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Mrs. Charlotte Gulick with Campfire Girls in 1915. In 1911, the Camp Fire Girls planned to merge with the Girl Scouts of America, formed by Clara A. Lisetor-Lane of Des Moines, Iowa, and Girl Guides of America (of Spokane, Washington) to form the Girl Pioneers of America, but relationships fractured and the merger failed.
The Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) is a Zimbabwean community-based natural resource management program. It is one of the first programs to consider wildlife as renewable natural resources , while addressing the allocation of its ownership to indigenous peoples in and around conservation protected areas.
The Camp-Fire Club of America was organized in 1897 [1] to bring together hunters, anglers, explorers, naturalists, artists and individuals who subscribe to the principles of adventure and fellowship in the great outdoors, and to further the interests of sports afield and wildlife conservation.
On the morning of April 17, Michael Weathers, a homeless man, started a campfire to cook his breakfast. He later left the campfire unattended, and the hot coals started a fire that spread into the Scenic Brook, Austin, Texas neighborhood in Austin. [54] Two C-130 airplanes dispersed fire retardant chemicals. Police and EMS helicopters equipped ...
The Texas Campfire Tapes is the first album by American singer and songwriter Michelle Shocked. [7] [8] The album was "recorded". on a Sony Walkman during an impromptu set performed by Shocked around a campfire at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas; the recording was made by Pete Lawrence, founder of the Cooking Vinyl label, on his first visit to the USA. [9]
The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The fire began on the morning of Thursday, November 8, 2018, when part of a poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission line in the Feather River Canyon failed during strong katabatic winds.
A campfire made using twigs and pine cones. A campfire is a fire at a campsite that provides light and warmth, and heat for cooking. It can also serve as a beacon, and an insect and predator deterrent. Established campgrounds often provide a stone or steel fire ring for safety. Campfires are a popular feature of camping. At summer camps, the ...
Campfire (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse; Campfire (software), an online chat service by Basecamp; Campfire (app), a companion app to connect with players of Niantic games; Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE), in Zimbabwe; Campfire, a platform around which internet tribes gather