Reviving Ancient Skin Boats

Jan 4

Marc and Leah Daniels are devoting part of their workshop in Ferndale to training indigenous youth from the Aleutian Islands to build skin boats—ocean-going paddle boats made of light wood framing covered in animal hide that their ancestors made for over 10,000 years.

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Gray Shaw

Reviving Ancient Skin Boats

Steelhead In the Los Angeles River

On and Off Grid Power

The Institute for Sustainable Forestry (ISF) was formed in 1991 to promote sustainable forest management that contributes to the long-term ecological, economic, and social well-being of forest-based communities in the Pacific Northwest.