A Place Unlike Any Other

Anthony grew up in MN, spending much of his childhood immersed in sports, wandering outdoors, and searching for experiences that felt alive and meaningful. Over time, his path led him toward animal tracking, bird language, storytelling, wilderness skills, and the deep nature connection mentoring lineage of Jon Young and 8 Shields. As his journey deepened, so did his desire to help create the kind of childhood he longed for his own children to experience. This eventually led him to co-create a nature connection school (now known as Forest Lake Nature School) with his life partner of 13 years, Melissa. Anthony has led wilderness experiences centered around reconnecting with food, land, and sacred relationship with the living world through activities such as wild rice harvesting, maple syruping, foraging, tracking, and archery. He feels most at home around a fire, following animal trails through the woods, listening deeply, and sharing in the curiosity and imagination that emerge through time spent outdoors together. Anthony brings a grounded, playful, and relational presence to his guiding, and cares deeply about helping cultivate the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.