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Wildlife identification and lore.  Shelter making.  Fire.  Water.  Hunting.  Trapping.  Tracking.  Skinning.  Preparing a pelt.    Reloading.  Orienteering.  Clothing.  Survival kits.  Bear and cougar safety.  Basic horsemanship.  Survival fitness.  The right mindset.  Etc...

We can teach you how.  

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"Legendary Honeymoon" - Limited Edition Bronze Wolverines.

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"Legendary Honeymoon," original bronze sculpture by Jonathan Wright.
Available in Limited Edition is this rare work of original bronze sculpture by Jonathan Wright depicting a stylized wolverine pair on the hunt.  With the patina rich, the highlights of the wolverine's markings hand-polished to a shimmering golden hue, and the sense of frozen motion, Legendary Honeymoon captures the essence that is "Wolverine."

Size is approximately 40 x 20 x 10 cm.

Price: $1,875.  Guaranteed - your money returned if you are not satisfied.

Inquire via our contact form, below.

About Us...

Jonathan Wright.

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Jonathan Wright grew up "the old way," mostly in the countryside, in the hills and along the rivers, fishing, hunting, trapping and working on the farm.  More recently, he came from a background in wildlife studies and conservation.  He worked in this capacity as a government contractor, with the oil and gas industry, and on his own dime.  

He is an expert on furbearers, snakes, birds, and a broad range other wildlife and natural lore.  He is a recognized authority on the legendary wolverine and certain species of Canadian snakes, having made contributions to the scientific literature on both subjects, stemming from his own field studies.  He pioneered the use of remote cameras to identify and monitor wild wolverine, marten and fisher on an individual basis and over a span of years, and was the first to examine stress hormone levels in wild woodland caribou relative to oil and gas developments as a tool for monitoring impacts on this species.  He is a keen student of holistic survival - on farm and in the woods, and an expert tracker, having spent ten consecutive winters in the boreal wilderness of northwest Canada as a modern-day Coureur-de-bois engaged in the latter.  He has delivered lectures for the Alberta Wilderness Association, at the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, and beyond.  He was publisher of a successful international natural history niche magazine in the '90's, as well as having his works published in a range of outside periodicals and magazines including but not limited to The Wildlands Advocate, Canadian Geographic and BBC Wildlife Magazine.   He is an occasional bronze sculptor and an accomplished singer-songwriter once under contract to Warner/Chappell, and has recently begun work on a new album of original music.  

Jonathan became interested in small-scale agriculture following the realization that attempting to save wildlife - species by species - was a "branch-hacking" approach while taking steps to return to a sustainable economic model with traditional agrarianism at its foundation was truly "striking at the root" of a whole range of our global crises.  He now runs "Thompson Small Farm" along with his partner Andrea Thompson, and when he's not out on the fringes running-in-the woods is responsible for raising, training and working the farm's Clydesdale horses as well as sharing in all the myriad other farm tasks.  

John Gasparich

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John Gasparich was born and raised in a small town in central Pennsylvania, a community surrounded by the larger community of the Amish and their farms. Growing up, he spent much of his time wandering about the abandoned farm fields, and the creeks that wound through them, and through the patches of trees and forests scattered among the countryside. As he grew, the town grew as well, and the fields turned into subdivisions and parks, and what was formerly the edge of town somehow became the center. During this time of growth, John went inward and studied Music, performing in his high school's orchestra, concert band, chorus, and Jazz band, as well as playing in a group outside of school. After high school, he continued to pursue music in a successful local band.  

During his time with his band, John's interest in Nature was reawakened by the writings of Tom Brown, Jr., and he began studying nature with a passion, and with a focus on wilderness and primitive survival. John studied in his hometown, and later continued his studies up and down the coast of California, including at Tom Brown Jr.'s school.After some wandering, John settled in Washington state for 3 years to study and teach at Wilderness Awareness School. There, John received intensive training in the arts of survival, tracking, bird language, holistic awareness, mentoring, and community facilitation. He has taught students from preschool to retirement age how to better connect with their environment, and how to better understand their place in the web of Nature.

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