Edible Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

by Jason Schwartz (Author), Waterford Press (Author), Waterford Press (Editor)

Edible Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains is a clear and accessible survival guide designed to help hikers and backpackers forage for food in the Rocky Mountains. It focuses on widespread wild plants and trees that are easy to identify and available across various seasons and environments, from the Plains to Alpine Zones. The guide also offers valuable tips on using these plants and trees for bushcraft and survival, along with fascinating insights into their historical and Native American uses. Written by bushcraft/survival specialist Jason Schwartz, a US Army veteran and founder of Rocky Mountain Bushcraft, this laminated guide is crafted for practical, real-world survival.

Author Biography

Writer and bushcraft/survival specialist Jason Schwartz is a United States Army Veteran and the founder of Rocky Mountain Bushcraft, a blog that features articles, news stories, outdoor tips and product reviews written from a bushcraft and wilderness survival perspective.

Schwartz is a former Red Cross certified Wilderness and Remote First Aid Instructor and has taught bushcraft and wilderness survival techniques at Rabbitstick in Idaho, Fire to Fire in Utah, The Winter Camping Symposium in Minnesota, and to the Boy Scouts of America in Colorado. He has also interned with the US Forest Service as a forestry technician and studied outdoor recreation, wilderness survival, forestry and wildland firefighting at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado.

In addition, Jason has written for magazines such as The New Pioneer and Backpacker Magazine, where he wrote the "Tinder Finder" portion of Backpacker's "Complete Guide to Fire," which won a 2015 Ellie Award, the magazine equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.