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Wilderness Living Skills Workshop
Middle Fork River Forest Preserve
3485 County Road 2700 E.
Penfield, Illinois 61862
(217) 595-5432
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Spend 3 days camping in the hardwood forests of Illinois where you will learn to make use of the landscape around you. This is an exciting class with lots of hands-on practice in the essential skills of wilderness survival. Participants will learn to make rope, light fires with fire-by-friction, build a shelter that will keep you warm and dry, find food in the wild, and techniques of cooking food over a fire. All this while sleeping in the comfort of your own tent. Adults only.
Our instructors for this workshop are the highly experienced co-founders of Wild Nature Project. They have led this workshop at our location for 9 years, and we know you will enjoy them while learning so many new skills!
$225 per person. Register by October 3. REGISTER HERE!
For more info: (217) 586-2612 or cprahl@ccfpd.org.
For more information about the campground: Harry L Swartz Campground | Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Note: Participants must bring their own food to cook each meal.
For disability-related modifications for all programs, contact Chelsea at cprahl@ccfpd.org or 217 586-2612.