A pilot program is providing Nebraska women the opportunity to purchase subscription boxes designed to help them develop and expand their outdoor skills.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources have joined Becoming an Outdoors-Woman and Women in the Outdoors in creating this opportunity.
Each subscription box, which will include gear, educational resources, field guides and more, can be purchased for $50. No long-term commitment is required. Participants pay only for the boxes they want to receive.
Box themes will change seasonally. The first box, for September, will highlight pheasant hunting. It will contain game shears, a fillet knife, blaze orange hat, shotgun cleaning kit and pheasant recipes. The items will be accompanied by a learning objective. Subscribers will have access to online webinars that teach skills using the tools in the box. Each quarter, a box will feature a new outdoor skill to learn.
Orders for the September box are being accepted through Aug. 14. The October box will feature birding. Future boxes will highlight outdoor cooking, pollinators and fishing.
“We hope the purchase of these boxes will result in ladies learning a new outdoor skill,” said Julia Plugge, Game and Parks outdoor education specialist. “Down the road, we hope these subscribers will purchase licenses, join outdoor-related organizations and attend events when the conditions are appropriate.”
What to do when disaster strikes: in the outdoors, the city and in the home; how to survive on land, water and in the air, in any climate and in harsh terrain. This large and very detailed book offers practical advice, street know-how and step-by-step techniques for staying alive – with 1100 photographs and illustrations showing tactics, and 80 training projects for extreme life skills to use in emergencies.
It also deals with self-sufficiency in the wild: survival skills and bushcraft techniques, tools, equipment and medical emergencies. Also includes: coping when everyday situations become life-threatening: surviving as a hostage; self-protection and street skills; danger at home; the do’s and don’ts of being a tourist. It offers expert advice to help you avoid hazardous situations, and respond positively to confrontation. This is the ultimate guide to survival. The tactics, skills and tricks of the trade taught in this professional survivors’ manual could save your life.
