This girl demonstrates her outdoor survival skills with clever hacks. She shows how to adapt to nature, build shelter, and prepare food. These tips are simple but useful for real survival situations.

I had been at Boy Scout camp for two days when I wandered into the survival skills area and had my mind blown. In a clearing in the Wisconsin woods, there sat about two dozen tween and teenage Scouts.

You may know Jessie Krebs from the TV shows she’s been in over the last 10 years, like Science Channel’s “Hacking the Wild,” Fox’s “Kicking & Screaming” and National Geographic’s “Mygrations,” where ...