Maine Primitive

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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 course teaches you the practical skills needed to...
10/12/2026

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

This course teaches you the practical skills needed to stay warm, hydrated, and aware as temperatures drop. You will build functional shelters, create reliable fire in damp weather, and learn how to secure clean water during a season when natural sources shift quickly. These are real-world fundamentals taught through direct, hands-on experience.

Tangible Skills You Will Develop
• Constructing weather-tight shelters using seasonal materials
• Fire starting using bow drill, ember extension, and wet-weather methods
• Water collection strategies for late fall conditions
• Exposure awareness and heat-management techniques
• Using natural features for wind breaks and insulation
• Reading terrain for drainage, hazards, and microclimate
• Blade and tool safety in slick, cold conditions
• Building short-term routines for safety and comfort

This is one of the most practical and applicable trainings we offer.




10/12/2026

The art of silent movement on the water.
When you're out scouting for wildlife, standard paddle strokes create splashing, vortex noise, and accidental hull strikes that alert every animal in the bay.

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

💬got questions? DM us!

10/11/2026

Watching local wildlife like eagles, ospreys, and loons gives us direct clues about fish movement and river activity.

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

💬got questions? DM us!

10/10/2026

Learn how heat neutralizes the bitter sap in young milkweed shoots for safe foraging.

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

💬got questions? DM us!

10/09/2026

How the milky sap of young milkweed has been used in traditional plant medicine.

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

💬got questions? DM us!

10/08/2026

Building a debris hut bed isn't just about throwing branches in a pile it's about structural density!

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

💬got questions? DM us!

10/07/2026

painful vs. comfy bed
flip the branches!

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

10/06/2026

Everyone starts somewhere🔥

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

10/05/2026

You’d be surprised what these tiny roots can do

👉Explore foraging, survival, and primitive skills with Maine Primitive.
📅Check out our upcoming wilderness survival courses!
🔗https://www.maineprimitive.com/program-calendar

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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