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Would you survive the "Naked and Afraid" challenge?

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 43 Comments • 6 years ago

The 'reality' show, "naked and Afraid" involves one man and one woman, dumped naked into a hostile environment, who must somehow survive for 21 days. The couple are allowed one tool each,...

Death of a Tree: The Tale of a Nosler Bullet by Bruce Tarleton

Via: bruce-tarleton • Fields and Streams • 26 Comments • 6 years ago

I consider myself a pretty damn good shot. My eyesight isn’t the best, but that’s not the only variable in marksmanship. It’s the one variable that is limited in how it can be...

Monarchs in western U.S. risk extinction, scientists say

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Fields and Streams • 3 Comments • 6 years ago

Monarchs in western U.S. risk extinction, scientists say By Laura Zuckerman , Reuters, • September 8, 2017 FILE PHOTO: A monarch butterfly clings to a plant at the...

Stone Arrow Heads

Via: dave-2693993 • Fields and Streams • 70 Comments • 6 years ago

Has anyone made stone arrow heads? What tools did you use? We started off the old way using antler after striking a couple stones to get some flakes. But we later switched to a flat file without a...

27 National Monuments Are Under Review. Here Are Five to Watch.

Via: bob-nelson • Fields and Streams • 3 Comments • 6 years ago

No president has ever abolished a national monument designated by a predecessor. President Trump may try to change that. Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the interior, is reviewing 27 national...

It's Gater Season!

Via: trout-giggles • Fields and Streams • 5 Comments • 6 years ago

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/101-arkansans-receive-alligator-hunt-permit/781492021 Some lucky hunters got their permits to hunt alligators in Arkansas. But there's a catch (pun intended). You...

Largest bass caught in Texas lake using McDonald's chicken McNugget

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 19 Comments • 6 years ago

Largest bass caught in Texas lake using McDonald's chicken McNugget Fox News, June 01, 2017 Matthew McNellis and his girlfriend caught the massive bass last month by using a chicken McNugget as...

Water quality: A Minnesota maelstrom

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

When it comes to protecting water, Minnesota voters have stepped up twice, by amending the state Constitution to raise funds through the State Lottery and by expanding the sales tax. The result...

Beautiful Pumpkin Ride!

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 1 Comments • 7 years ago

Rick Swenson gives the thumbs-up Oct. 15 after completing his record setting pumpkin paddle on the Red River from Grand Forks to Oslo, Minn. Swenson paddled nearly 25 miles in 13 hours and...

THE MYSTERY OF CALIFORNIA'S 'ALBINO' REDWOODS COULD BE SOLVED

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

Standing less than ten feet tall, the so-called "ghosts of the forest" are typically dwarfed by their giant, green-needled kin. These mutated plants can't produce their own energy and they live...

Freak lightning storm kills 323 reindeer in Norway

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 8 Comments • 7 years ago

OSLO, Norway -- A freak lightning storm has killed 323 reindeer in a remote mountainous area of Norway, officials said on Monday. Dead animals were found lying on top of each other, many with...

Protesters, officers gird for pipeline ruling, but restarting construction may wait regardless

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 16 Comments • 7 years ago

NEAR CANNON BALL, N.D.—Construction won't immediately restart on a $3.8 billion pipeline if a judge rules against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe after a court hearing Wednesday, Aug. 24....

From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 22 Comments • 7 years ago

The waiting room at St. Lambert Lock in Montreal looks out at a quarter-mile of chain-link fence, six security camera towers, a blaze-orange derrick and a guardhouse. There, three armed men stare...

Eaglet named Freedom recovering from high-stakes Minnesota rescue

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

Vet's crack shooting chipped away at branches until eaglet tangled in line fell free from 75-foot tree. ~LINK~

Jurassic Golf Course

Via: petey-coober • Fields and Streams • 15 Comments • 7 years ago

Like to try golf in a more stimulating environment ? We have it in Florida :

Europe's primeval forest may be at risk

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

By Hugh Sykes Broadcasting House, BBC Radio 4 The Białowieża Forest, which straddles Belarus and Poland, is Europe's last significant stretch of primeval forest. Now it may be under...

Does anyone know what kind of flower this is?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Fields and Streams • 14 Comments • 7 years ago

Does anyone know what kind of flower this is? It starts in the Spring with leaves that grow up from the ground, then a spike shoots up from the middle, and then the top of it blooms.

Aluminum Clad Copper Wire manufacturers

Via: houleihai • Fields and Streams • 0 Comments • 7 years ago

When ambidextrous with abstracts manual you accept two basal options: cilia or Enameled Aluminum Wire . The final best depends on a advanced array of variables but ultimately cilia optic cable...

Sea turns fluorescent in Dalian, Northeast China

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Fields and Streams • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

Sea turns fluorescent in Dalian, Northeast China China Daily, May 5, 2016/5/4 The Heishizi outdoor bathing place in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, saw its...

The Wood Wide Web

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

A new study shows that trees of different species can exchange large amounts of carbon via the fungal internet that connects their roots. In 1999, a team of scientists led by...

Drilling down on Minnesota ice fishing's steadfast allure

Via: community • Fields and Streams • 34 Comments • 7 years ago

My late father, a proud Irishman with blue-collar sensibilities, had one prerequisite for ice fishing: Copious amounts of brown liquor. He said he had to be “half in the bag” to tolerate...

Decorah Eagle Cam 2016 Live Feed, Alerts, and More

Via: nigel-dogberry • Fields and Streams • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

LINK TO LIVE FEED: http://www.decoraheaglecamalerts.com/ Welcome to Decorah Eagle Cam Alerts.com your one stop for live streams, videos and alerts for the amazing saga of the Decorah...

Glacier Park: Trail of the Cedars (Photo Diary)

Via: kavika • Fields and Streams • 2 Comments • 8 years ago

Glacier Park: Trail of the Cedars (Photo Diary) By Ojibwa Wednesday Dec 30, 2015 · 10:30 AM CST 2015/12/30 · 10:30 16 16 16...

They say you shouldn't eat yellow snow . How about blue ice ?

Via: petey-coober • Fields and Streams • 19 Comments • 8 years ago

Ice Caves - [Fox Glacier, New Zealand]

My new career opportunity ?

Via: petey-coober • Fields and Streams • 34 Comments • 8 years ago

Python Challenge Offers Cash Prizes to Florida Snake Hunters By ABC News | ABC News Blogs Call it the Python Challenge: That's what wildlife officials have issued to hunters in an attempt...

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