Tim Smith, M.Ed.
Founder And Owner Of Jack Mountain Bushcraft & Guide Service
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Tim cooking a pizza in a cob oven.
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Teaching And Guiding:
Founder and owner of Jack Mountain Bushcraft & Guide Service and Registered Master Maine Guide. Full-time guide and bushcraft/survival instructor since 1999. Part-time from 1995-1999. Creator of the Earth Skills Semester, Summer and Winter Programs, and has successfully run 11 (as of spring, 2008) semester-length bushcraft and guide training courses. Guide of canoe, snowshoe, and fishing trips in Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec, New Brunswick, Alaska, and Florida.
Professional Organizations:
• Maine Wilderness Guides Organization - Life Member
• Maine Professional Guides Association - Life Member
• New Hampshire Guides Association - Former Member And Board Member
Speaker:
• Canoecopia Paddlesports Show - Madison, Wisconsin.
• Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Expo - Salem, New Hampshire.
• Wilderness Outdoor Living Conference - University of Southern Maine.
• Snow Walker's Rendezvous - Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, Vermont.
• Wilderness Paddler's Gathering - Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, Vermont.
• Umbagog Wildlife Festival - Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire.
• Kingswood Regional High School - Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
• Kingswood Regional Middle School - Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
• Alton Central School - Alton, New Hampshire.
Author:
Tim has written two books and a variety of magazine and newspaper articles.
Books:
• Jack Mountain Bushcraft Student Handbook.
• The Simple Little Sourdough And Outdoor Baking Book.
Publications in which articles have been published:
• Paddler Magazine.
• Natural New England Magazine.
• Wilderness Way Magazine.
• The Granite State News.
Photographer:
Tim's photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including:
• Field & Stream Magazine.
• Portland Magazine.
• NH To Do Magazine.
• Massachusetts Wildlife Magazine.
• Burlington Free Press - Burlington, VT.
• Granite State News - Wolfeboro, NH.
• The Hippo - Manchester, NH.
Television Presenter And Media Consultant:
Tim has worked on a number of television shows on both sides of the camera, including:
• I'll Try Anything Once - Treasure HD Network - Tim was the on-camera mentor to Toure in his quest to learn about living in the forest.
• American Builder - CN8, The Comcast Network - Tim worked with the guys as an on-camera mentor to prepare them for their survival trip.
• Man Vs. Wild: Alaskan Mountain Range - Discovery Channel - Tim worked off-camera as the survival expert.
• CMT Most Wanted: Survivalists - Country Music Television - Tim was featured on-camera along with other survival and simple living instructors and practitioners.
Sustainability Advocate:
Tim has worked on sustainability issues, both private and public, for years. He is on the board of directors of GALA - Global Awareness, Local Action, an organization working toward a sustainable future.
Education:
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
• Master of Education.
Union College, Schenectady, New York
• BA, Cultural Anthropology.
• Anthropological Field Study; Barbados, West Indies.
Kenai Peninsula College, Soldotna, Alaska
• Field Identification And Uses Of Alaskan Flora.
St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts.
Medical Background and Training:
Tim has completed a significant amount of training in wilderness and emergency medicine, including:
• Wilderness First Aid and CPR Refresher Course; October, 2007.
• Wilderness First Responder Refresher Training Program; January, 2003.
• Winter Medicine and Rescue, December; 2000.
• Fundamentals of Search and Rescue; November, 2000.
• Wilderness First Aid; November, 2000.
• EMT Refresher Training Program; October, 2000.
• EMT Refresher Training Program; January, 1999.
• Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician; November/December, 1996.
Athletic Achievements:
Tim achieved great success playing hockey, being a 2 time Hockey Night In Boston all-scholastic, 2 time Independent School League all-league selection, Boston Globe league MVP, First Team NEPSIHA all-New England, and All-American at St. Mark's School in Southboro, MA. Following high school Tim spent a year with the Madison (Wisconsin) Capitals in the United States Hockey League before attending Union College and competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, where his career was cut short after his freshman year due to a shoulder injury.
Press Coverage:
Tim and Jack Mountain Bushcraft & Guide Service have been the subject of regional and national media coverage. More information on this is available in our Media Room.
Affiliations:
Tim is and has been a member of numerous organizations, including:
• American Mensa
• Kenai Peninsula Botanical Society
• Society of Primitive Technology
• Fur Takers of America
Networking:
Tim's profile is available on several online social networks, including:
• Tim's profile on Linkedin
• Tim's profile on Facebook
• Jack Mountain Bushcraft's page on Facebook
• Jack Mountain Bushcraft's page on MySpace
A message from Tim:
Greetings and thanks for your interest. Jack Mountain is a real place, although you won't find it on any map. It is a large hill with exposed cliffs in the woods of rural New Hampshire near where I grew up. I'm not sure where the name originated, but as a youngster I was told by my older brother that it was called Jack Mountain, and since then that's what I've know it as. Picking blueberries and huckleberries, scrambling around on the rocks, and listening to quiet rhythms of nature are my earliest memories. It seemed to me then, as it does now, that the natural world is a part of me, and I of it. Separation from it, which seems so common in the modern world, has never been a reality for me.
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With friends and my trailer home
at Tangle Lakes, Alaska, 1996
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I grew up like many rural kids, fascinated by nature and spending most of my time in the woods or with a fishing rod in my hands. Some of my fondest memories from my youth are of a friend and I who would get together every day after school and head into the woods, tracking deer, having campfires, and exploring the empty spaces on the town map. During high school and college I played a lot of hockey. But after finishing school, when my peers were moving to the city and starting careers, I purchased an old 12-foot travel trailer and pulled it to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where I lived for the better part of two years on the edge of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near the Moose river. Wandering in the bush, fishing, and learning about the native flora and fauna took up most of my time. To earn money I washed windows and began teaching outdoor education workshops.
After teaching bushcraft part time for four years I started Jack Mountain Bushcraft & Guide Service in 1999, and since then have been teaching and guiding full time. We're a small, family business, and I personally guide each trip and teach each course. If you have any questions our programs or trips don't hesitate to email, call, or write with them.
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