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Building Survival Tools & Camp Gadgets

Dates: October 15-22, 2025

Meets: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Location: Lincoln Center Room 102

Registration Fee: $40.00

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Wilderness Survival Tools

If you love the outdoors, hunt, ranch, or hike in Montana’s backcountry, this class is for you. Learn how to turn natural materials into practical, life-saving tools using techniques that build confidence and self-reliance. In this hands-on course, you’ll craft useful gear you can take into the wild—from basic tools to clever camp gadgets—all made with items found in nature.

  • Identifying functional materials in nature
  • Constructing essential survival tools (spoons, bowls, and digging sticks)
  • Practical activity: Creating useful camp gadgets
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Fee: $40.00
Hours:4.00

Call us at 406-281-5010 if you have any questions on this course.

Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Registration Fee$ 40.00
Course Fee (Alternate)Senior Registration$ 36.00

Lincoln Center Room 102

415 North 30th
Billings, MT 59101

Joe Brandl

Joe Brandl

Joe Brandl is a seasoned outdoor educator, survivalist, and historian with decades of experience in wilderness skills, Scouting leadership, and historical interpretation. He has lived and worked in some of the most remote regions of the American West, including the Gros Ventre Wilderness, and was featured on the international survival series Naked and Afraid.

Joe holds a degree in wildlife management and has taught outdoor education, leadership, and team-building courses for corporate groups, dude ranches, and Scouting organizations.

Through his business, Legacy of the Wild, Joe offers hands-on instruction in traditional survival techniques with a focus on self-reliance, character development, and respect for the natural world. Known for his authenticity, discipline, and deep knowledge of frontier life, Joe continues to inspire others through teaching, public speaking, and personal storytelling.

Learn more about his work on Facebook at Legacy of the Wild: Outdoor Skills & Leadership.

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