RB185 - Duck Call

Stumpy is fooled by a traveling salesman into buying his patented “Supersonic Silent Duck Call”. Bill isn’t convinced that this duck call is so super, so he decides to investigate both the call and the salesman. But Stumpy’s pride won’t let him believe that the call isn’t working. What is Bill going to do with that boy?

RB184 Tom's Otter

Tom is a lonely fire tower ranger. He adopts a small otter as his pet and names him Bright Water. An illegal trapper captures both Bright Water and Tom. Bill and Stumpy must search the national forest for their fellow ranger. Then our rangers must hunt down and capture the illegal trapper before he does any more poaching.

RB183 - Mystery Island, Mystery Man

Bill and Stumpy take a long-needed vacation on a cruise ship. The ship makes an “unscheduled stop” at a “mystery island.” The stop gives passengers an opportunity to get tour this “unexplored” island. But a real mystery develops when a reporter on the cruise winds up missing and a missing millionaire is found.

Knotty Pine GAZETTE - Wildfires Ravage the West

Here's some news that would definitely be affecting life in and around Knotty Pine:


Extreme heat and drought throughout the west have spawned massive wildfires in at least 8 different states. Hundreds of square miles of forest and grasslands have been burned so far. The forest service's fleet of planes used for fighting forest fires has dropped dramatically from 44 planes down to the present 11 planes. To make matters even worse, many of the remaining 11 planes are so old they are in danger of breaking up in flight because their metal frames are old and fatigued. One forest service plane crashed last year during a wildfire killing the three fire fighters aboard.

RB-182 Building Corry's Self-Reliance

Corry Windsor is one of the new rookie rangers under Bill’s command. Corry has no self-confidence. His first assignment with Stumpy makes matters worse, so he quits the ranger service. Then an emergency forces him to act to save lives or cave-in to fear.