Each hiking season, we read about hikers who are lost for days. One way to prevent this glitch in your backpacking trip is to learn how to navigate in an unmarked area or over trails that may be poorly marked. These are the types of questions the Wilderness Navigation articles attempt to answer.
Prevention is a big part of reducing the risk of injury.
Each month, the Newsletter gives hints on these topics. Native Americans lived on these plants for thousands and thousands of years, and they used many of the same plants for other purposes. In fact, the yard is more garden than anything else. Each month, this Newsletter article focuses on one plant, its identifying features and its uses. An illustration accompanies each article.