Outdoor Education Classes

  • Teaching Outdoors
  • Foraging Class
  • Firestarting Class
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Our
Services

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    Outdoors Skills

    Classes for the beginner, to the avid outdoorsman

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    Great for Libraries or Schools

    Many of our classes are perfect for an indoors/classroom setting

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    Outdoor Activity Booths

    Activity booths with educational family fun for gatherings or festivals

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Our Mission

  • Connect

    Bringing people closer to nature—and to each other—through outdoor learning, community, and adventure.

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  • Inspire

    Encouraging every step into the outdoors, from first-time explorers to seasoned adventurers, while building resilience through skills and experience.

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  • Preserve

    Protecting wild places through stewardship and conservation, and keeping traditional outdoor skills alive through hands-on practice.

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Our
Classes

  • Survival Class

    Survival 101

    In this class we go over basic principles on how to get back home safely in the event of an emergency situation.

    Suggested Age Group: 8-18

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    Intro to Camping

    A holistic approach to planning, budgeting, and executing your very first campout. Perfect for those who are interested in the outdoors, but aren't sure where to start.

    Suggested Age Group: 18-99

  • Foraging Tracking

    Intro to Foraging

    Our Intro to Foraging class provides a comprehensive overview of foraging, including personal experiences, mistakes, and practical tips for beginners.

    Suggested Age Group: 18-99

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    Intermediate Foraging

    A guided foraging walk, utilizing the skills and principles learned in previous foraging lessons.

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    Emergency Preparedness

    This class covers various emergency scenarios and provides a structured approach to creating a preparedness plan, gathering supplies, and involving family and friends to ensure safety in emergencies.

    Suggested Age Group: 8-99

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    Wildlife Tracking

    A beginner’s guide to animal tracking, covering identification, aging, and following tracks.

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    Natural Tinder Firestarting

    From Eastern Red Cedar bark, Milkweed Fluff, or Wild Yucca stalks, learn with a hands on approach of how to start fires efficiently with the natural resources found here in Oklahoma!

    Suggested Age Group: 8-99

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Ready to Book your class?

Interested to learn more about the outdoors or preparedness? Our classes are prefect for parties, festivals, libraries, education, or even just as a family activity. We serve the entire Oklahoma area. Contact us for more!

Contact Us

Educating about the Outdoors since 2019

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My name is Josiah Parrish, and I’m a lifelong outdoorsman, a wilderness skills guide, forager, conservationist, and proud Adventure Dad. As the founder of ForestDigital Outdoors, I’m on a mission to share my love for the outdoors and hands-on adventure with my local community.

ForestDigital Outdoors is an Oklahoma based Outdoor Education organization founded in 2019 with the mission to connect people with nature and each other, inspire adventure and creative thinking through the outdoors, and preserve traditional skills and wild spaces through hands-on learning and stewardship.

At ForestDigital Outdoors we believe learning outdoor skills, like any craft, comes in three parts: consumption, application, and teaching. As adventurers, we’re always learning—whether it’s reading a new book on foraging, playing with sticks in the woods, or sharing our findings and experiences with others.

A curious spirit is an adventurous one, and that’s why we feel such a strong pull to teach. Our goal is to make outdoor learning open and accessible to anyone who’s ready to step outside and give it a try.

-Josiah Parrish, WFR

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For those ready to push their limits, we offer advanced training courses several times a year. These programs dive deeper than our free classes, covering topics like Natural Disaster Preparedness, Wilderness and Urban Survival, and even Campfire Cooking. Expect hands-on, intensive training that challenges you to think, adapt, and get your hands dirty. Each course includes certification, so you leave with both new skills and something tangible to show for it.

Our
Team

  • FDO Founder JT

    Josiah Parrish, WFR

    Founder - Wilderness Skills Guide

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    Dan

    Wilderness Skills Guide

  • Spencer Parrish

    Spencer

    Eagle Scout - Hunting and Fishing Guide

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    Cass

    Manager - Fitness and Homesteading Guide

What Our Clients Say

  • Natural Tinder and Firestarting class at Woodsman Trading Co. We were extremely happy of the turnout and happy to inspire these children

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  • John, a sixth-grader at Whittier Elementary, learned on Tuesday that if you combine those items they make a water filtration system, and it could help him survive in the wilderness. “I’ve never really done this before,” John said. “If you didn’t have what you needed, you’d be out of luck I guess. But we’re learning basic survival skills, and I guess they would help if you got stuck somewhere.”

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  • This past Saturday we had an amazing group come out to Bluff Creek Park to our first guided hike! We wanted to choose a super easy place to go over basics and gauge interest in a trip to somewhere a little more rugged, and we got so much enthusiasm...

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