Ranger Bill for Monday is quite an exciting adventure
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 11/29/25
A waterbird is Uncle Bob's visitor this morning Knute (Newt) the Coot. A coot is a black or gray bird with a white bill. Coots look similar to both chickens and ducks. Coots live in groups for protection from hawks and eagles. They eat mostly marsh plants.
Let's let Knute tell you much more about coots:
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Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, Nov. 29, 2025, is
RB061 The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare
Ranger Bill for early Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, is RB060
Decision for DeathOur RANGER BILL for Friday afternoon, 11/28/25, is:
RB098 The Runaway Railroad
Henry hears stories of an antique steam train abandoned way up in the Shady Mountains. The engine belonged to the Three Rs - the Rimrock, Rawhide, and Ragweed railroad. Henry goes hiking in search of the valuable old train. Henry's tough walk is rewarded when he discovers an old engine in a shed. Two men find the train first and are determined to take the engine and sell it to a collector. They tie up Henry and fire up the train to steal it. Will Bill discover the thieves, stop them, AND rescue Henry?
Our Thanksgiving Day RANGER BILL story is about coveting and the sin that follows.
RB097 The Snow White Stallion, 11/27/25
Henry falls in love with a magnificent wild white stallion that he and his friend Pyute see on the prairie. Henry finds a way to capture the horse and keep it in a hidden location. Bill tells him that capturing a wild horse will break its spirit and kill it. Now Henry must decide if keeping his special horse is worth the cost.
Our RANGER BILL adventure for Wednesday, 11/26/25, is one hair-raising tale,
RB095 The Abominable Snowman.
Big game hunter Craig Carstares stalks the elusive Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep while a creature haunts the mountains and frightens folks in Knotty Pine. Everyone is afraid of this beast except Carstares. They think it is the Abominable Snowman. Even Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf are scared when they see its tracks and hear it howling. What is this beast? Can Bill and the boys capture or kill this monster? Is Mr. Carstares safe hunting alone in the mountains?
Our Ranger Bill for Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, is
RB094 Rogue Elephant
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025, is:
RB093 The River that Wasn't There
There is no drought, but the Rio Perdido River runs dry without explanation. Fred Martin, a young lettuce farmer, and a tough old cattle rancher Longhorn Laribee are both in danger of losing everything without the river. Bill and the boys investigate and try to bring the river back. Henry may have the key to the problem in a book he’s studying.Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 11/22/25
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Regal the Harpy Eagle this morning to Nature Corner. Regal lives in the treetops of rainforest trees. He eats many of the smaller animals that feed on the song birds of the rainforest. Male harpies grow to 50 pounds and females 15 to 20 pounds.
Now listen to Regal tell you and Bob more about himself.
Our Ranger Bill
for early Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025, isOur Ranger Bill for Monday evening, Nov. 17, 2025, is RB088
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 11/15/25
Tina Javelina visits Uncle Bob Devine this morning. Tina and her relatives are in the Peccary family and distant cousins of pigs from the Eastern Hemisphere. Tina is gray with a white ring around the neck. Javelinas can be found from the souther United States down to Mexico and Argentina.
Let's let Tina tell you more about herself.
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/15/25, is: RB057
The Muddy River
Soil erosion is washing tons of black top soil into the Shady River turning its clear blue mountain waters into a muddy mess during each rain storm. Senator Baxter wants a dam on the Shady to control the river's flood waters and stop erosion. Ranger Bill has soil erosion under control in the national forest. Bill knows the same methods will work just as well for farmers and ranchers all along the Shady. Who is behind Senator Baxter's dam and assisting the senator to get the dam built? How can a government employee like Bill oppose a US senator? Will farmers be saddled with taxes to pay for a dam?
Our Ranger Bill
for early Saturday morning, 11/15/25, is:
RB092 The Return of Sitting Bull
Our Ranger Bill adventure for
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, is RB084
Our Ranger Bill exciting adventure for Wednesday evening , 11/12/25, is RB085
Our Ranger Bill adventure for Thursday evening,
Nov. 13, 2025, is RB086 Tiger Cat
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning,
Bill and Lieutenant Larson of the US Aeronautical Survey Team find Old Man Margrave tied up and half dead in his cabin in Lost Canyon. Two thugs, Hawk and Banjo Eyes, did this to the old gentleman to get his treasure hidden up in the mountain cliffs. The key to finding the treasure is a notebook hidden in the cabin. So why does Bill want a football uniform, a pilot's helmet, 100 feet of rope, and 10 pounds of beef to find the treasure? How will Bill, Henry, and Lt. Larson keep the two crooks from stealing or destroying the treasure? What is this mysterious treasure anyway? You'll have to listen to find out.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Nov. 8, 2025, is a very touching one:
RB055 A Lesson in Love
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 11/8/25
Uncle Bob Devine greets a cat named Sarah. Sarah is a Serval Cat from the grasslands of Africa. Sarah is a medium-sized cat, roughly three feet long, with a tail about 10 inches long. She is tan with black spots, so she looks like a small panther.
Now let Sarah Serval tell you more about herself -
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Our Ranger Bill for this Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025,
is RB080
RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, is
RB079 The Loudmouth
Bill has his hands full this week with a know-it-all rookie ranger, Jerry Sands. Jerry thinks very highly of himself and doesn't respect the experience of Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf. The fellas get tired of Jerry's big ego and lack of respect for others. Bill and the boys decide to teach Jerry a few lessons about the forest. See what the boys do to try to wise-up Jerry. See what kind of trouble Jerry gets into during these "lessons." Will Jerry ever learn to be a real ranger?
Our Ranger Bill
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 11/1/25, is RB053
Arson at Brighton College
Bill and Henry take off for the weekend to visit Bill's alma mater Brighton College and enjoy the homecoming football game. Henry is going to Brighton to visit with the college president's son Ronnie Winters. Ronnie keeps getting into trouble and has difficult time owning up to his mistakes. An old building being used as a dorm catches fire and the building's janitor is severely hurt. Fire investigators suspect arson. Later, Bill and Henry spot Ronnie speeding and generally driving dangerously. Is the Brighton fire arson? Could Ronnnie be that arsonist? What can Bill and Henry do to find the fire's cause and the person responsible?
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 11/1/25
Uncle Bob Devine's visitor for this Saturday is a little gree fellow from Argentina, Freddie the Hyla Arborea Tree Frog.
The family of tree frogs has hundreds of members all around the world. Tree frogs have feet that easily stick to tree limbs. They stay in trees during the day for protection from preditors while they sleep, then they live on the ground and in the water to hunt for insects at night.
Let's let Freddie tell you the rest of his story.
RANGER BILL for this Friday, 10/31/25 is RB076
The Salesman
Bill saves a child who wandered into the street and is hit by the car himself. Bill is slightly injured and needs just a little rest at home. Gill Major, an insurance salesman, visits Bill to try to sell him life insurance. Bill turns the tables on Gill and tries to sell him Eternal Life Insurance. Gill is not a Christian and has no interest in eternal life insurance. But can Gill ignore insurance whose premium was paid in full 2000 years ago, provides protection after death, guarantees the insured eternal life, and the insured person is the beneficiary? See the Spirit at work in Gill through Bill's words.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep007_The_Salesman.mp3
OTRR #145
Our spine-tingling Ranger Bill adventure
Our Ranger Bill for Wednesday evening, Oct. 29, 2025, is RB074
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/25/25
Uncle Bob Devine's guest for this Saturday is a little brown frog with a big name, Frieda the Gastric- brooding Frog. Frieda comes from a rain forest pond in Queensland, Australia. Frieda swallows her eggs to protect them from preditors. Let Frieda tel you more in her own words:
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Tim learns about biblical kindness from Galatians 5:22
Our Ranger Bill
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Oct. 25, 2025, is RB051
Catching a BIG Fish with a Small HookOur Ranger Bill story
In our Ranger Bill for Oct. 21, 2025, the rangers must fight a massive, out of control fire
Our Ranger Bill story
for Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, is RB067
Our exciting Ranger Bill adventure
for late Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2025, is RB049Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2025, is RB088
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/18/25
Irma the Ice Worm pays a call on Uncle Bob Devine. Irma is a half-inch-long worm that lives inside the ice and snow on the Cascade Mountains and their glaciers. Irma can move around because the Cascade glaciers are not solid ice but rather ice, snow, and water. Irma swims in the waters. Listen to Irma describe herself and her life in the Cascades.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/11/25
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner guest for today is Clancey the Piddock Clam. Clancy digs a cave for himself in solid rock to protect him from other animals that might eat him. Let Clancey tell you his story:
In our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 10/11/25,
Our Ranger Bill story for early Saturday morning, Oct. 11,2025, is
RB087 The White Fields
Our story for Wednesday, 10/8/25, is a construction project gone wrong on Ranger Bill
Our Ranger Bill story
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 10/4/25
Uncle bob Devine gets a visit from Harry the Old Man's Beard lichen. Lichen is a mixture of fungus and algae. You will find him on the Sitka spruce tree and large leaf maples in Olympic National Park in the state of Washington. He is one of more than 130 species of lichen.
Listen to Harry describe himself for you.
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Late Saturday morning's very scary RANGER BILL for 10/4/25 is
RB045 The Road Ghost
Buses heading for Knotty Pine are crashing. It's not poor weather or icy roads that are causing these accidents. Bus drivers on the night route from Junction City to Knotty Pine are seeing animals, ghost animals, crossing the road in front of them causing the drivers to swerve and wreck. Gus McDougal will go out of business unless the road ghosts and the wrecks stop. Gus asks Bill and the boys to look into the problem. Are the animals real? Are the road ghosts real? And what can Bill do about ghosts anyway?
Our Ranger Bill adventure for early Saturday morning,
Oct. 4, 2025, is RB086 Tiger Cat
Our Ranger Bill for Friday afternoon, Oct. 3, 2025, is
RB061 The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare
Ranger Bill for Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, is RB060
Decision for DeathOur Ranger Bill
for Wednesday evening, Oct. 10, 2025, isRANGER BILL for this Monday, 9/29/25, is: RB057
The Muddy River
Soil erosion is washing tons of black top soil into the Shady River turning its clear blue mountain waters into a muddy mess during each rain storm. Senator Baxter wants a dam on the Shady to control the river's flood waters and stop erosion. Ranger Bill has soil erosion under control in the national forest. Bill knows the same methods will work just as well for farmers and ranchers all along the Shady. Who is behind Senator Baxter's dam and assisting the senator to get the dam built? How can a government employee like Bill oppose a US senator? Will farmers be saddled with taxes to pay for a dam?
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 9/27/25
Uncle Bob Devine greets Floss the Deer Moss. Last week we heard from Ross the Cord Moss. Cord moss is dark green and grows on rocks and soil in many places around the country. Deer moss grows in the rain forests of the western US on the branches of large leaf maple trees. Now learn more about Floss the deer moss.
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning,
Sept. 27 2025, is RB052Our Ranger Bill exciting adventure for early Saturday morning , 9/27/25, is RB085
Our Ranger Bill for Friday evening, Sept. 26, 2025, is RB056
Our Ranger Bill for Thursday evening, Sept. 25, 2025, is a very touching one:
RB055 A Lesson in Love
We have quite a big Ranger Bill adventure
for Wednesday evening, 9/24/25, RB054Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 9/20/25
Ross Moss comes to Nature Corner this morning. You might like to get a magnifying glass out today to get a really good look at Ross. Moss plants are so small that about 500 moss plants could grow on a postage stamp. Ross is a bright green. He is made of a stem and very small leaves. Let Ross tell you and Uncle Bob all about himself. Then go outside and find a rock with some moss on it and take a close look at him with the magnifying glass!
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 9/20/25, is RB050
The Log JamOur Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Sept. 20, 2025, is RB048
The Man Who UnderstoodOur Ranger Bill begins our work week, Sept. 15, 2025, with
RB047 The Broken Promise
Our exciting Ranger Bill adventure
for Wednesday evening, Sept. 17, 2025, is RB049Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, Sept. 13, 2025 is full of excitement
RB039:Our Ranger Bill tale for early Saturday morning,
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Rocky the Stonefish to Nature Corner this Saturday. Rocky doesn't have the ability to swim well or quickly. His protection is his camoflauge and his poison spine. Learn all about Rocky today.
Our Ranger Bill to end the work week, 9/12/25, is: RB046
"The Handcar Race".
Our RANGER BILL adventure for Tuesday evening, Sept. 9, 2025, is:
RB043 The Crusher
A cargo plane crash lands at Knotty Pine airport. A short time later, an airport employee is found dead inside a hanger near the plane’s cargo boxes. He has been crushed to death. Who or what could do this? Ranger Bill is called in to investigate. He suspects something escaped one of the cargo boxes.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep170_The_Crusher.mp3
OTRR #198
In our RANGER BILL for Monday evening, Sept. 8, 2024, Bill tries to kill himself and all his fire jumpers:
RB042 Forest Fire Death Trap aka Fire in the Forest
The towns of Silver Springs and Claytown are surrounded by 10 forest fires and their citizens are trapped. The southern district rangers can't fight these blazes alone. They call Bill and his men and equipment to control the fires. This is one of the biggest fires the state has ever had. And to top it off, the train bringing equipment from Knotty Pine breaks down. Can Bill help get these fires under control or will rangers and innocent citizens die?
Our RANGER BILL story for midweek, 9/10/25 is:
RB044 The Old Diehard
Ranger Bill and the boys take a trip to State U. to give chemist Dr. Thaddeus Draper some soil samples to test. The fellas walk into an disagreement between Dr. Draper and his grandson Mel. Dr. Draper wants to Mel to follow in his footsteps and become a research chemist. Mel wants to be an agricultural chemist but won't buck his grandfather. Bill sees the tension building between the Drapers. Mel asks for Bill's help with his grandfather. Then Dr. Draper wants Bill to talk Mel into being a research chemist. Bill is between a rock and a diehard. What is he going to do in this situation? Can Bill make either Draper happy, or will both be mad at Bill and at each other?
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Titus the Spadefoot Toad today. Titus and his relatives live in deserts of the souwetern US. Titus needs water like any toad or frog. What is he doing in a desert? God designed him to burrow deep in the ground and only come out during the wet season. His spade back feet with their sharp nails dig easily into the desert soil.
To learn more click on his link:
Ranger Bill has his hands full with
RB036 – Sleeping Death
for this early Saturday morning. Sept. 6, 2025
– Sleeping Sickness infects the Central City area. Local manpower and equipment are not enough to control the mosquito population. The rangers are called in to help spray for mosquitoes, but one large landowner won’t allow the spraying on his land leaving many in danger of infection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQr7MtwVotY
By the way, "mosquitoes" and "mosquitos" are both correct plural forms for :mosquito.
Ranger Bill for a Friday evening, 9/5/25, has a family dealing with anger and jealousy,
Our midweek Ranger Bill is full of excitement
for Sept. 3, 2025, in RB039:Our Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, 9/4/25, is a fan favorite:
Stumpy Gets 30 DaysOur RANGER BILL tension-filled adventure
for Monday, 9/1/25, Labor Day is RB037 The Shortage
John Patterson is the Forest Service accountant for the Northwest District and one of Bill’s rangers. John is a fine Christian and works hard to do a good job. But recently John has been worrying himself sick over an accounting error of thousands of dollars that he can’t find to correct. He won’t tell anyone or ask for help and a federal audit is only days away.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday, August 30, 2025
Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Damon the Decoy Fish. Damon is a red and white fish that is similar to a large mouth bass. Damon lives in the Red Sea and his coloring camouflages him against the Red Sea coral. Learn how he describes himself in today's audio.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 2025,
is RB080
Our Thursday evening RANGER BILL story for Aug. 28, 2025, is:
RB035 Henry for Mayor
It's Youth Week at Knotty Pine High, and Henry has a "Thorny" problem - Thornton Newcastle, that is. Henry is running for Youth Week mayor against young Mr. Newcastle. Thornton is the son of a big businessman and used to getting his way. Thorny is worried that Henry will win the mayor's race because of Henry's popularity at school. Henry is on the swim team and has the best grades in math. Thornton steals Henry's math notes and accuses him of cheating. Now Henry may not only lose the race but also kicked off the swim team and flunk math. Bill can't go to Henry's aid or he will interfere with the Youth Week. Henry must stand up for himself. But what can he do to defend his good name?
RANGER BILL for Monday evening, Aug. 25, 2025 , RB032
The Floating Death Trap
Riverboats carry freight and passengers between Knotty Pine and Mirror Lake and Kings Islands. Andy Coogan and Jim Gunderson are fierce competitors for the tourists visiting the Mirror Lake region. Bill will not give Andy a passengers license because his boat is dangerous. His stacks leak. Deck planks need to be replaced. The boiler is a threat to human life.RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors, Wednesday, Aug. 27,2025:
RB034 – Piggyback – Dangerous winter weather and complex delivery problems threaten the survival of both Canyon City Truck Lines and the railroad. Leonard Grant, owner of CCTL, and Spence Neihoff, superintendent of the Knotty Pine railroad district, do not get along and refuse to work with one another. Bill must teach these men how to work together instead of against each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL2qpm90sw
First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.
