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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, wildlife 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:
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Survival 1: Foundations of SurvivalNovember 21 – November 22, 2026This is your final chance to join the late-season Surv...
11/03/2026

Survival 1: Foundations of Survival
November 21 – November 22, 2026

This is your final chance to join the late-season Survival 1 course. These two days offer clear, grounded instruction in the essential skills that support every other outdoor discipline: shelter, fire, water, and awareness. November conditions sharpen technique and highlight what truly matters in the field.

Tangible Skills You Will Develop
• Constructing fast, effective debris shelters
• Mastering fire ignition with natural materials in cold, damp conditions
• Collecting and purifying water safely in late fall
• Managing heat, exposure, and energy loss
• Establishing safe, efficient short-stay systems
• Navigating with awareness in low-light and leaf-off landscapes
• Reading seasonal transitions and adjusting accordingly
• Building instinctive, reliable survival habits

If you want core field capability before winter arrives, secure your place now.




11/02/2026

When scanning a landscape, the human brain naturally writes off deep shadows and dark shapes as "nothing to see here." But in tracking and concealment, light angles and deep shadow play tricks on perception.

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11/01/2026

Instead of letting fall allergies get the best of you, turn to the very plant unfairly blamed for them. By brewing a goldenrod decoction, you can harness its benefits through two delivery systems: breathing in the medicinal vapors to soothe inflamed sinuses directly, and drinking the tea for a steady wave of systemic support.

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10/31/2026

Did you know not all goldenrod tastes the same?

With over 27+ varieties, leaf shape and scent are your best guide for foraging!

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
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10/30/2026

Bright, showy goldenrod gets a bad rap every autumn, but it's completely innocent. Because goldenrod is insect-pollinated, its heavy pollen doesn't float around in the air to bother your sinuses.

The real culprit? Inconspicuous, wind-pollinated ragweed growing right alongside it!

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
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10/29/2026

How to paddle a canoe completely silently.
Master this to see wildlife >>

Standard paddle strokes create splashes and hull strikes that can easily alert wildlife like moose, beaver, or water snakes. By feathering your blade like an airplane wing and guarding your gunnels, you can glide undetected.

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
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10/28/2026

the art of silent walking. use wind as your cover

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
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Survival 2: Earth LivingNovember 28 – December 2, 2026Four weeks out, conditions often become unpredictable. Freeze-thaw...
10/28/2026

Survival 2: Earth Living
November 28 – December 2, 2026

Four weeks out, conditions often become unpredictable. Freeze-thaw cycles, short daylight, and cold rain require sharper awareness and stronger skills. This course teaches you how to build and maintain systems that endure those shifts.

Tangible Skills You Will Develop
• Reinforcing shelters for early-winter storms
• Fire ignition and maintenance in freezing moisture
• Gathering and purifying water safely in cold or icy conditions
• Wild food strategies when availability narrows
• Night-through firecraft and ember protection
• Managing exposure during rapid temperature changes
• Setting up long-term camp routines for warmth and stability
• Reading seasonal pressure, wildlife movement, and land response

If you want practical capability in demanding weather, this training gives you the tools.





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

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+12076237298

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