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Provident Living Skill - Gardening Where to Learn: In Print

1. University of Wisconsin Extension Service Publications (free PDF downloads or you can purchase printed materials) http://learningstore.uwex.edu/ 2. Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work by Mel Bartholomew

3. Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth 4. Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon 5. Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman In Person 1. University of Wisconsin Extension Service Programs UW-Extension-Sheboygan County 5 University Drive Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920-459-5904 2. Work with other experienced gardeners Online 1. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wihort/fruitveggies/index.htm 2. Square Foot Gardening http://www.squarefootgardening.com/home 3. Victory Garden http://victorygarden.me/ 4. Mother Earth News - Organic Gardening http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening.aspx


Provident Living Skill - Wilderness Survival Where to Learn: In Print 1. Tappan on Survival by Mel Tappan 2. SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation by John Wiseman 3. Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen 4. How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter, and Self- Preservation That Makes Starvation in the Wilderness Next to Impossible by Bradford Angier 5. Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell In Person 1. Boy Scouts of America http://www.scouting.org/ 2. National Outdoor Leadership School 284 Lincoln Street Lander, WY 82520-2848 http://www.nols.edu 2. Work with other experienced individuals Online 1. Equipped to Survive http://www.equipped.org 2. Wildwood Survival http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/ 3. Wilderness Survival http://www.wilderness-survival.net/

http://www.amazon.com/John-Wiseman/e/B000APZWJO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1275785590&sr=1-1


Provident Living Skill - Emergency Medical Skills Where to Learn: In Print 1. First Aid -- Responding To Emergencies by Red Cross American 2. Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner 3. Emergency War Surgery: Third United States Revision, 2004 (Textbooks of Military Medicine), ed. Andy Szul 4. Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson 5. Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies by Hugh Coffee 6. Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine (Third Edition) by Eric A.Weiss, MD 7. Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid, 5th Edition by William Forgey 8. Wilderness First Responder, 2nd: A Text for the Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention of Wilderness Emergencies by Buck Tilton In Person 1. American Red Cross First Aid Classes 2032 Erie Avenue Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920-457-7739 2. Boy Scout Training 3. Lakeshore Technical College - EMT Training 1290 North Avenue Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015 1.888.GO.TO.LTC (1.888.468.6582) 920.693.1000 http://gotoltc.edu Online 1. emedicinehealth - Wilderness Emergencies, Survivial, and First Aid http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=60099 2. WebMD - First Aid, Safety and Emergency Treatment Procedures Guide http://firstaid.webmd.com/default.htm 3. Medical Corps http://www.medicalcorps.org/

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Murray%20Dickson


Provident Living Skill - Shooting Where to Learn: In Print 1. Survival Guns by Mel Tappan 2. In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection by Massad F. Ayoob 3. Stressfire, Vol. 1 (Gunfighting for Police: Advanced Tactics and Techniques) by Massad F. Ayoob 4. Stressfire II: Advanced Combat Shotgun by Massad F. Ayoob 5. Defensive Handgunning: A Treatise On Handgun Carry And Use by Glenn Rehberg 6. No Second Place Winner by Bill Jordan In Person 1. NRA Shooting Courses - offered at the Sheboygan Rifle and Pistol Club - visit http://www.sheboyganrifleandpistol.org/ for enrollment information a. NRA Basic Pistol Course b. NRA Personal Protection in the Home Course c. NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Course 2. Appleseed Project Events - to register and see schedule visit http://appleseedinfo.org/

3. The Civilian Marksmanship Program – available through the Sheboygan Rifle and Pistol Club – Contact Person: Jeffrey Verhaeghe, 920-467-0382 http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/clubInfo.cgi?clubID=891

4. Work with an experienced shooter Online 1. The Beretta Forum http://www.berettaforum.net/vb/ 2. AR15.com http://www.ar15.com/ 3. Civilian Marksmanship Program http://www.odcmp.com/ 4. The High Road.org http://www.thehighroad.org/

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=by%20Mel%20Tappan

http://www.amazon.com/Massad-F.-Ayoob/e/B001H9VYZS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://appleseedinfo.org/


Provident Living Skill - Emergency Communications Where to Learn: In Print 1. The ARRL Operating Manual for Radio Amateurs by Mark J. Wilson 2. Passport to World Band Radio, 2009 Edition by Lawrence Magne 3. ARRL Ham Radio License Manual: All You Need to Become an Amateur Radio Operator by H. Ward Silver and the American Radio Relay League 4. The ARRL General Class License Manual for Ham Radio, Level 2 by the American Radio Relay League and Ward Silver In Person 1. Sheboygan Amateur Radio Club - offers license testing Next test date - 07/20/10 at 6:30PM

Contact Person: Art Pahr (920) 876-2370 Email: [email protected] Location: Red Cross Building 2032 Erie Ave, Sheboygan, WI PRE-REGISTRATION PREFERRED May also call Mike 920-565-2672 2. Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) 5710 Good Hope Rd Milwaukee, WI 53223 800-558-0411 http://www.aesham.com/milwaukee.shtml

Online 1. American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org/ 2. QRZ.com http://www.qrz.com/ 3. eHam.net http://www.eham.net/ 4. Ham Radio 101 at AR15.com http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=22&t=604477

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Mark%20J.%20Wilson

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Provident Living Skill – Hunting Where to Learn: In Print 1. WDNR Learn to Hunt Activity Guide (available as PDF file download) http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/lth/lth.htm

2. Home Butchering and Meat Preservation by Geeta Dardick 3. The Hunter's Bible: An Illustrated Book of Advice for the Outdoor Sportsman by

WK Merrill 4. The Whitetail Deer Hunter's Handbook by John Weiss 5. All About Rifle Hunting and Shooting in America by Steve Ferber 6. NRA Hunter Skills Series: Waterfowl Hunting...hunting tactics, Shotgun shooting,

and Waterfowl Identification In Person 1. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Learn to Hunt Program http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/learnhunt.htm

2. Mentored, Take Me Hunting Program http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/mentor.htm

3. Wisconsin Hunter Safety Courses – to find a class visit https://hfwolf.centraltechnology.net/wdnr/laam.nsf/publicHSClasses?OpenForm

Online

1. Whitetails of Wisconsin

http://www.whitetailsofwisconsin.com/ 2. Ducks Unlimited

http://www.whitetailsofwisconsin.com/ 3. National Rifle Association – Hunter Services

http://www.nrahq.org/hunting/index.asp 4. Buckmasters

http://www.buckmasters.com/ 5. Hunting Network

http://huntingnetwork.com/

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/lth/lth.htm

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/learnhunt.htm

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/mentor.htm

http://www.whitetailsofwisconsin.com/


Provident Living Skill – Fishing Where to Learn: In Print

1. What Fish Don't Want You to Know: An Insider's Guide to Freshwater Fishing by

Frank Baron 2. Basic Freshwater Fishing: Step-By-Step Guide to Tackle and Know-How That

Catch the Favorite Fish in Your Area by Cliff Hauptman 3. Trout Streams of Wisconsin and Minnesota: An Angler's Guide to More Than 120

Rivers and Streams by Jim Humphrey 4. Net Results: Great Fishing Spots in Southern Wisconsin by Bob Riepenhoff 5. Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams: The Angler's Guide by Stephen Born, Bill

Sonzogni, Jeff Mayers, and Andy Morton

In Person

1. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fishing Clinics and Learning Opportunities – for more information visit

http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/learningopportunities.html 2. Work with an experienced individual

Online

1. Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council http://www.great-lakes.org/

2. Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/fish/pubs/pubs2.htm http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/wnrmag/

3. Fish-Wisconsin http://www.fishwis.com/

4. Hunt Fish Camp Wisconsin http://www.huntfishcampwisconsin.com/Fishing.html

http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/learningopportunities.html

http://www.great-lakes.org/

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/fish/pubs/pubs2.htm

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/wnrmag/

http://www.fishwis.com/


Provident Living Skill – Trapping Where to Learn: In Print

1. A Modern Trapline by Bob Gilsvik 2. Fur Trapping A Complete Guide to Equipment and Best Techniques by Bill

Musgrove and Gerry Blair 3. Buckshot's Modern Trapper's Guide for Xtreme Safety, Survival, Profit, Pleasure

by Bruce Hemming 4. Fur Fish & Game magazine

In Person

1. Wisconsin Cooperative Trapper Education Program Course List

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/trap/trapeduc/schedule.htm 2. Work with an experienced individual (contact Wisconsin Trappers Association

for a Mentor)

Online

1. National Trappers Association http://www.nationaltrappers.com/

2. Wisconsin Trappers Association http://www.wistrap.org/

3. U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance http://www.ussportsmen.org/

4. Wisconsin Wildlife Federation http://www.wiwf.org/

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/trap/trapeduc/schedule.htm

http://www.nationaltrappers.com/

http://www.wistrap.org/

http://www.ussportsmen.org/


Provident Living Skill - Farming & Raising Livestock Where to Learn: In Print 1. Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains 2. The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery 3. Small-Scale Grain Raising, Second Edition: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains, for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers by Gene Logsdon 4. Raising Rabbits the Modern Way by Bob Bennett 5. Raising Sheep the Modern Way by Paula Simmons 6. Pastured Poultry Profits by Joel Salatin 7. You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise by Joel Salatin 8. Salad Bar Beef by Joel Salatin In Person 1. 4-H Youth Development Sheboygan County - UW Extension 5 University Drive Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920-459-5903 2. The National FFA Organization - student organizations at area schools http://www.ffa.org/ 3. Work with an experienced farmer or rancher

Online 1. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/sheboygan/ag/index.html 2. The Benson Institute http://bensoninstitute.org/index.asp

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Maurice%20G.%20Kains

http://www.amazon.com/Carla-Emery/e/B001K8GM3A/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1


Provident Living Skill - Cooking from Scratch

Where to Learn: In Print. 1. Cookin' with Home Storage by Peggy Layton and Vicki Tate 2. The Lost Art of Scratch Cooking by Curtis Parker 3. Keep It Simple: 30-Minute Meals from Scratch by Marian Burros 4. Cooking from Scratch by Lulu Grimes 5. More-With-Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre 6. Simply in Season by Cathleen Hockman-Wert 7. Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients by Jesse Ziff Cool In Person 1. Work with an individual experienced in cooking from scratch 2. Lakeshore Technical College Culinary Arts Program 1290 North Avenue Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015 1.888.468.6582 920.693.1000 http://gotoltc.com/programs/culinaryArts.php 3. 4-H Home and Family Project Sheboygan County - UW Extension 5 University Drive, Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920-459-5903 http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/sheboygan/4h/homefam.html Online 1. Nourished Kitchen http://nourishedkitchen.com/ 2. Great Depression Cooking with Clara http://greatdepressioncooking.com 3. Real Simple http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/


Provident Living Skill - Food Preservation Where to Learn: In Print 1. Ball Blue Book of Preserving 2. Putting Food By by Janet Greene 3. Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel 4. Stocking Up: The Third Edition of America's Classic Preserving Guide by Carol Hupping 5. Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook by Mary Bell In Person 1. Brown CountyUW Extension Service Canning Classes

Jams & Jellies - June 15, 2010 - 6:30 – 8:00 pm Canning Fruit – July 21, 2010 - 6:30 – 8:00 pm Pickling Vegetables – August 10, 2010 - 6:30 – 8:00 pm Canning Tomato Products – August 25, 2010 - 6:30 – 8:00 pm Drying Foods – September 21, 2010 - 6:30 – 8:00 pm the cost to attend each class is $5.00. Classes will be held at 1150 Bellevue Street, Green Bay, WI 54302 Pre-registration is required by contacting Alyssa at 920-391-4610.

2. Work with a person experienced in food preservation Online 1. University of Wisconsin Extension Service http://infosource.uwex.edu/subheads.cfm?headingid=4 2. Backwoods Home Magazine - Canning 101 http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/clay53.html?gclid=CNTj86iCjKI CFRMNDQodWHUmVA 3. Preserving Food Safely - Assorted Publications from the University of Wisconsin (PDF files) http://www.foodsafety.wisc.edu/preservation_publications.html 4. Online Canning Classes (handouts, slide presentations) http://www.foodsafety.wisc.edu/tips_and_tricks.html#lesson_plans


Provident Living Skill - Foraging for Wild Foods

Where to learn: In Print 1. The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious - Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst 3. The Complete Medicinal Herbal: A Practical Guide to the Healing Properties of Herbs, with More Than 250 Remedies for Common Ailments by Penelope Ody

4. The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer

5. The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants by the Department of the Army 6. Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So

Wild) Places by Steve Brill 7. Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods by

Thomas Elias In Person

1. Work with an experienced individual 2. Take a course through the Coulee Region Herbal Institute – for a list of 2010

classes visit: http://couleeregionherbalinstitute.org/CRHI%202008%20calendar.htm

Online

1. Prodigal Gardens http://www.prodigalgardens.info/

2. Coulee Region Herbal Institute http://couleeregionherbalinstitute.org/

3. Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide http://www.ppws.vt.edu/weedindex.htm

4. Medicinal Herb Uses and Picture Gallery http://www.altnature.com/gallery/index.html

5. Ethnobotanical Leaflets http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/

6. SurvivalIQ – Edibility of Plants http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/survival-use-of-plants_s1.htm

http://www.altnature.com/gallery/index.html


Provident Living Skill – Solar Cooking Where to learn: In Print

1. Everything Under the Sun- Food Storage Recipes for the Soloar Oven by Wendy DeWitt (free PDF download) http://michael.coxfam.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-downloadMonitor/user_uploads/Solar-Cookbook-EverythingUnderTheSun.pdf In Person

2. Cooking With the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers by Beth Halacy 3. Solar Cooking for Home and Camp by Linda Frederick Yaffe 4. Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook by Harriet Kofalk 5. Cooking with Sunshine: The Complete Guide to Solar Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-

Cooked Recipes by Lorraine Anderson

In Person

1. Classes held during Midwest Renewable Energy Fair – June 18-20, 2010 – Custer, Wisconsin For more information visit: http://www.the-mrea.org/energy_fair.php

2. Work with an experienced individual

Online

1. Solar Cookers International http://www.solarcookers.org/

2. The Good Human – Kyoto Box Style Solar Oven http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/13/my-new-homemade-solar-oven-modeled-after-the-kyoto-box/

3. The Solar Cooking Archive – Plans for Solar Cookers http://solarcooking.org/plans/

4. Solar Cooker Review http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov09.htm

5. Simple Solar Panel Cooker Demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFc37dbUUX4

http://michael.coxfam.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-downloadMonitor/user_uploads/Solar-Cookbook-EverythingUnderTheSun.pdf In Person2

http://www.the-mrea.org/energy_fair.php

http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/13/my-new-homemade-solar-oven-

http://solarcooking.org/plans/


Provident Living Skill – Slaughtering and Butchering Where to learn: In Print 1. Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game by John Mettler 2. Butchering, Processing and Preservation of Meat, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Game, Poultry, Fish by Frank Getz Ashbrook 3. Jack Ubaldi's Meat Book: A Butcher's Guide to Buying, Cutting, and Cooking Meat by Jack Ubaldi In Person 1. 4-H Programs 2. Apprentice with a butcher 3. Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors (for local apprenticeship opportunities) http://www.wi-amp.com/v2/ 4. UW Extension Meat Processing School - for more information visit

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/animalscience/meats/WisconsinMeatProcessnigSchool. cfm

Online 1. Backwoods Home Magazine - Slaughtering and Butchering by Dynah Geissal http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/geissal23.html 2. The Modern Homestead - Homestead Poultry Butchering http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Butchering-Ready.html 3. How to Butcher a Chicken http://butcherachicken.blogspot.com/ 4. Home Sheep Butchering Made Easy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZbnBxFsYFg&has_verified=1

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