Month: April 2024

SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, some extra coverage of wildlife issues in the American Redoubt, especially those elusive wolverines! Region-Wide Wolverines Are Super Rare In Wyoming, But Now Colorado Wants Them Too. o  o  o Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Finding for the Gray Wolf in the Northern Rocky …



Preparedness Notes for Monday — April 1, 2024

Created this day in 1999 by carving a vast region from Canada‘s Northwest Territories, the Canadian territory of Nunavut stretches across much of the Canadian Arctic and encompasses the traditional lands of the Inuit. — On April 1, 1621, at the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. The agreement, in which both parties promised to not “doe hurt” to one another, was the first treaty between a Native American tribe and a group of American colonists. According to …


Christensen Arms MHR in 6.5 Creedmoor, by Thomas Christianson

The most exciting features of the Christensen Arms MHR (Modern Hunting Rifle) in 6.5 Creedmoor stem from its carbon-fiber-wrapped, stainless-steel barrel. This technology offers the accuracy of a bull barrel without the additional weight. It reduces flex and harmonics, has zero thermal expansion, is corrosion resistant and climate adaptable, dissipates heat from the liner three times faster than a bull barrel, and extends barrel life by 25%. The modular and customizable stock, forearm, and grips are also made with carbon fiber via an environmentally friendly process that Christensen calls Flash Forged Technology (FFT). The result is a well-balanced rifle that …


Recipe of the Week: Lily’s Einkorn Flour Bread

The following recipe for Einkorn Flour Bread was developed by Avalanche Lily. It requires a cast iron fry pan with a lid or a Dutch oven with lid. Ingredients 1 cup Sourdough starter (semi-liquid) 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons raw honey 1 and half teaspoons of Sea salt 4 and a half cups of Einkorn Flour 1 and half cup warm water Directions Mix up the dough. Let it rest fifteen minutes. It will be wet and sticky. On a lightly floured surface, fold dough about eight times with wet fingers.  Wet fingers help keep the dough from sticking …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic is a map depicting the terrestrial ecoregions in North America. This map is courtesy of the Canadian-headquartered Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The thumbnail image below is click-expandable.         — Please send your graphic ideas to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.