Survival Tips

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If the issues relating with Y2k and our society become the Worst Case Scenario then here are some Survival Tips for everyone. First here are different books that one can purchase at a bookstore near you that deal with Wilderness Survival, Living with our Mother Earth, and Wild Edible Plants, etc. If everything goes down, they could be worth there weight in gold. While everyone is fighting it out in the cities for some little water and food, one could be safe, and secure in the wilderness.

First here are different books as it relates to Wilderness Survival, Living with the Mother Earth, and on Tracking and on Animal Signs.

Wilderness Living and Survival Skills Vol. 1 - by John and Geri McPherson Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied and Advanced Vol. 2 - by John and Geri McPherson Exploring the Outdoors with Indian Secrets by Allan A. MacFarlan Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival by Tom Brown, Jr. with Brandt Morgan Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living with the Earth by Tom Brown, Jr. with Brandt Morgan Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking by Tom Brown, Jr. with Brandt Morgan Complete Book of Outdoor Lore by Clyde Ormond (Older Book) Complete Book of Camping by Leonard Miracle with Maurice Decker (Older Book) Tan Your Hide (Home Tanning Leathers and Furs) by Phyllis Hobson Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards Survival With Style by Bradford Angier Bushcraft by Richard Graves How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier Peterson's Field Guide to Animal Tracks by Olaus J. Murie A Field Guide to Mamal Tracking in North America by James Halfpenny Desert Survival by Dick and Sharon Nelson And More

Now on Books that relate to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants

Wild Edible Plants by Donald R. Kirk Western Edible Wild Plants by H. D. Harrington Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains by H. D. Harrington Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West by Michael Moore Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants by Bradford Angier Feasting Free on Wild Edibles by Bradford Angier Peterson's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants by Lee Peterson Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples by Jeff Hart Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region by Melvin R. Gilmore How Indians Use Wild Plants for Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Crafts by Frances Densmore Ethnobotany of Western Washington - The Knowledge and use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans by Erna Gunther

Several Good Wild Plant Guides

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Jim Polar and Andy MacKinnon Plants of the Rocky Mountains by Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon, and Jim Pojar Peterson's Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain Wildflowers by Craighead and Davis

These are just several books that are available on this subject. One can always go to a bookstore near you and look over what they have and obtain that which is more of your style.

If the worst case scenario comes to pass then a city will be no place to be in anycase. Wherever one is located, there is probably a wild area nearby like up in a National Forest or a Wilderness Area nearby espicelly if one lives in the west. There is alot of Federal Land available espicelly in the West. There would be lots of places that one could live tempory and be comfortable. First would be a place that is well watered and that has lots of wildlife. One may live with the Mother Earth and in the right way have little impact on the land. One can always resort to the smaller animals then just taking the big game. Shelter would also be of utmost importance. If it is in a northern climate then snow can act as a insulator. Living with the Earth in reality is alot of just living with the good old common sense. Best wishes to everyone.

-- Kayla (kaylam@jetcity.com), November 27, 1999

Answers

good choices on the reading material. I've studied through tom brown and can personally vouch for his work, been studing this way for over ten years and have been teaching others, browns field guides to edible and medicinal plants is really good but covers basics only, which may be all those new to survival living can take in a short time. some of us have been preping for this for a long time. we are far from cities and interstates waiting and watching, god bless all and prep for the worst....owl

-- david yellow owl (yellowowl@netscape.com), November 28, 1999.

Maybe one of you can help me. I once saw one of Tom Brown's books that was actually a double book... two field guides in one I think. It seemed to have a TON of good information, but I can't remember the title. Do you know which it is?

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), November 28, 1999.

For those who are young,healthy,outdoorsy and rural, this makes sense. For the 95% of the rest of us, it is absurd.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 28, 1999.

Lars,

I'm in the group that you described, and know it's absurd as well.

Got carrying capacity?

-- flora (***@__._), November 28, 1999.


The Earth is not my Mother.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), November 28, 1999.


This whole Y2k thing is absurd. If this is teotwawki, you'd better know that dandelions, pokeweed, and cattails are good to eat, and I had all three of these in my yard when I lived in the city. You don't know yet what we'll be called upon to know or do, but even my 83 year old Grandma can go harvest some pokeweed.

-- soapie (soapie@suds.com), November 28, 1999.

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