Mountain Lion Tracks – Learn to Read Them
Finding a mountain lion track is an electric experience. While you may “know” there are big cats out there, seeing evidence in person is quite another matter. My first … Continue Reading →
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California State Parks License Plate Art Contest
How awesome would it be to design your state’s license plate?!! California is going to produce a special license plate to support its state parks system. If you are interested … Continue Reading →
How Old is that Tree?
The amazing thing about bushcraft is that you can be a student all your life. There is no graduation! A new skill, a different technique, or some new insight … Continue Reading →
The Best of NatureOutside
There is now an archive available on the website! The goal is to make it easier to access older material. The main page and all category pages have Previous … Continue Reading →
Gopher Snake – Master Impersonator!
This is the rare case when I saw the snake before it saw me. This Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) is five feet long. The coloration of this one … Continue Reading →
My Hundred-Dollar Hamburger
Airplane pilots have a practice they jokingly call “the hundred-dollar hamburger”. It’s a short flight to a nearby airport to eat lunch at the airport restaurant. Afterward, the pilot … Continue Reading →
Yampah Romping!
There is much written about using the aerial parts of plants. But with Yampah (Perideridia sp.), it is the root we are after! I spent part of … Continue Reading →
Animal ID Joke
I spent the weekend in the field trying to improve my botany skills. It was an exciting trip and I will try to write about it in a future … Continue Reading →
As Seen on TV
Have you ever caught yourself spouting as fact bushcraft knowledge with which you had no first-hand experience? This happened to me two summers ago. I was hiking in the … Continue Reading →
My Life as a Mule Deer
In 1995, naturalist Joe Hutto authored the spellbinding book, Illumination in the Flatwoods. Finding an abandoned wild turkey nest, he incubates the eggs and raises the brood as … Continue Reading →