ALGONQUIN DEFINING MOMENTS Gaye Clemson

Episode 59: Building Confidence by Mastering Wilderness Living Skills
This episode is the fourth of what is now seven episodes on the Earth Caretaker Way a newly released book by Tim Corcoran and Julie Boettler from Headwaters School in Mt. Shasta California. In this episode In this episode Julie Tim and I delve deeply into Part 2 of The Earthcaretaker Way that focuses on value in building knowledge of Wilderness Skills such as shelter building, foraging for edible plants, tracking, building fire without matches and what to do if you get lost on a trail.
Another important book that Tim references  by Ben Goldfarb is called Crossings – How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet published in 2023.
The musical interlude in this episode is called Morning Stroll and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes CD 2024 CD called Mountain Magic  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.

Episode 58 Earth Caretaker Way Part 3: Nature Awareness - Building Connections and Relationships
This episode is the third of what are now seven episodes on the Earth Caretaker Way a newly released book by Tim Corcoran and Julie Boettler from Headwaters School in Mt. Shasta California. In this episode, I continue my discussion and storytelling with Julie and Tim on the importance of nature awareness and how becoming more aware can help build meaningful connections and relationships with plants and animals.  This art of building a personal relationship with nature by awakening your senses and rewilding your heart helps generate purpose and meaning to our lives.
Several books that Tim referenced include:
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird’s 2004 book  The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
Peter Tompkins’ 1997 book The Secret Life of Nature: Living in Harmony With the Hidden World of Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird’s  1998 book  Secrets of the Soil: New Solutions for Restoring Our Planet
Douglas W. Tallamy’s 2020 book Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard  There is also a Young Person’s version that was published in April 2023.
The musical interludes in this episode come from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes CD 2024 CD called Mountain Magic  They include one called Spring’s Caress and a second called /Quiet Moment. Both are brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.
 
 

This episode is the second of what is now seven episodes on the Earth Caretaker Way a newly released book by friends Tim Corcoran and Julie Boettler from Headwaters School in Mt. Shasta California. In this episode I’m going to introduce you to Julie, one of the key land Earth Caretakers at Headwaters. Over the next six episodes, she and I with Tim’s help are going to delve deeper into the four key elements of the Earth Caretaker Way beginning with Nature Awareness, which is the art of building a personal relationship with nature by awakening your senses and rewilding your heart.
The musical interlude in this episode is called Silent Contemplation and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes CD 2024 CD called Mountain Magic  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.

Episode 56: The Earth Caretaker Way Origin Story with Tim Corcoran
In this episode and the four-part follow on, I’m going to take my podcast in what I hope you will experience as an innovative new direction. Nearly 20 years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Tim Corcoran, leader, and owner of the Headwaters Outdoor School near Mount Shasta in California, who has just released a new book called The Earth Caretaker Way. 30+ years in the making, Tim with co-author Julie Boettler, have synthesized the essence of all of their learnings and teachings into an absorbing guide filled with stories to tell around the campfire or in a meadow. The Earth Caretaker Way is designed so that you can choose your own adventure by opening up to any page and do as Tim often says, Walk Backwards into the Future and Remember What We Already Know.  But The Earth Caretaker Way isn’t just a book, we want it to become the beginning of a global movement. A movement designed to amplify this knowledge, reconnect with our past through nature and use that wisdom to personally help heal the earth and reverse some of the negative impacts of climate change. In this episode I’ll be focusing on Tim’s origin story and then explore at a high level his views on Nature Awareness, Wilderness Living Skills, the keys to opening your heart through learnings about Earth Philosophy and lastly how to integrate the Earth Caretaker Way into your life through a Life of Service to the Earth.
Some additional links for those interested:
The Earth Caretaker Way Website: https://www.earthcaretakerway.org
The Earth Caretaker Way Introductory Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDzaDHg8oiQ
The Earth Caretaker Way  Book Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giPEY5joVSg
Headwaters Outdoor School Website: https://hwos.com
The musical interlude for this episode is called  “A Purposeful Life” and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes 2024 CD entitled Mountain Magic.  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.

This is the third of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park  since the late 1930s. The focus in Part III  is  to share insights into the archeological work that has been done in the Park since the 1990s. Most of the investigations have been initiated by private archeologists with permission from the then Park Authorities. 
This musical interlude is called Algonquin Provincial Park and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes National Parks and Sanctuaries CD. It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.
For this series, I’ve relied on a number of key sources including:
Rory MacKay’s Algonquin Park – A Place Like No Other and Spirits of the Little Bonnechere
 Several ‘thought leadership papers by William Allen including:
Importance of Archaeology re Species at Risk: Eel Focus William Allen Nov 2007
Nineteenth Century Aboriginal Farmers of the Madawaska River
Several ‘thought leadership papers by Rory MacKay including:
Potatoes in the Pines - Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014
Why was this research on the camboose shanties of Algonquin Park important?- Rory MacKay
Archaeological Research in Algonquin Provincial Park and immediate vicinity to 2023: A Categorization and Chronology
An Alternate Explanation for the Anomalous Vision Pits at Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park
Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014
Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 12 Issue 5 Sept-Oct 2007

Pukaskwa Pits: Rethinking the vision quest hypothesis, by Nancy Champagne

Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 14 Issue 6 Nov-Dec 200
The Aarel Site Camboose Shanty in Algonquin Park by Rory MacKay
Archeologists Come to Their Senses - Looking beyond visual archaeological evidence By William Allen
Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 16 Issue 2 Mar-Apr 2011
The Nesswabic (Petawawa) River Watershed – Zone of Political Tension Over the Centuries by William Allen

This is the second of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park since the late 1930s. The focus of Part II  is to provide some insight into the archeological work that was done from 1939 to the late 1990s, mostly by private archeologists with permission from the then Park Authorities.  
This musical interlude is called Ride the Wind and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes CD Thunder Spirit.  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.
For this series, I’ve relied on a number of key sources including:
Rory MacKay’s Algonquin Park – A Place Like No Other and Spirits of the Little Bonnechere
Several ‘thought leadership papers by William Allen including:
Importance of Archaeology re Species at Risk: Eel Focus William Allen Nov 2007
Nineteenth Century Aboriginal Farmers of the Madawaska River

Several ‘thought leadership papers by Rory MacKay including:
Potatoes in the Pines
Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014
Why was this research on the camboose shanties of Algonquin Park important?- Rory MacKay
Archaeological Research in Algonquin Provincial Park and immediate vicinity to 2023: A Categorization and Chronology
An Alternate Explanation for the Anomalous Vision Pits at Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park

Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 12 Issue 5 Sept-Oct 2007

Pukaskwa Pits: Rethinking the vision quest hypothesis, by Nancy Champagne



Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 14 Issue 6 Nov-Dec 2009

The Aarel Site Camboose Shanty in Algonquin Park by Rory MacKay


Archeologists Come to Their Senses - Looking beyond visual archaeological evidence By William Allen



Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 16 Issue 2 Mar-Apr 2011

The Nesswabic (Petawawa) River Watershed – Zone of Political Tension Over the Centuries by William Allen


The Ontario Archaeological Society Field Manual
William Hurley’s Second Annual report on Archaeological research conducted in Algonquin Provincial Park.
Dr. John Casselman: American Eels in the St. Lawrence River System - Going, Going, Gone?         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uKAKkHzb0