Lost Cove Naturalist Center is Your Wilderness Adventure Headquarters in North Carolina!

We are your number one choice in the Western North Carolina area for learning valuable primitive skills in wilderness self reliance, nature studies,  wilderness awareness skills, back to the earth skills, modern homesteading and personal self discovery in this wild and most wonderful world in which we live! We hope you are as excited as we are in discovering nature in all it's glory, and we'll help lead you back into the the purity of nature!

Our Philosophy

Our mission is to provide educational experiences in multiple areas of naturalist studies, wilderness survival skills, native-based philosophy and sustainable living skills meant to foster a more intimate connection to the natural world.

 Our unique approach combines elements of native-based survival-living-skills and modern sustainable design philosophies which can be used in any environment from woodland forests to tropical jungles.  Our instructional models are based on enhancing one’s knowledge of their surroundings and provides real world experience through time tested techniques that work to enhance the understanding and awareness of the natural world.

 A partial list of our many programs include weekend survival skill training from shelter construction, fire by friction methods, collection of water from the environment and methods for acquiring food from the land including the collection, identification and preparation of edible and medicinal plants. Other classes run the gamut of basic ecology, awareness of the natural world, disaster preparedness, sustainable building design, native-based philosophy and meditation plus other more naturalist based aspects such as bird vocal language & flight patterns, animal tracking and environmental stewardship.    

Our land and most of our overnight programs are held in the Lost Cove area of the Blue Ridges Mountains in North Carolina located near Grandfather Mountain. We hold some of our classes in various locations throughout the Blue Ridge Parkway and National Forest areas as well.

We also have land in the tropical rainforest of Central America, located in the southern district of Belize where we will are our holding jungle classes.

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HELP! The State of Alaska is arresting and fining Charles Vandergaw $10,000 for feeding bears. They seized his plane and will arrest him if he doesn't comply.  All because he is a 70 year old gentle man who loves bears and is pushing bear research & understanding forward by leaps & bounds. Alaska changed the bear feeding law and made it stiffer specifically to go after Vandergaw. This was after they revoked his bear feeding permit! Please read the below links, check out the Animal Planet documentary "Stranger Among Bears" and sign this petition! Charles Vandergaw Petition Then email the Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, Alaska Department of Fish & Game Commissioner Denby S. Lloyd  and call/email the Assistant Attorney General Andrew Peterson at 907-269-6250 saying this is an outrage! Anchorage Daily News: Bear Man Prepares Defense AP Associate Press: Alaska cracks  down on man who feeds wild bears A Former student of Charles Vandergaws speaks out on his Blog "Stranger Among Bears" is now playing on Animal Planet.  For more than twenty years, Charles Vandergaw has been living with wild bears in the Alaskan wilderness. He has developed a unique, but controversial, relationship with the black and grizzly bears that live near his isolated cabin.  This is a 6 part series, that was recently shown, and hopefully, will come back again! Check out the video previews on Animal Planet and for current scheduling.   Free !!! Fire by Friction Demos every ARTWALK in Boone, North Carolina at Footsloggers!   Primitive Skills Classes  for 2009 have been posted! See Programs for more information... Application Form Download this PDF to sign up for our programs!	Forecast Radar Cameras Photos Your weather just got better. Help us bears be better understood! We support the right to arm bears!   Check out our Links page for more Bear Information!
Lost Cove Naturalist Center Photo Album Check out the beautiful scenic views around Lost Cove Naturalist Center, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Blue Ridge Mountain Range where we hold our classes & workshops	Communities & Forums  Coming soon! Come on down, sit for a spell and chat with us about nature!!!