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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →