Skip to content
Steve's Nature Outside

NatureOutside

Learn Nature and Outdoor Skills

Primary menu

  • Home
  • Edibles
  • Skills
  • Nature
  • Tracking
  • Trips
  • Gear
  • Reviews
  • Parent’s Corner
  • Resources
  • Events
  • The Best of NatureOutside
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Subscribe to the NatureOutside Newsletter
A Chair with a View – The Helinox Chair Zero Backpacking Chair
A Chair with a View – The Helinox Chair Zero Backpacking Chair:   This article contains affiliate links.   Why I use a Backpacking Chair My butt sent me a memo.  After years of squatting on logs, perching on questionable boulders, and … Continue Reading →
I Pet a Rattlesnake – And Question My Life Choices
I Pet a Rattlesnake – And Question My Life Choices:   Fizz was not happy to be out of her bucket.  And she made her displeasure known.  The high frequency buzz of an angry rattlesnake is unmistakable once you have … Continue Reading →
This Creature has Its Own Warning Label
This Creature has Its Own Warning Label:   I take a moment to lift my eyes from the ground.  Mist drifts through the forest of Tanoak and California Bay.  I’m surrounded by the drip, drip, of water … Continue Reading →
Tule Elk — Coming Back from the Brink
Tule Elk — Coming Back from the Brink:   Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead   There is no … Continue Reading →
Go To Your Sit Spot
Go To Your Sit Spot:   I have always hated homework.  The idea of sitting inside pouring over a textbook never interested me.  But imagine a homework assignment where you’re asked to sit and observe … Continue Reading →
How Old Is That Tree? (It Won’t Tell You Itself)
How Old Is That Tree? (It Won’t Tell You Itself):   When I hike through a forest, I often wonder about the age of the trees.  Trees are so long-lived compared to us humans!  Some of the hikes that I … Continue Reading →
How to Use a Digging Stick
How to Use a Digging Stick:   I like to forage for wild edible plants.  I started with the leafy green aerial parts of plants.  Then I  learned to collect and process seeds.  Eventually, I realized … Continue Reading →
Photo by Cláudio Dias Timm (CC 2.0)

Discover Aliens in your Backyard!

  • By Steve
  • May 31, 2015
  • 2 Comments

    It’s magical when you see an animal you’ve never seen before.  You may have heard about it, read about it, or seen it on TV.  Or maybe you … Continue Reading →

Survivor: “I Never Want To Be This Cold Again”

  • By Steve
  • May 25, 2015
  • No Comments

    Wilderness survival isn’t glamorous.  It’s hunger, it’s cold, and it’s wet.  But not at all glamorous like you see in movies.  Fear is your constant companion.  And often you … Continue Reading →

Stalking the Black Bear – High Adventure in the Forest (Part 3)

  • By Steve
  • May 24, 2015
  • No Comments

    How cool would it be to interpret animal sign and then track the animals so you can observe them?  That was my thinking when I signed up for a bear … Continue Reading →

Stalking the Black Bear – High Adventure in the Forest (Part 2)

  • By Steve
  • May 17, 2015
  • 2 Comments

  How often do you get to follow a bear?  For me the answer is never!  So imagine how exciting it is to learn to trail them.  In Part 1 … Continue Reading →

The tree was marked about 9 feet above the ground

Stalking the Black Bear – High Adventure in the Forest (Part 1)

  • By Steve
  • May 9, 2015
  • No Comments

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, and you don’t go looking for the bear.  I’m too polite for the former but just dumb enough for the latter. I spent a … Continue Reading →

Ranger Night Patrol (Humor)

  • By Steve
  • April 25, 2015
  • 4 Comments

Big Basin is California’s oldest state park.  Established in 1902, it is one of the few remaining kingdoms of the giant redwood tree.  In the early morning hours, ocean mist … Continue Reading →

Pour water through this filter to capture suspended food particles

Earth Day Project 2015 – Make a Screen Door Food Filter

  • By Steve
  • April 18, 2015
  • 2 Comments

    The Earth Day events going on this week are exciting opportunities to meet other nature lovers in your community.  Wildlife researchers give lectures and naturalists lead hikes to … Continue Reading →

Mule's Ears seed head and seed

How to Get Yummy Sunflower Seeds from Wild Plants

  • By Steve
  • April 12, 2015
  • 2 Comments

Let’s look at harvesting seeds for food.  There’s not much written about the actual mechanics of harvesting seeds.  So I thought I’d share my limited experience. Here’s how I harvest … Continue Reading →

How to Choose a Wilderness Survival Class

  • By Steve
  • April 4, 2015
  • 4 Comments

    If you hike, bike, camp or ride horses, you should have a working knowledge of modern wilderness survival.  Modern wilderness survival skills help you survive a short-term (1 … Continue Reading →

Florida Officials Ban the Word ‘Alligator’

  • By Steve
  • April 1, 2015
  • No Comments

    Earlier this month, published reports disclosed that Florida officials banned the words “climate change” and “global warming” from all official discussions and publications.  Now comes another shocking revelation.  … Continue Reading →

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 … Page 41 Next page

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Join the Free NatureOutside Newsletter

Advertisements you might like

The Best of / Archives

clickherebestofmedal2

Recent Posts

  • A Mountain Lion’s Guide to Living with Humans
  • How to Use a Digging Stick
  • Jim Lowery Taught us to Walk with the Animal
  • Bobcat and Coyote Traveling Together (Video)
  • How Old Is That Tree? (It Won’t Tell You Itself)

Categories

  • Edibles
  • Gear
  • Nature
  • Parent's Corner
  • Reviews
  • Skills
  • Tracking
  • Trips
  • Uncategorized

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Join the Free Bushcraft Newsletter
NatureOutside Copyright © 2026 NatureOutside ®. All Right Reserved.