Maurice Bissonnette grew up in Jerusalem, Vermont and has been a student of nature since he joined the Bristol tracking club in 8th grade. He soon found himself raised in the culture of naturalists, trackers and elders. Maurice has been trained in wilderness survival for over 20 years and has studied at the Vermont Wilderness School and Hawk Circle Wilderness Education center. He has taught wilderness skills around the Northeast, including at Vermont Wilderness Scholl, Earthwalk Vermont, Wisdom of the Herbs School and Crow’s Path. Maurice has founded and led many programs in Addison County, including The Lord of the Rings summer camp, Jedi camp, Kindled, The Field Sparrows preschool program, Middlebury area land trust summer camps and Living Forest nature programs. In his free time Mo studies history, explores abandoned places and jokes around with his wife and Kiddo in their tiny home in the woods.