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June 16, 2025
We would like to thank everyone who came to the Water Procurement class on Saturday at Wildlife Prairie Park We covered a lot of information on finding and processing potable water in a survival situation.
November 12, 2023
We are not referring to the 5 w’s of life meaning Who, What, Why, When and Where. We are referring to the 5 w’s of wilderness […]
October 27, 2023
The recent October rain has brought out some shaggy inky cap mushrooms just in time for Halloween. These unique mushrooms are sought by practicing witches to create an […]
October 5, 2023
The uni knot is a multi-purpose fishing knot used in angling. It can be used for attaching the line to the spool of a reel, for joining the […]
June 18, 2022
Foraging…This is field pennycress…another member of the wild mustard family. The young leaves are high in protein and can be sparingly added to salads or nibbled raw. […]
June 18, 2021
Foraging…The prairie cup plant looks strangely out of place along a stretch of abandoned Rock Island railroad track. Cup plant isa magnet for hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators. The young […]