Our Ranger Bill for this Thursday, July 2, 2026, is full of excitement
RB039:Ranger Bill for Wednesday, July 1, 2026, is RB038:
Set the Record Straight.Our RANGER BILL tension-filled adventure
for Tuesday, 6/30/2026 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.
Ranger Bill and the doctors in Central City have their hands full with
RB036 – Sleeping Death
this Monday afternoon, 6/29/2026.
– 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.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning, June 27, 2026
This Saturday Uncle Bob Devine chats with one member of a family of birds, the Whip-poor-will family also known a the Nightjar family. Bob chats with the bird he calls the Poor Willow Bird.
You will find that Poor Willow Bird is more commonly refered to as the Eastern Wippoorwill. The eastern wippoorwill is found along southern Canada and down the easten United States. The eastern whippoorwill has a more southern cousin, The Mexican Whippoorwill who lives in the southwestern US and along eastern Mexico.
Both of these birds are known by their distinct calls. The Mexican calls out "whip-poor-will". The Eastern simply calls out "poor-will". Let's let Bob and Poor Will tell you more.
