If you get lost in the woods, a few survival skills could mean the difference between life and death. WSJ's Jeff Bush takes on the wilderness and learns how to start a fire without matches and build a ...

SELF-SUFFICIENT: Annie Egelkraut grew up with an Eagle Scout for a father. But she learned even more outdoors skills as an adult, thanks to Landmark Learning in Cullowhee. She’s taken wilderness ...

BREVARD – The age-old traditions of axe-slinging and tree felling by cross-cut saw are not only alive and well, they are skills in high-demand. Along with sustainable trail building and land ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST -- Stand back when Katie Currier swings an ax. The expert wilderness sawyer is all business, her body one with ax, wood chips flying, slinging so fast, so precise, chopping ...

In the chaotic storm of stress that defines urban living, many long for a simpler, more self-sufficient way of life. For those who want to nurture their inner cave dweller, Tony Nester can teach them ...

In January 2011, Zack Slavkin traveled to a secluded property in northern Vermont, deposited everything he had into a locked closet and rode a snowmobile deep into the snowy wilderness. For most of ...