On a recent sunny day in Augusta, the Douglas family — parents Mike and Karen with kids Dakota, 15; Ryan, 12; and Emily, 9 — gathered in the classroom of Maine Primitive Skills School to talk about their upcoming television debut on “Doomsday Preppers,” a National Geographic show.

Foremost, particularly in the minds of Mike and Karen, is how they will be portrayed to the viewing audience. Mike said the televisio…

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