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:
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06/10/2026

It’s one thing to build a shelter on a sunny day; it’s another to trust it to keep you alive during a freezing rainstorm. That’s why we test our work directly in the field.

👉Step up your outdoor education and learn the physics of wilderness survival. Click the link to find a program that's right for you!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person

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06/10/2026

Making a hunting bow

06/10/2026

A common effective hunting tool for survival?

06/10/2026

Tracking without your eyes?

06/09/2026

The secret to survival shelter insulation isn’t just the depth—it’s the structure.

This deliberate packing mimics the nesting habits of local wildlife, turning loose forest floor materials into a solid, insulated wall of dead air space that traps your body heat.

👉Join the Earth Living Experience and discover how patience and skill build real survival confidence
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-survival-2-earth-living

Foraging: Foods, Medicinals, and UtilitiesJune 27 – July 1The Foraging Course begins soon. This is one of our most pract...
06/09/2026

Foraging: Foods, Medicinals, and Utilities

June 27 – July 1

The Foraging Course begins soon. This is one of our most practical and immediately usable trainings. Over five days you will learn how to identify, harvest, and prepare edible and medicinal plants with confidence and accuracy. Students work directly with Michael Douglas, whose decades of field experience create a learning environment rooted in clarity, precision, and respect for the land.

Skills You Will Acquire
• Accurate field identification of wild foods and medicinals
• Safe differentiation from dangerous look-alikes
• Wild cooking and nutrient extraction
• Medicine making: salves, tinctures, teas, decoctions
• Bark, resin, and fiber extraction for tools and cordage
• Ethical harvesting and conservation-based foraging
• Processing methods for both immediate and long-term use

How This Course Benefits You
• A practical ability to gather food and medicine in the field
• Increased self-reliance and confidence in natural environments
• A grounded understanding of seasonal plant use and ecology
• Transferable skills for outdoor professionals, educators, and guides
• A deeper, more meaningful relationship with the land

If you want skills that enrich your daily life and deepen your sense of capability, this training is essential.




06/09/2026

Delicious and plentiful but they don’t last long!

06/09/2026

Learning fishing from the masters. In the company of Eagles.

06/08/2026

Primitive doesn’t mean basic. It means profoundly simple, effective, and efficient.

The transition from basic survival to true "earth living" is all about removing dependencies. When you can successfully navigate your core needs—shelter, water, fire, and food—without synthetic shortcuts, your mindset changes. You stop reacting to the elements and start working alongside them.

👉Take the next step in your outdoor education. Tap the link to join
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-survival-2-earth-living

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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