Outdoor Skills- arranged alphabetically by topic and then by title

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• Backpacking/ Camping
• Cookbooks
• Field Guides
• Guides & Map Books
• Hazards (weather, animals, poisonous plants, etc.)
• Orienteering
• Survival Skills
• Walking/ Day Hiking
• Woodscraft, Knots, things to make

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Backpacking

• The 2 Oz. Backpacker   by Robert S. Wood  
• Backpacking One Step at a Time   by Harvey Manning  
• The Complete Walker III   by Colin Fletcher  
• How to Shit in the Woods   by Kathleen Meyer  
• Roughing It Easy   by Dian Thomas   1974
• Travel Light Handbook   by Judy Keene  

Cookbooks

• American Indian Cooking & Herb Lore   by J. Ed Sharpe 
• The Back-Country Kitchen   by Teresa Marrone 
• Campground Cookery   by Brenda K. Kulibert 
• Dehydration Guide   by the Excalibur Company 
• Edible Wild Plants   by Ellen Elliott Weatherbee 
• Jack-Knife Cookery   by James Austin Wilder 
• Lipsmackin' Backpackin'   by Tim & Christine Conners 
• The One-Pan Gourmet   by Don Jacobson 
• Outdoor Cooking with Reynolds Wrap   by the Reynolds Metal Company 
• "Souper" Camp Cookery   by Campbell Soup Company 
• Trailside Gourmet   by Backpacker Magazine 
• The Well-Fed Backpacker   by June Fleming  
• The Wilderness Chef   by Claudine Martin  
• Wild Game Cookbook II   by Sheryn Smith, Ed.  

Field Guides

• 9/03  Michigan Snakes   by J. Alan Holman 
• Tracks and Trailcraft   by Ellsworth Jaeger  

Guides & Map Books

• Guide to the Superior Hiking Trail   by the Superior Hiking Trail Association  
• Hiker's Guide to Our National Parks   by Larry Rice  
• Hiking Michigan   by Roger E. Storm and Susan M. Wedzel  
• Kekekabic Trail Guide   by Martin Kubik and Angela Anderson  
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore- A Guide   by Olive M. Anderson  
• Taking Off   by Mike Wyatt  
• Trail Atlas of Michigan   by Dennis R. Hansen  

Hazards (weather, animals, poisonous plants, etc.)

• Understanding Michigan Black Bear   by Richard P. Smith  
• Safe Travel in Bear Country   by Gary Brown  

Orienteering

• Be Expert with Map and Compass   by Bjorn Hjellstrom  

Survival Skills

• 9/03  Complete Book of Outdoor Lore   by Clyde Ormond 
• How to Stay Alive in the Woods   by Bradford Angier 
• Survival in the Outdoors   by Byron Dalrymple 
• Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival   by Tom Brown, Jr. 

Walking/ Day Hiking

• The Complete Book of Walking   by Charles T. Kuntzleman  

Woodscraft, Knots, things to make

• Made for the Outdoors   by Len McDougall  
• Nature Crafts   by Ellsworth Jaeger  
• The New Way of the Wilderness   by Calvin Rutstrum  
• Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking   by Tom Brown, Jr.  
• Tracks and Trailcraft   by Ellsworth Jaeger  
• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework   by Geoffrey Budworth  
• Wildwood Wisdom   by Ellsworth Jaeger  
• Woodsmoke   by Ellsworth Jaeger  

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