Survival Skills with Mark Warren

This lecture covers the essential solutions to immediate needs for a person caught in an unexpected scenario of staying overnight(s) in the woods or broken down in a remote area while on a car trip. Rather than describing the ultimate “survival kit” of technological materials, this program is about using what is a available in the forest and field. In other words, “primitive survival” versus “hi-tech survival.” Subjects addressed are: shelter, fire, wild foods, water sources and purification, insect repellents, itch and bite and sting remedies, plants medicines, hunting, and trapping.

About Mark:

Mark Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Georgia. At Medicine Bow, his nationally renowned wilderness school in the mountains of Dahlonega, GA, he teaches nature classes and primitive survival skills. In 1980, The National Wildlife Federation named him Georgia’s Conservation Educator of the Year. In 1998, Mark became the U.S. National Champion in whitewater canoeing, and in 1999 he won the World Championship Longbow title. Mark has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines, and he has 15 traditionally published books. He has been honored by the Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, the Peacemaker Awards, and most recently, Mark was the recipient of a 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Award for his book Song of the Horseman.

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