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      • Kevin Ray Byrd
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      • Environmental Studies Professor Frank Schiavo, M.M.L. (1939-2010)
      • Bill Hill & The California Lichen Society
      • Ashawna Hailey (1949-2011)
      • Samaritans of the USA
      • To All the Tech Nerds
  • Sondra Wilson for Iowa Governor – official platform:
  • National Plan:
    • Right to Homestead Act:
      • “Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary
    • Civilian Restoration Corps:
      • Ecological Restoration:
      • Sustainable Cities
      • ** History & Purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps
    • Justice Accessibility Act:
      • Teach Jurisprudence in High Schools
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Color of Law Crimes
      • Government Officials Must Provide Email Addresses
      • Additional Justice Reform Solutions
    • Weaning off fossil fuels
    • Education Reform:
      • Offer Local Native Language Courses in All U.S. School Systems
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Train Wildharvesting Cooperatives
      • Teach Accurate, Non-Bias History in Schools
      • Teach Sustainable Gardening and Applied Ethnobiology in Schools
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Teach via The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • Swords to Plowshares Act (international policy)
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    • Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
      • Donate a Book – Help Build The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • “Civil Rights Self-Defense” legal self-help website
      • Stop Courtroom Abuse!
    • Resources to Help You Live Sustainably:
      • Ecological Restoration:
      • Homesteading Starter Kits:
      • Highly-Efficient Gardening Techniques:
      • Clean Energy Inventions:
      • “Simple-Tech” DIY Home Improvement Techniques:
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  • About:
    • Two Organizations in One:
      • Wild Willpower PAC – America’s first “Civil PAC”
        • Sondra Wilson, Founder and Executive Director
          • 7-7-03: The Journey Begins
          • Casework:
            • California Cases:
              • Robbed by Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies
                • California Man faces Fabricated Charges used to Further County Fraud
                • If an Officer violated your rights – who would you report the incident to?
                • Kern Cty. Sheriff’s Deputies Disregard Couple’s Adverse Possession Claim, Arrest on False Pretenses, and Dispossess Them of Property
                • Involved Parties
                  • Record Owners – John and Cheryl Ross
                  • Kern Cty. Sheriff’s Deputies – trespassing, forcible entry and detainer, constructive fraud
                  • Neighbors who Robbed Us following the Ouster
                • Our Redress of Grievances
              • The Nevada County Case
                • 5/17/14 – Grass Valley police issued me multiple unconstitutional charges “under color of law”
                • Event #2: Footage & Transcript from 5-21-14 (aka “Pack the Courtroom!” pre-trial documentary pt. 2)
                • Event #3: I filed 2 Liability Claims w/ The City of Grass Valley
                • Event #4: June 25th, 2014: The Pre-Trial Hearing: “Right to Audio Record Hearing & Trial Illegally Denied Under Nevada County Superior Courthouse’s Faulty Media Policy”
                • Event #5: I posted both “Pack the Courtroom!” documentaries within this In-Depth “Evidence Webpage” that was available to The Public before to Trial
                • Forward
                • Wilson v. County of Nevada Video Footage
              • Homeless woman charged >$600 for sleeping outdoors (Marin County, CA)
            • Transgender Woman, Sondra Wilson, “suing the State of Iowa and running for Governor”
              • Transgender Iowan, arrested for going in the women’s restroom in 2006, still seeks justice (2022)
              • Following an unjust court ruling, officer warns Ames resident to “leave the state” for her safety (2009)
              • City of Ames obstructs Citizens from Petitioning (2018)
              • Trans Woman Claims Nonprofit “Reliable Street” Retaliated Against Her for Filing a Civil Rights Complaint:
                • Legal assistance extremely difficult to find in Iowa
            • Standing Rock Class Action
      • The Peaceable Assembly
    • Our Code of Ethics
    • Endorsement Letters:
      • Co-Founder & Former President of the California Lichen Society, Bill Hill
      • Richard Lonewolf, Ethnobotany and Wilderness Survival Expert
    • Special Thanks:
      • Kevin Ray Byrd
      • Jason Baker, Tech Support
      • Environmental Studies Professor Frank Schiavo, M.M.L. (1939-2010)
      • Bill Hill & The California Lichen Society
      • Ashawna Hailey (1949-2011)
      • Samaritans of the USA
      • To All the Tech Nerds
  • Sondra Wilson for Iowa Governor – official platform:
  • National Plan:
    • Right to Homestead Act:
      • “Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary
    • Civilian Restoration Corps:
      • Ecological Restoration:
        • Native Animal Cooperatives
        • Oceti Sakowin Heritage Trail
        • Wildharvesting Cooperatives
          • Kern River Wildharvesting Cooperative
            • Bulk Native Foods and Herbs, and Backpacking Mixes
            • Our Commitments:
              • Coordinate Respectfully with Forest Officials
              • Uphold The Zero Trash Commitment
              • Use Positive-Impact Harvesting Techniques
              • Wildfire Prevention
        • Paid for by gradually transferring livestock subsidies
          • The Devastating Ecological Impacts of Non-Native Animal Industries
          • Animal Abuse & Subjugation in the Current U.S. Economy
      • Sustainable Cities
      • ** History & Purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps
    • Justice Accessibility Act:
      • Teach Jurisprudence in High Schools
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Color of Law Crimes
      • Government Officials Must Provide Email Addresses
      • Additional Justice Reform Solutions
    • Weaning off fossil fuels
    • Education Reform:
      • Offer Local Native Language Courses in All U.S. School Systems
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Train Wildharvesting Cooperatives
      • Teach Accurate, Non-Bias History in Schools
      • Teach Sustainable Gardening and Applied Ethnobiology in Schools
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Teach via The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • Swords to Plowshares Act (international policy)
  • Service Projects:
    • Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
      • Donate a Book – Help Build The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • “Civil Rights Self-Defense” legal self-help website
      • Stop Courtroom Abuse!
    • Resources to Help You Live Sustainably:
      • Ecological Restoration:
        • Native Animals, & Organizations Involved in Their Restoration:
          • Plains Bison & Wood Bison Restoration – Get Involved
          • Elk Restoration – Get Involved
          • Pronghorn (Antelope) Restoration – Get Involved
          • Woodland Caribou Restoration – Get Involved
          • Bighorn Sheep Restoration – Get Involved
          • Mountain Goat Restoration – Get Involved
          • Porcupine Restoration – Get Involved
          • Prairie Dog Restoration – Get Involved
        • Native Prairie History, Ecology, & Restoration – Organizations (& Processes) Involved
      • Homesteading Starter Kits:
        • “Cold Frame Plants”: Broccoli, Cabbage, & Cauliflower
        • “Full Sunlight, Low Water”: Eggplants, Okra, Sunflowers
        • “Ideal For Raised Beds”: Asparagus, Carrots
        • “Leafy Greens” (& Spices of similar care)
        • “The 3 Sisters”: Corn, Beans, & Squash
      • Highly-Efficient Gardening Techniques:
        • How To Propagate Fruit & Nut Trees From Cuttings
        • Yard & Soil Preparation
        • *Wise* No-Chem Pest Control
        • Glass Jar Seed Starters
      • Clean Energy Inventions:
        • Ingenius Wind Energy Inventions
        • Innovative Solar Solutions
        • Water-Powered Energy Inventions & Purification Systems
        • Charge Your Electronics Using The Heat of A Campfire
        • Inventions That Clean Up &/or Process Trash
      • “Simple-Tech” DIY Home Improvement Techniques:
        • 7 Ingenius Uses for Salt
        • Vegetable Storage- for Best Results
        • Cob Housing- mixing mud to work like clay for walls, etc
        • Join ‘The Zero Trash Commitment’
        • Build Your Own Low-Cost Swimming Pool
  • Publications:
    • “More Valuable Than Gold” Ethnobotany textbook
    • “The Hidden History of Law” textbook series
    • “How to Legally Claim Abandoned Real Estate”
  • Donate

Wildfire Prevention

For thousands of years, Native (American) tribal people coordinated together in order to *prevent wildfires & simultaneously have their needs met*; these techniques are simple, & are used to prepare shelters, firepits, AND to prepare for harvesting acorns in a way which prevents wildfires AND replenishes topsoil!

work-smart-not-hard    Thank you LiveSmartnotHard.com for this great graphic to help prove a point.

    Today- these techniques are no less vital than they have been for the past 10,000 years, & frankly- as a species- we NEED to begin implementing them once again throughout wildlands for the health of ecosystems, the protection of our homes, AND to survive. 

Lion King Quote    Thank you dearly MediaWebApps.com for the above graphic- AND reminder!

   Prevent wildfires AND produce a healthy, drought-resilient food supply?!?!?  We like to call it:

2 birds

     This webpage may be used to coordinate with forest officials by simply directing them to this webpage when filing for a Special Use Permit, & indicating that “Traditional Encampment Preparation & Wildfire Prevention Techniques as described on the WildLivingSkills.org will be used” wherever you plan to set up camp.  These techniques are described just below.

    Before continuing, however, here is a fantastic & very interesting video about the origin of Smokey Bear:

Encampment Preparation & Wildfire Prevention Techniques

     When choosing “a place to set up camp”, there are certain things to look for.  Ideally, it is best to set up where there is:

  •  more than one ecosystem merging together.
  • flowing water- contact the local water district to find out what kind of contaminants are in the water so that you will know how to remove them.
  • a diversity of trees including plenty of Oaks.
  • a very flat clearing to build a structure that is *not* on the lowest part of the ground (to avoid flooding) & is also safe from potential landslides or falling rocks.
  • several rocks of different sizes that are small enough to lift & bigger than pebbles.

4 shelter Tall pic w: background

  Next, it is time to begin collecting all the deadwood in the area, & sorting it into 3 different piles.

Pile #1: Clean-burning Oak wood will be the only type of wood used for cooking food.

Pile #2:  Clean & hot-burning Manzanita will be gathered for use in heating rocks for rock boiling, & also for firing clay inside a kilns.

Pile #3:  Woods that do not burn clean (Conifers, Buckeye, Lilac, Osage, Willow, Cottonwood) will be used for building a Wikiup shelter.  Wikiups are ideal for preventing wildfires in forests with a lot of deadwood buildup.  Here’s a partially-built Wikiup:

Squirrel Dome

Now that your camp is set up, its time to prepare for acorn harvesting season!  

   During around August (usually), Oaks drop their first batch of acorns:

3 acorns

This first batch always has holes in them because the moths & weevils infested them!

After this “first drop” is when the leaves leaves & “bad acorns” are raked into circles & carefully burned using  Federal Safety Regulations.  We recommend:

  • fill a 5-gallon bucket with water so that the fire can be doused at any time.
  • make sure there is no wind– only do this during calm weather.
  • be *very careful* to clear ALL the debris away from the area a bare minimum of 5 feet.

      Now, it is time to control burn the leaf piles that have the “bad acorns” mixed in.  Oaks burn clean, & this process helps replenish the soil!  This process has of course been made much safer because all the deadwood has already been cleared for your shelter & firewood!

Now, a month later when the Oak trees drop their *second batch* of acorns, you will not have to sift through them to find out which ones are good & which ones are bad!

   These techniques could be used to strategically create “buffer zones”  along the edges of forested areas in order to help protect homes & other buildings, etc. while simultaneously providing comfortable living conditions, restoring topsoils, preventing massive wildfires, & preparing for a good healthy harvest season!

   For in-depth, further information, please view this Wikipedia page on “Native American Uses of Fire“- absolutely amazing!

   ALSO- Wild Willpower would like to give our sincere & humble thanks to the brave warriors who have come in from all across the nation to help put these fires out!  A special thanks, also to CAL Fire for helping to orchestrate all this!

firefighter heroes

  Thank you USA Today for honoring these heroes who are right there among the flames protecting EVERYONE!

   ONE MORE THING– hey- Californians-  we could *technically* be helping these guys out right now in a very very simple way!   It is very very important to *never forget* the power that The Creator has given freely among us!

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