Medicinal Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

by Jason Schwartz, James Kavanagh Waterford Press (Editor), Leung, Raymond Leung, Raymond (Illustrator)

Overview

The most sweeping vistas in the North American Heartland can be found in the Rocky Mountains. At once magnificent and unforgiving, the Rockies invite exploration of their alpine meadows, forested slopes, rocky ridges, and snowy peaks. Even the most experienced high-altitude trekkers will benefit from keeping this useful resource on hand. Beautifully illustrated and easy-to-use, this resource covers the region’s most familiar and widespread species of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers that can be used to treat common backcountry maladies. Laminated for durability in all weather conditions, this lightweight, 12-panel folding pocket guide is an essential companion for educators, learners, naturalists, hikers, and trekkers, while doubling as a useful plant identification tool. Also included is detailed information about each featured plant, making this an essential tool to add to your daypack. Made in the USA.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583559796
Publisher:	Waterford Press Ltd.
Publication date:	07/11/2016
Series:	Outdoor Recreation and Survival
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

About the Author

Writer and bushcraft/survival specialist Jason Schwartz is a United States Army Veteran and the founder of Rocky Mountain Bushcraft, a blog that features articles, news stories, outdoor tips and product reviews written from a bushcraft and wilderness survival perspective.

Schwartz is a former Red Cross certified Wilderness and Remote First Aid Instructor and has taught bushcraft and wilderness survival techniques at Rabbitstick in Idaho, Fire to Fire in Utah, The Winter Camping Symposium in Minnesota, and to the Boy Scouts of America in Colorado. He has also interned with the US Forest Service as a forestry technician and studied outdoor recreation, wilderness survival, forestry and wildland firefighting at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado.

In addition, Jason has written for magazines such as The New Pioneer and Backpacker Magazine, where he wrote the "Tinder Finder" portion of Backpacker's "Complete Guide to Fire," which won a 2015 Ellie Award, the magazine equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.   

Writer and Bushcraft/survival specialist, Jason Schwartz is the founder of Rocky Mountain Bushcraft, a blog that features articles, news stories, outdoor tips and product reviews written from a Bushcraft and wilderness survival perspective. Schwartz is a former Red Cross certified Wilderness and Remote First Aid Instructor, and has taught Bushcraft and wilderness survival techniques to the Longmont, Colorado Troop of the Boy Scouts of America. He has also interned with the US Forest Service as a forestry technician, and studied outdoor recreation, wilderness survival, forestry and wildland firefighting at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado. In addition, Jason is a regular contributor at Backpacker Magazine, where he shares his expertise on Bushcraft and wilderness survival.

Editorial Reviews

The Pocket Naturalist Guides quickly and easily introduces novice outdoorsmen to the wonders of animal and plant life, as well as other aspects of the wilderness.

Camping Life Magazine

Pocket Naturalist guides are to nature-loving backpackers what Cliffs Notes are to teens trying to navigate Shakespeare: essential.

Backpacker Magazine Editors

Survival Guides are a dime-a-dozen, but good ones, the real save-your-life guides are as rare as hens teeth. Luckily the two new plastic-covered foldouts [Edible Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains, and Medicinal Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains] from Jason Schwartz over at Rocky Mountain Bushcraft are an outstanding and necessary contribution to your survival kit that literally could save your life. For less than the cost of a box of American made ammo, you could outfit your survival gear with some to-the-point literature can make a difference when on an afternoon hike, or when the S really hits the fan.”

– Doc Montana, a Contributing Author of Survival Cache and SHTFBlog

Survival Gear Review: Survival Guides to Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains - Doc Montana