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(Continued from Part 3.) 2.5 – Options For Using Local Cambium Resources If we have prepared beforehand to harvest tree cambium and a Type 2 Emergency (T2E) happens, we will have three main choices to consider in my view. I encourage you to make this decision prayerfully and with your group’s best judgment. Every choice in a disaster is a set of trade-offs with no perfect solutions. If we actively try and help our neighbors early there is no doubt that this will reduce early suffering for some and could lead to ongoing beneficial cooperation. If more people are pulling…

October 23, 1813: The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon was turned over to the rival British North West Company. The lucrative fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom. — October 23, 1970: Gary Gabelich set an auto speed record of 622.4 mph (1,001 km/h). — Today, we also remember the 220 Marines, 18 U.S. Navy Sailors, and three U.S. Army Soldiers who died on this day in 1983 when terrorists attacked the Beruit Barracks. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of…

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition to review the corner crossing issue, effectively upholding a lower court decision that legalized the practice in six western states.The March ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals made it legal to access sections of public ground previously considered “corner locked” within Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, and Kansas.This means that in those states you can legally “corner cross,” which is the act of crossing from one block of public land to another at the points where the blocks meet. Corner crossers do not set foot on private land, but…

In mid-September, I saddled up for my first whitetail hunt of the season. I’d yet to shoot a public land animal with my bow, but I was full of piss and vinegar. I live in Kansas—the heart of deer country—and I wanted a big buck. One week later, I was a shell of a woman, begging the universe to send me anything resembling a deer so I could remember what they look like.If you hunt long enough for pretty much any game, you’ll eventually find yourself in a slump. A humiliating, demoralizing, and frustrating dry spell. Every failed attempt feels…

The Chiappa Rhino revolver “flipped the script” on the wheelgun market when it was introduced in 2010. From its internal hammer connected to an external “cocking lever” to its slim hexagonal cylinder to an “upside-down” cylinder and barrel arrangement that lowers the revolver’s bore axis and helps control recoil, the Rhino stands out aesthetically and mechanically from every other handgun on the market. New for 2025, Chiappa is expanding its lineup with new Rhino models. First up is a new chambering, in addition to the company’s already offered .357 Mag., 9 mm Luger and .40 S&W options. The Rhino is…