Saturdays | 2:00 pm
February 8: Making Cordage
March 15: Water Purification
April 5: Shelter Building
May 10: Toolmaking
June 14: Foraging for Food & Medicine
July 12: Navigation & Traps
$50 Guests/$45 Vanderbilt Museum Members
The Vanderbilt Museum is excited to offer Wilderness Survival Series with Ranger Eric Powers and Mike Evans. Each workshop focuses on specific skills such as making cordage, shelter building, purifying water, and toolmaking. Perfect for those starting their survival skills journey or looking to deepen existing skills, these workshops offer a platform to learn, share experiences, and connect with a community of like-minded individuals.
Please bring sturdy footwear, work gloves, and dress appropriately for the weather. Survival knives are suggested, but not required
“Ranger Eric” is a Wildlife Biologist, outdoorsman, and conservationist. He started leading nature hikes in 1987 as a park Ranger in Colorado until he served two years in the US Peace Corps. Since then, he has been running nature centers in Colorado, Alabama and then in 1997, Long Island, New York. In 2005 he started a mobile nature company, “Your Connection to Nature” (YC2N), doing environmental education programs, live animal shows, field trips and eco-tours worldwide. In 2013, he started as an Adjunct Professor at Molloy College and developed a summer course for their Teaching Green Sustainability Institute. In 2016 he co-founded The Center for Environmental Education & Discovery (www.CEEDLI.org ) in Brookhaven Hamlet, NY as Long Island’s newest nature center and holds the title of Site & Program Director. Please view his award-winning TV Series, “Off the Trail…with Ranger Powers” on YouTube.
Mike Evans, founder of Forgotten Skillz, is a motivator, educator, and life changer, blending his roles as a martial arts instructor, massage therapist, and science communicator. His leadership fosters a community on Long Island dedicated to exploring ancestral skills and generalism, from bushcraft and foraging to woodworking and homesteading. Mike’s approach embodies the spirit of being a “jack of all trades”, drawing inspiration from historical methods to thrive in the modern world.