Survival Skills with Mark Warren

Forsyth Reads Together

This lecture covers the essential solutions to immediate needs for a person caught in an unexpected scenario of staying overnight 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 Warren:

Mark Warren, owner of the nationally renowned Medicine Bow Wilderness School in Dahlonega, GA, has been teaching about native plants, trees, and survival skills to adults and children for over half a century and 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 has researched Western frontier history for more than 50 years presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He has 20 traditionally published books, and has been honored by the Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, The New Mexico – Arizona Book Awards, and in 2022 Mark was honored with a Georgia Author of the Year Award for his book Song of the Horseman (the Literary Fiction Finalist.) Most recently Mark was honored with a 2025 Will Rogers Medallion Award for his duology on Nate Champion.

Forsyth Reads Together

This event is a part of Forsyth Reads Together. This series engages readers across the community in discussions, educational events, and author talks focused on a single book selection. This year's Forsyth Reads Together selection is The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

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