The key to wilderness survival, instructor Dan Coyle told 13 boys and girls ages 9 to 13 Sunday morning at Albany’s Bowman Park, is to take an exciting, perhaps even scary event, and calm it down ...

MOUNT VERNON — Seven kids and their families gathered on a sunny afternoon July 20 at Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon to learn wilderness skills. Families at the Survival Showcase learned skills such ...

MOUNT VERNON — Two dozen kids could be found in the wilderness at Little Mountain Park for the Wilderness Survival Camp put on by the Mount Vernon Parks and Enrichment Services Department. Recreation ...

Matt Shull knew it would be a challenge to find the perfect spot for a wilderness camp in metro Indianapolis, but it didn’t take him long to strike something close. The answer: a wooded northside ...

When exploring the great outdoors, one must remember Mother Nature is the boss, said Tosh Black, Durango open space park ranger. Whether it’s a rattlesnake bite, a fractured bone or the strike of ...

On a warm morning last week, in a parking lot behind a Brooklyn public high school, a group of teenagers stepped back from a crackling campfire to admire their handiwork. “We did that,” exclaimed ...