Frontline 05 · Field
Guides.
Practical, plain-language field guides for the things that don't have a good explainer anywhere else. Designed to be printed, packed, and passed along.
Live now · The current edition
The Field Guide to American Ticks.
A pocket-ready reference to the eight ticks responsible for nearly every tick-borne illness in the United States: identification, regional risk, removal, symptoms worth a same-day call, and the gear actually worth carrying.
In production
More guides on the way.
Each guide is built the same way as the Tick Guide. Cross-checked with primary sources, illustrated for the field, and shaped to fit in a back pocket.
Snakes of Middle Tennessee.
Every native species you might actually encounter, venomous and not, with quick-look ID, region, and what to do if bitten.
In reportingSevere-Weather Field Guide.
Tornado warnings vs. watches, shelter logic, what radar colors actually mean, and the 30 seconds that matter most.
DraftingTennessee State Park Primer.
Every state park within a tank of gas. Trails, water, camping, and the quiet ones worth driving past the famous ones for.
OutlinedPitch a guide
What's the guide you wish someone had written?
We take guide pitches from neighbors, professionals in the field, and anyone who's tired of the version that already exists. Tell us what's missing.