Item code: 910270003
Kids Gone Paddlin’ By Tom Watson
Review By Rylee Young, 16, Atkinson, NE
Does the color of your life jacket really matter? Can the shape of your canoe or kayak determine how fast you go? Where’s the best place to go canoeing or kayaking? All of these questions plus many more can be answered in Tom Watson’s book Kids Gone Paddlin’. In this fascinating book you will discover the ins and outs of canoeing and kayaking. You will find new skills to use while out on the water. You will also learn what gear to use, some good places to go and other things you can do while canoeing or kayaking. All this information along with a variety of detailed pictures can be found in this great book.
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Send us your best outdoor/nature photo!
Send us your best digital outdoor/nature photo from this year’s summer vacation. Deadline is September 1, 2009. Send photos to mherwig@pheasantsforever.org.
Winners will be posted at www.uplandtales.org after October 1. Winning entries will also be published in Winter issue of Upland Tales magazine. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever may use all entries gratis with credit given to the photographer. more…
Junior Wildlife Conservationist Quiz
Oil spill clean up effort.
1. What huge man-made disasters took place on March 28, 1979 and March 24, 1989 that changed how humans generate energy?
On March 28, 1979, Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experienced a partial meltdown. Not one nuclear plant has been built in the United States since. Although now, as energy becomes scarcer and more expensive, the country is taking a second look at nuclear power.
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil and killing marine life by the millions. All tankers in Alaska’s Prince William Sound must have double hulls by 2015 to prevent another spill.
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