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Outdoor Skills: Winter Wilderness Survival
Saturday, January 18, 2025
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Our Urban Park Rangers are well versed in outdoor lore. Learn tips and tricks that will enhance your knowledge of the natural world, and might just save your life. Whether you are preparing for an extended journey through the woods or just want to be more prepared for any situation, an wilderness outdoor skills program is perfect for you. Learn all about how to prepare and survive outdoors during the colder winter temperatures. Try your hand at making a friction fire and building shelters with tarps, knots, and natural materials.
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Cost
Free
Registration
In-person registration only.
Event Organizer
NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers
Contact Number
(718) 421-2257
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Ecology Park is a five acre site set within Paerdegat Basin Park. The goal of the park is to promote habitat restoration and ecological improvement, highlighting fourteen native plant community types that exist or once existed in New York City.
Ecology Park is only open at certain times of year when Parks staff are present in order to protect this unique landscape. Want to visit? Check out our Stewardship Projects page for restoration, planting, and educational events.
Ecology Park is only open at certain times of year when Parks staff are present in order to protect this unique landscape. Want to visit? Check out our Stewardship Projects page for restoration, planting, and educational events.
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