeat the quest every few years.

Like most significant learning events, the quest does require sacrifice and usually has challenges that tend to be unique for each quester. It is not an experience to undertake out of mere curios-ity because it requires a significant commitment. However, the strength you find within yourself, and your willingness to go to the edge of the unknown to learn, create an experience that you can draw on for a lifetime.

Our Solo Quest borrows from no specific tribal tradition. It is a four-day fast, during which you drink ample water. Though others will be questing at the same time, you will be alone in your person-al quest circle in a pine/oak woodland. You will have no distrac-tions (journals, cell phones, music, etc.) but will have a sleeping bag and sufficient clothing. You leave your circle only to use your personal latrine and to leave a marker for the facilitators once a day. You will see no one during your fast, though we do set up a communication system for your safety. There is a day and a half

To participate in this year’s quest you must ask for an application and return it to us by June 15, 2016 because there is a limit to the number of questers the site will accommodate. If you have any ques-tions, please contact Jim or Mary at any time and we would be happy to talk to you.

July 31-August 6 (Saturday noon through Saturday morning), Windy Springs Preserve in the southern Sierras

The fee for the quest, $415, goes entirely to direct expenses such as lease of the land, insurance, food and travel costs for the staff, who volunteer their time for this seven-day program. Some scholar-ships are available.

of orientation and preparation before you begin your quest, and there is a day of transition after you come out. We feed you before and after your fast and watch over the area 24 hours a day during it. The 2016 quest will be held on 320 acres of private land in the southern Sierras at about 7000 feet elevation.

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About Earth SkillsFor the past twenty-nine years, Earth Skills founder Jim Lowery and his wife, Mary, have taught tracking, wilderness survival and nature awareness to thousands of outdoor lovers, both novice and experienced. Should you join us, you will find small, friendly but very focused classes providing you with much field experience and a lot of interaction with the instructors. We take pride in the quality of our teaching and in the versatility of our approach, which allows us to teach beginning outdoorspeople, young science students or professional biologists with equal commitment to their learning needs. From time to time guest specialists are brought in to teach or co-teach. Jim’s and Mary’s teachers have been many, but special acknowledgment is made to Tom Brown, Jr., from whom they both took numerous classes, and whose teachings form the basis especially of the Earth Philosophy curriculum. For tracking, Tom Brown, Jr. as well as other experienced trackers of different backgrounds and styles have pointed the way but it is frankly the many thousands of “four-leggeds” and “two-leggeds” whose tracks were studied over the years whose wisdom is passed on to students of Earth Skills. Jim is the author of The Tracker’s Field Guide (Globe Pequot, 2006 and 2013) as well as Walk with the Animal and numerous monographs.

Special Trainings

Earth Skills has conducted special classes or trainings for the following, among others:

Parks and Nature Centers, Staff & Volunteer Training: Anza Borrego Natural History Association • Carrizo Plain Manage-ment (BLM, California Fish & Game, The Nature Conservancy) • Caspers Park Rangers & Docents • Chula Vista and Tijuana River Nature Centers • Desert Institute at Joshua Tree • Eaton Canyon Nature Center • Filoli Center • Franklin Canyon Nature Center • Lake Perris Rangers & Docents • Monrovia Parks & Recreation • Mountains Recration & Conservation Authority • Nipomo Dunes Staff & Docents (Nature Conservancy) • O’Neill Regional Park Rangers & Docents • Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Docents • Topanga Canyon Docents • Wilderness Youth Project

Schools and Universities: California Institute of the Arts • California State University, Desert Studies Consortium • Crespi Carmelite High School • Crossroads School • Cuyamaca Outdoor School • Frisbie Middle School (Rialto, CA) • Hamilton HS (Anza CA) Field Biology Program • Hemet School District Field Biology Teacher Training • Los Angeles County Outdoor School Staff • Orange County Winter Wild • Pitzer College Desert Colloquium • Thacher School • UCLA Science Project • University of California, Irvine • University of California, Riverside • USC Engineering Dept. Honors Program

Field Biology Professionals: Chambers Group Biological Consulting • SRS Technologies • California State Parks, Oceano Dunes • Tetra Tech • The Wildlife Society San Joaquin, San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast Chapters

Museum and Group Workshops: Children’s Nature Institute • Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum • Habonim-Dror Win-ter Camp • Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History • Mountains Education Program • Naturalists at Large • Project Butterfly • Santa Cruz Mountains Natural History Assn. • Shikari Tracking Guild • Sierra Club • Tejon Ranch • This Land Is Your Land Summer Science Camp • Wilderness Institute

Law Enforcement and Military: Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station • Pacific Grove Police Dept. SWAT Team • Vanden-berg Air Force Base

Speical Trainings and Group Discounts

One- to multi-day trainings in tracking, wilderness skills, or plant uses are available to groups on a limited basis; mini-mum group size is generally 8 and age requirement is 14 years+.

Additionally, groups of four or more who enroll together in a regularly scheduled Basic Tracking, Wilderness Skills or Plant Uses class qualify for a 15% discount.

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Reservation and Cancellation Policy:

Reservations must be made through advance payment (if the total enrollment fee you are sending is greater than $200.00, you may send a 50% deposit). We cannot guarantee space in a class through telephone calls. Classes are kept small, so reserve early to hold a place.

Cancellations: For weekend or longer classes, you must notify us at least 7 days in advance to receive full credit for another class, or a 75% refund. If you cancel later than that, you risk loss of your enrollment fee unless your space can be filled from a wait list. For one-day classes, you must notify us at least 4 days prior to the class to receive credit for a class or a 75% refund. If you cancel later than that, you risk loss of your enrollment fee unless your space can be filled from a wait list.

Non-discrimination

Earth Skills complies with USDA and other government policies prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion or disability. Any student in a class on National Forest land who believes he or she has been discriminated against should immediately contact the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250.

Group Discounts

Classes can be scheduled for groups of at least eight people. Rates available on request. Please contact us early to reserve a date.

If your group is small, you may still qualify for a 15% discount if four or more people enroll together in a regularly scheduled class.

Class eligibility:

Our classes are designed for adults and children 12 years and older. (Exception: the Wilderness Skills class is open to 14 years and above.) We put considerable time and effort into the content and pace of the curriculum, knowing that for younger children and families, classes must be structured differently. Please do not ask us to make an exception to admit your younger child; we must say no in fairness to other parents who have not asked for an exception. For classes which require a prerequisite, we may be able to waive the prerequisite if you have had equivalent training elsewhere; contact us to evaluate your situation.

Food and lodging:

For all one-day classes, students bring lunch, water and other simple gear which we will list upon enrollment.

For weekend classes, we usually provide all dinners and breakfasts; students bring lunches and snacks. Usually these classes are held at car campsites, meaning tents can be set up within a short walk from cars (or students may sleep in a camper or van if they drive one). Participants must bring their own camping equipment (primarily tent and sleeping bag). We have limited extra equipment for loan. Lists of required equipment will be sent upon enrollment. No previous camping experience is necessary. Note about food: Students with special diets such as vegan, gluten-free or non-dairy may be asked to supplement what we provide with some of their own food.

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CLASS RESERVATIONS

Name(s) ________________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________

_________________________________email: _________________________

Phone — day ___________________ eve. _____________________________

Class & date _____________________________________________________

Class cost $ ____________

Discounted Tracker’s Field Guide (for Basic Tracking enrollees) @ $18.00 $____________

Total $____________

o Check (payable to Earth Skills) o MasterCard o Visa o Discover

Account number

Expiration (mm-yy) V-code (last 3 digits on signature strip on back) Print name as it appears on card _______________________________________________

Billing address if different from above __________________________________________

Signature __________________________________________________

Send to EARTH SKILLS, 1113 Cougar Court, Frazier Park, CA 93225

For overnight classes, please include any special dietary requirement we should know about*:

__no meat __no red meat __ no dairy __other: _________________________________________________

* For vegan, non-dairy, non-gluten & some other diets we may ask you to bring some of your own food.

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