Ranger Headquarters

Ranger Headquarters
Big Pine National Forest, Knotty Pine

Saturday, August 16, 2025

RB027 Bobsled

  Our exciting RANGER BILL adventure for late Saturday morning, Aug. 16, 2025: 

RB027 Bobsled

The state championship bobsled races are going to be held at Culver’s Peak. Top speeds are expected to exceed 60 miles per hour! Our rangers will be racing against the Cole brothers and their faster sled. Our rangers have won these races for the last three years running, but the Cole brothers could end their winning streak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfDUUn2shU&t=26s

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Pinecone Fish

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

Uncle Bob Devine's guest for today is Phineas the Pinecone Fish. Phineas gets his name from his round body and large scales that make him look just like a real pine cone. Learn more about pine cone fish in this audio.

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RB078 The Outsider

 Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, 

Aug. 16, 2025, is RB078
The Outsider

Skinny is new in town, and he's from the deep country. He is trying, without much luck, to make friends with a gang. The gang ends up killing dozens of birds, and Skinny is a witness. Folks in Knotty Pine are furious. Bill must act quickly to stop this senseless violence.

RB026 Henry's Miracle

 RANGER BILL for Friday afternoon, 8/15/25, is

RB026 Henry's Miracle

This is the story of Henry at the age of ten when his world fell apart. First, he is crippled in a fall. Then his mother develops cancer and dies. Then to add insult to injury, his dad becomes gravely ill and may die, which would leave young Henry all alone in the world.

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

RB018 Tony's Place aka Standing Firm for What Is Right

  Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, Aug. 14, 2025, is:

RB018 Tony's Place aka Standing Firm for What Is Right

Ed Blake’s gang asks Tony to sponsor them so they can buy baseball uniforms. They vandalize Tony’s Market when he doesn’t give them the cash right away. One boy in the gang, Mike, is willing to stand up to the gang and tell the truth. Then Tony’s store is damaged even worse than the first time. Tony asks Bill for help to stop the violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Iw4NBPKwo&t=3s

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

RB024 Ice Pack

  Our RANGER BILL for  8/13/25, takes our rangers to the dangerous ocean ice fields near Alaska - RB024:

Ice Pack 

The vessel Sea Chaser is trapped in the huge, powerful ice flows near Alaska. When they are unable to contact anyone by radio, the passengers and crew plan a mutiny. Bill and his rangers are called in to find Sea Chaser and bring everyone safely home.

Icebergs are an even bigger threat in 2024 than they were in the 1950s when Ice Pack first aired.


Click on Ranger Bill on Facebook to chat about "Ice Pack" this week.

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Kiwi bird

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

Kathy Kiwi bird drops in on Uncle Bob Devine. Kathy hales from the forests New Zeeland. She is the smallest bird that cannot fly. Kathy looks like a small brown chicken with even smaller wings. Learn more from Kahty and Uncle Bob. 

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RB025 Timid Timothy

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 8/9/25, is

RB025 Timid Tomothy 

Tim Sullivan has a long history of getting into bad business deals. When his uncle offers him a good job as logging manager, he is afraid to fail once more. Tim’s dad, Officer Mike Sullivan, asks Bill to step in and try to make Tim into a successful businessman. Bill enlists several of his rangers to help Tim. Even Frenchy DeSalle and his lumberjacks get in the act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPNkSAx-2g

RB077 Henry's Bus Trip

 Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning

Aug. 9, 2025, is RB077
Henry's Bus Trip

Henry is taking a long-distance bus trip home to Knotty Pine. He meets the Cavanaugh family and several other of the bus passengers. It’s getting dark and the mountain roads are getting rough, winding, and narrow. Rains have caused landslides, damaging the road and trapping the bus.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

RB020 If the Lord Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?

 RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, 8/7/25, is RB020

"If the Lord Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?".

Young Army serviceman Ted Sloan stops by ranger headquarters to visit with Bill and Henry. Ted is having a hard time dealing with the persecution he gets for being a Christian.
Bill tells how he was also persecuted as a Navy medic serving with the Marines. The Marine sergeant made life plenty tough for Bill. God made opportunity for Bill to serve and witness even then.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

RB017 Overflow

  RANGER BILL for Tuesday afternoon, 8/5/25, is a wet one:

RB017 Overflow

  Two days of hard rains plus heavy spring snow melt have combined to threaten Big Ridge Dam. The operators at the dam must open its floodgates soon or the dam will burst. Bill and his rangers have just 3 hours to warn all the farmers and ranchers in the valley below Big Ridge before the gates are opened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53UVrL_N9Vs

RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, is

RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts 

Sultan is a huge and powerful lion at Kittyland wild animal park. Sultan defies then scares his trainer Flick Martin. Can Bill help Flick find his courage to control Sultan? If not, Kittyland might close, and Sultan may be destroyed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5U_33vI47I

Monday, August 4, 2025

RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at the Flying Double Bar Ranch

 RANGER BILL for Monday afternoon, 8/4/25, is:

RB016 Hidden Treasure aka Trouble at the Flying Double Bar Ranch

Lester Winters inherited the family ranch when his dad died. The bank must take the ranch because of some unpaid loans. Les barricades himself in the house behind his rifle. The rangers find some of Les’ missing cattle, but they’re not enough to settle the estate’s debt. Then Bill hears a wild story about buried treasure on the Winters ranch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2qN0E86-Nwc

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Polar Bear

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday, Aug. 2,2025

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Petunia Polar Bear. 


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Saturday, August 2, 2025

RB023 Dead on Arrival

 Our early Saturday morning RANGER BILL for  Aug.  2, 2025, is RB023

Dead on Arrival

Henry is a ham radio operator. One evening, his radio picks up a distress call from a trapper and his son in Cougar Canyon. The boy is seriously ill and needs immediate medical attention. But before Bill and Henry can get to the trappers’ cabin, the boy dies. Despite appearances, Bill thinks there is a chance that the boy can be revived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_P3F3BGc-w

RB015 The Hunted

 RANGER BILL livens up our Friday afternoon, Aug. 1, 2025, with

RB015 The Hunted

While out on ski patrol, the rangers hear the cry of an unknown big cat. The cat turns out to be a jaguar. Our rangers have their work cut out for them when the cat threatens the cattle on nearby ranches of Blue Valley.

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