Two people outdoors with an off-road vehicle, grassy landscape, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Tom Brown III, also known as "T3", is a teacher of ancestral living skills, wilderness survival, animal tracking, and nature connection, lifelong student, and practitioner, as well as a professional photographer.

Born in New Jersey in 1978, he grew up learning the skills our ancestors used to live close to the Earth from his father, Tom Brown Jr, founder of the Tracker School, one of the world's oldest and most respected wilderness survival and nature awareness schools. 

Growing up at the Tracker School, Tom observed firsthand the profound effect reconnecting people to nature could have on the individual and the planet. After spending a few years wandering across America, he has spent the last 20 years passing on the skills he learned as a child. Tom lives in Oregon and recently decided to put together this website, which blends his primary modalities of reconnecting people to the natural world, education, and photography.

The education aspect consists of conducting in-person and on-line classes around the globe both by himself and with leading experts in specific skill sets. The photography aspect will help people see Nature through his eyes, leading them to understand that spectacular natural beauty can be found anywhere, at any time.

Since getting his first Nikon camera in 1984, photography has become a lifelong passion. While he loves all types of nature photography, he is most passionate about macro photography, which is photographing the small things most people walk by. When not teaching Wilderness living skills, taking photos, or writing, Tom is a student of life, always trying to unwrap the mysteries of how humans, Nature, and the more-than-human world interact. More importantly, he is always asking, "What's happening here? What is this teaching me?


When "The Survival Show pandemic" first emerged many years ago, I initially refrained from engaging with any form of media. However, recognizing the Earth's need for Caretakers today, I have embraced the media landscape! Explore and subscribe to my
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