| JungleWalk Collection of links to thousands of animal multimedia sites, organized by common name or by taxonomic group. |
| Nature_Net Forums on bird watching, butterflies, herps, and miscellaneous outdoor activities. |
| Suite101__Wildlife Articles on various topics related to wildlife conservation. |
| Wildlife_News_-_Great_News_Network Reports positive news concerning wildlife, species recovery, and habitat protection. |
| Wildlife_Webcams Live images from wildlife webcams in the Pilansburg National Park in South Africa and Blackwater Refuge in Maryland, USA. Also animal guides, message boards, quizzes, and chat. |
| About_Animals/Wildlife Syndication offers links to news and feature articles. [RSS] |
| AAA_Wilderness_Survival Includes information on how to light a fire, build a shelter, find food, and find water. |
| Abotech Provides articles on primitive living skills, including hide tanning, fire making, shelter construction, and primitive archery. |
| The_Attitude_of_Survival A brief guide to the mental side of dealing with unexpected survival situations. |
| Bushcraft_UK A resource for anyone interested in the outdoors, especially for those involved in bushcraft, fieldcraft, or survival. Provides articles, a forum, and reviews of wilderness survival products. |
| Fox_Kits_Survival_Kits_and_Survival_School Offers wilderness survival kits for all outdoor interests and environments and offers full spectrum survival training from military experts. Includes courses offered, rates, and location in Selmer, Te |
| HikingwithMike_com Features hiking, camping, backpacking and wilderness survival tips, gear tips, information about survival school, hiking locations, photos and contact information. |
| History_and_Primitive_Technology_Page Articles about the firepiston, flintknapping, the atlatl, and buckskinning. |
| Hoods_Woods Wilderness survival instruction, information, and instructional videos for outdoor enthusiasts. |
| HowStuffWorks___How_Quicksand_Works Animated tutorial explains how quicksand forms, where it's found, and how one can escape being trapped in it. |
| Internet_Directory_for_Botany A to Z list of plants and links to botanical databases compiled by Shunguo Liu. |
| Knife_Information Knife information and archives compiled by Pat Fogarty. |
| Mountain_Man_Survival Survival tips and techniques plus information about building an underground shelter. |
| M40\'s_Wilderness_Survival_Skills Learn about skills such as fire-making, shelter construction, primitive weapons, snaring, survival kits, water procurement, and survival psychology. |
| Native_Skills Provides photos and facts about Native American and ancient skills, including primitive archery and flint knapping. |
| Native_Tech Articles on clay and pottery, leather and clothes, stonework and tools, weaving and cordage, food and recipes. |
| Ol\'_Buffalo_Preparedness_Page Resource for learning to survive in the wilderness as well as at home in a disaster. |
| Old_Jimbo\'s_site_ Find information concerned with outdoor activities relating to survival, shooting, and plants. |
| The_Outlands_WebStead Information on homesteading, survival, and other aspects of self-reliance written by people actively involved in living close to the land. |
| Primitive_Technology Links related to primitive skills and wilderness survival. |
| Primitive_Ways This site is dedicated to Stone Age technology, atlatl spear throwers, fire by friction, simple kayaks, and bow and arrow. |
| The_Ranger\'s_Digest Provides a collection of survival tips as well as an order form to buy them in hard copy. |
| Safety_at_Hiker_Central Safety and survival tips and links. |
| Simple_Survival Articles by B.L. Benton on many aspects of wilderness survival, including equipment, first aid, procuring food and water, building shelters, navigation, signaling, and making primitive weapons. |
| Society_of_Primitive_Technology A non-profit organization dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of primitive technology, earth skills, wilderness survival and Native awareness. |
| Survival Survival tips, including fire-making, food and water procurement, building shelters, and using medicinal plants. Focus on jungle and sea/beach survival skills. |
| Survival Links to information about wilderness survival and hiking, including survival tips, personal stories, and equipment reviews. |
| SurvivalIQ An illustrated guide with information, tips, pictures, maps and diagrams. |
| Survive_Outdoors Large informational website covering topics like poison ivy, ticks, heat exhaustion, spider bites, and the psychology of survival. |
| Wilderness_Manuals Published by the United States Army. Features map reading and land navigation, topographic symbols, first aid, survival, evasion and recovery, field hygiene and sanitation, and basic cold weather cam |
| Wilderness_Resource_List A compilation of wilderness schools, periodicals, and listservs. |
| Wilderness_Rhythms Articles on firemaking, cordage, winter camping, and nature lore. Also teaches workshops in outdoors skills. |
| Wilderness_Survival Offers information from U.S. Army instruction manuals on all aspects of a wilderness survival situation. Includes diagrams and pictures. |
| Wilderness_Survival_Guide An illustrated guide to basic skills including travel, food and water, first-aid, and health. |
| Buxley\'s_Geocaching_Waypoint Explanation of the sport, collection of recent news stories, maps of cache locations, a FAQ, and announcements of geocaching parties and events. |
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