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It's an English document that teaches people how to interact with nature. By Katherine MartinkoUpdated August 21, 2020@buzzybee909 via Twenty20 The combination of hot summer weather and easing of lockdown rules has resulted in a surge of people visiting the countryside. Because international travel remains difficult, people are looking closer to home for diversion, filling the national parks, conservation areas, beaches, and river regions that normally would be overlooked by all but the most dedicated hi...

For thousands of years, humans have used the bow and arrow for hunting and warfare. Today, you can buy bows equipped with devices and sights to help you aim accurately and hit a bull’s-eye almost every time they’re drawn. For example, with a fixed pin sight, an archer has a guide that shows how to adjust his aim to ensure he hits the target no matter the distance. But ancient archers had to learn how to aim without sights. This skill — called instinctive shooting — requires years of trial and error to m...

Editor’s note: Whether for survival purposes or the desire simply to be able to forage and live off the land, knowing how to find and identify wild edible plants is an incredibly valuable skill. One of the very best guidebooks for studying up on this skill is the 1969 edition of FM 21-76, the Army’s field manual on Survival Evasion and Escape. The manual contains easy-to-understand descriptions and colorful, instructive illustrations for how to identify dozens of edible plants found in the wilds around t...

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