“Learn some things about wildlife and the wild places they call home.”

David Neils spent 20 plus years studying and filming mountain lions and a lifetime immersed in wild places.

Mountain Lion Workshop

This workshop includes mapping mountain lion activity in an area you’d like to explore. Learn where, when and how to find mountain lion activity.

Wild Nature Workshops

Come forth into the untrammeled realms where the mountain lion reigns sovereign, and learn of its silent paths through forests primeval and rocky wilds. With Wild Nature Media, seekers of the hidden ways are welcomed into the cathedral of pine and stone to witness how this ghost of the wild hunts with a patience and grace known only to the ancient ones. Here, one finds no fences nor folly of civilization—only the enduring testament of nature’s grand design, and the chance to stand, humbly, in the presence of life that has shaped these lands long before our kind ever built a road.

These gatherings are not mere lessons but pilgrimages for the soul that longs to roam boldly and safely where few dare to wander. Map and compass in hand, the wanderer learns the art of true navigation—by sun, by star, by contour of the land itself. In these wild classrooms, no batteries are required to find one’s way; rather, the mind awakens to old wisdom, the feet learn to trust the trail and the off-trail alike, and the heart grows braver with every mile beneath ancient trees and across windswept ridges.

Amid this sacred wandering, the eye and the lens are trained to behold wild creatures as they truly are—unfettered, unbothered by the footprint of man. With patience and reverence, participants learn to gather images and videos that speak of the raw, unscripted beauty that hides from casual view. Each captured frame becomes a testament, not to man’s dominion, but to his place as witness and advocate for the wild. Thus, Wild Nature Media’s workshops call to those who wish to know the wilderness deeply and, by knowing, help guard its secrets for generations yet to come.

Navigate Boldy and Safely Workshop

Learn basic orienteering skills linked with GaiaGPS and Google Earth, allowing you to explore areas on and off trail. You’ll also learn backcountry safety using a system that eliminates the Search in Search in Rescue.

Trail Camera Workshop

Learn how to capture absolutely stunning video and images of completely wild wildlife in wild places. This little bear cub was filmed far from human activity.