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Survivor's Edge Summer 2018

Lightning: Reducing the Dangers of Deadly Strikes in the Back Country

Three Great Barter and Trade Items (and a Few to Avoid)

The New Pioneer Summer 2018

10 Off-Grid Appliances for When the Power Goes Out

Survivor's Edge Survival Experts Handbook 2018

Les Stroud: Is Drinking Urine For Survival Actually Beneficial?

Survivor’s Edge Spring 2018

5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Waterborne Parasites This Summer

The New Pioneer Summer 2018

Foraging For Wild Berries For a Good Source of Nutrition

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American Frontiersman Winter 2018

Survival Traps For Food or Fun: The Figure-Four Deadfall

Primitive traps like the figure-four deadfall not only teach about the natural world, but they can also help us better understand those 190,000 years of history our ancestors survived in.

The New Pioneer Spring 2018

The Pros and Cons of Propane: The ‘Other’ Natural Gas

For many of those backup appliances in and around our homes, propane is the fuel of choice. As it should be. It is safe, clean burning, and portable. And, it...

It’s Mosquito Season: 10 Interesting Facts About Mosquitoes

No one can change the temperature or rainfall to control when mosquitoes begin their season, but the start of mosquito season is also the time to begin control methods such...

The New Pioneer Summer 2018

Homestead Hacks: 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Summertime Bounty

The warm months are busy times on the farm or small homestead. Gardening tasks take center stage with weeds and pests causing a multitude of headaches if you don’t stay...

12 Dehydration Symptoms That Could Save Your Life

Lose just 1.5 percent of the water in your body (the human body is usually about 60 percent H2O) and you've reached the tipping point of mild dehydration.

The New Pioneer Summer 2018

Know Your Nonvenomous Snakes: They’re Good for the Farm and Field

Many nonvenomous snakes do so much good that we do ourselves a disservice by getting rid of them, especially those that eat pests no one wants around.

Poison Oak and Poison Ivy: How to Prevent the Rash and Treat It

While your poison oak rash may heal on its own, it’s still likely to be itchy and uncomfortable during the process — sometimes even severely, depending on how allergic you...

Deadly Plants: 13 Plants That Can Literally Kill You

There’s a handful of foliage out there that have the ability to burn you from the inside, blind you, torture you with endless pain and kill you in minutes.

Cooking Porcupine: Porcupine, quills, catching one

Porcupine Is Nature’s Best Survival Food and It’s What’s for Dinner

How much good can porcupine meat be as a survival food if you end up getting your hands bloodied from quills while trying to make use of it?

The New Pioneer

Canning 101: Easy Steps to Keep Your Pantry Packed With Fresh Foods

As more grocery stores offered the convenience of canned goods at reasonable prices, home canning was thought to be a dying art, but it has been making a strong comeback.

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Ethnobotanist Christopher Nyerges: Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

Finally, in the spring of 2014, Guide to Wild Foods was released in full color, which is perhaps the ultimate format we’d dreamed about in the mid-1970s when the idea...

The New Pioneer

Sunshower! Build a Solar-Powered Water Heater for Hot Water Anywhere

There is always use for hot water, and there are a number of designs out there. The goal of this project was to design a solar-powered water heater so simple...

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Footwear for Survival: Tips to Keep Your Feet Fit For The Trail

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Lightning: Reducing the Dangers of Deadly Strikes in the Back Country

Three Great Barter and Trade Items (and a Few to Avoid)

10 Off-Grid Appliances for When the Power Goes Out

Les Stroud: Is Drinking Urine For Survival Actually Beneficial?

5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Waterborne Parasites This Summer

Foraging For Wild Berries For a Good Source of Nutrition

Survival Traps For Food or Fun: The Figure-Four Deadfall

The Pros and Cons of Propane: The ‘Other’ Natural Gas

It’s Mosquito Season: 10 Interesting Facts About Mosquitoes

Homestead Hacks: 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Summertime Bounty

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Know Your Nonvenomous Snakes: They’re Good for the Farm and Field

Poison Oak and Poison Ivy: How to Prevent the Rash and Treat It

Deadly Plants: 13 Plants That Can Literally Kill You

Porcupine Is Nature’s Best Survival Food and It’s What’s for Dinner

Canning 101: Easy Steps to Keep Your Pantry Packed With Fresh Foods

Ethnobotanist Christopher Nyerges: Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

Sunshower! Build a Solar-Powered Water Heater for Hot Water Anywhere

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Lightning: Reducing the Dangers of Deadly Strikes in the Back Country

Three Great Barter and Trade Items (and a Few to Avoid)

10 Off-Grid Appliances for When the Power Goes Out

Les Stroud: Is Drinking Urine For Survival Actually Beneficial?

5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Waterborne Parasites This Summer

Foraging For Wild Berries For a Good Source of Nutrition

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12 Dehydration Symptoms That Could Save Your Life

Know Your Nonvenomous Snakes: They’re Good for the Farm and Field

Poison Oak and Poison Ivy: How to Prevent the Rash and Treat It

Deadly Plants: 13 Plants That Can Literally Kill You

Porcupine Is Nature’s Best Survival Food and It’s What’s for Dinner

Canning 101: Easy Steps to Keep Your Pantry Packed With Fresh Foods

Ethnobotanist Christopher Nyerges: Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

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