Instructor Profile
Dana Shields
Shelter & Foraging
About
Certified wilderness guide, botanist, and survival instructor with 9 years of field experience across North America. Dana is passionate about connecting people with nature through practical skills. She leads our shelter-building and foraging workshops and has appeared on multiple outdoor survival TV programs as a subject matter expert.
Classes by Dana Shields
Edible Wild Plants & Foraging
Dana's most popular class. Learn to identify 20+ edible plants, berries, and mushrooms in your local ecosystem. This class covers look-alike dangers, seasonal availability, safe preparation methods, and building a mental library of nature's grocery store.
Emergency Shelter Building
Learn to construct a life-saving debris hut, tarp lean-to, and natural shelter using only what the forest provides. This premium class covers insulation science, site selection, and waterproofing techniques that could keep you alive overnight in the wilderness.
Student Reviews
Anonymous
Edible Wild Plants & Foraging
Dana is magical with plants. She made plant ID feel easy and memorable with little rhymes and tricks. I've already used what I learned on a weekend hike. The class paid for itself in confidence alone.
Anonymous
Emergency Shelter Building
Dana knows her stuff inside and out. We built a debris hut that genuinely kept warmth in — I couldn't believe how effective natural insulation is. The location was beautiful too. Will be back for the foraging class!