O’fieldstream Outdoor Journal

WHAT CONSTITUTES AN OUTDOOR HERITAGE TRADITION

1. The Outdoor Heritage Traditions are, by necessity, items of knowledge learned from the so-called, “elder members of the tribe” (those who have come and gone before us), through relating the experience and the transfer of their expertise, by way of in-the-field teaching, written word, images - and what ever other means necessary for the Traditions to continue forward.

2. The Outdoor Heritage Traditions are actions, passed down from generation-to-generation, that have allowed humans to survive since they first appeared on the scene. In the early stages of humanities
existence, knowledge and practice of the Traditions allowed co-existance and sustainability within the natural world.

3. The Outdoor Heritage Traditions exhibit both enjoyable and stressful experiences that are good for the development of the outdoorsman within all of us: male and female. Expertise in any of them can provide life sustaining measures, avocation, service or pleasure.