Workshop 2: Native plants of the Verde Valley and How They Were Used.
Rain or Shine, Maximum of 15 attendees!
Al Cornell and his spouse settled in Sedona in 1994, after he served on active duty asan officer and rotor wing aviator in the U.S. Army for 30 years. His military career included three assignments in Asia and six assignments in Latin America. Al has a BS in Nautical Science, an MS in Aerospace Operations Management and an MA in Latin American Studies, with a major in Mesoamerican Anthropology. Al has participated in a wide variety of courses relating to the wilderness and survival, to include the U.S. Navy’s Jungle Survival School in the Philippines. He served as the 
Training Officer for Verde Search & Rescue and is a U.S. Forest Service Volunteer with Friends of the Forest-Sedona.
Al regularly gives presentations to the membership of civic groups, as well as to personnel of various governmental agencies on a variety of outdoor-related subjects to include “Wilderness Safety and Survival,” “Land Navigation” and “Animal Tracks and Signs.” As a practitioner of Prehistoric Skills, Al has given numerous classes and demonstrations to museums, archaeology groups, and the public on prehistoric fire starting, the fabrication of yucca sandals and cordage, and pigment technology.
Al’s most recent article in the subject area of Prehistoric Fire, titled The Role of Fire in the Domestication of Man, was published in the Bulletin of Primitive Technology, Fall edition, 2009.