{"title":"True-Life Adventures Books \u0026 Pictures Imprint of Loucks Studios","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/7420\/files\/Screenshot_2024-08-06_10.13.50_AM.png?v=1722957281\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nThis is a collection of true-life works by Lisa Loucks-Christenson. Christian titles are published under Old Country Cross Christian Publishing Group, and depending on the type of work, may be published with White Wolf Creek Books, Story Antics(R), Story Antics Personalized Books(tm), Lisa Loucks-Christenson Films, and others. True-Life means these works were not set-up or shot in controlled environments. No animals or scenes were posed or arranged. Documentary shots were not staged but shot as Lisa observed them.\n\n","products":[{"product_id":"2007-floods-of-winona-county-minnesota","title":"Where Eaglets Sleep: 2007 Floods of Winona County","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col gap-md md:gap-lg w-full\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"focus:outline-none\" id=\"radix-:r18:-content-default\" aria-labelledby=\"radix-:r18:-trigger-default\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-state=\"active\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col gap-y-md md:gap-y-lg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gap-y-lg flex flex-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid w-full min-w-0 grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)]\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-start-1 row-start-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"focus:outline-none\" id=\"radix-:r2fc:-content-thread\" aria-labelledby=\"radix-:r2fc:-trigger-thread\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-state=\"active\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gap-y-md flex flex-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-w-0 break-words [word-break:break-word]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gap-y-md after:clear-both after:block after:content-['']\" id=\"markdown-content-14\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"has-inline-images my-2 first:mt-0 [\u0026amp;:has([data-inline-type=image])+\u0026amp;:has([data-inline-type=image])_[data-inline-type=image]]:hidden [\u0026amp;:has(table)_[data-inline-type=image]]:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose dark:prose-invert inline leading-relaxed break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word] prose-strong:font-medium visRefresh2026Fonts:prose-strong:font-bold [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;*:first-child]:mt-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere Eaglets Sleep: 2007 Floods of Winona County\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Lisa Loucks-Christenson Documentary – 20th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpring \u0026amp; Summer Flash Floods \u0026amp; Eagle Resilience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReleasing January 4, 2027\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eTwenty years ago, during the third year of my Bald Eagle Documentary™, I captured Winona County's spring and summer flash floods—raw terror amid the eaglets' rising journey. As a prior resident still working the area, these floods hit close to home, reaching Rochester where I lived—flooding my gallery, yet sparing my old home (10-20 feet out of the flood plain). Rochester's flood plan proved its worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThat March 13, 2007, in Beaver Creek Valley's Whitewater Management Area, my two companions and I hiked from sunrise through 29 inches of melting snow. By afternoon, a flash flood swelled a meandering creek into a half-mile-wide icy torrent. Trapped with no cell service, we waded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewaist-deep water, ice-chunks breezing past\u003c\/strong\u003e, balanced across a spinning log over a newborn waterfall,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eclawed back up the ravine so we could go back down the bluff to see if the truck was even still there\u003c\/strong\u003e—surviving by faith, grit, and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"core-focus\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 [.has-inline-images_\u0026amp;]:clear-end font-sans visRefresh2026AnswerSerif:font-editorial font-semimedium visRefresh2026Fonts:font-bold text-base visRefresh2026Fonts:text-lg first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+\u0026amp;]:mt-4\"\u003eCore Focus\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eVisceral, never-before-seen photos from Altura, Beaver, Elba, and beyond—before-and-after scenes, intimate interviews, faces of resilience as our community bonded stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eFrom tadpole girl to Bug Lady to Eagle Lady, my coverage\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eaired on KTTC News NBC, Lisa's Walk The Talk Show, Plainview News, and my news sites\u003c\/strong\u003e—Winona County's enduring record from the front lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"20th-anniversary-highlights\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 [.has-inline-images_\u0026amp;]:clear-end font-sans visRefresh2026AnswerSerif:font-editorial font-semimedium visRefresh2026Fonts:font-bold text-base visRefresh2026Fonts:text-lg first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+\u0026amp;]:mt-4\"\u003e20th Anniversary Highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eExclusive reflections on two decades of healing. Images preview forthcoming books:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e2007, Year Three: Dancer \u0026amp; Daedee\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalling All Scribes\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStruggling for Existence: What Nature Shared\u003c\/em\u003e. Even floods can't clip wings forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinona County, this is our story—floods that reshaped us all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex items-center justify-between\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"-ml-sm gap-xs flex flex-shrink-0 items-center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gap-x-xs flex flex-shrink-0 items-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-transparent flex items-center gap-xs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sold by Silver Lake Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31246325973086,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/7420\/products\/COVER-2007-Floods-D-LR72.png?v=1770894808"},{"product_id":"wildlife-loppers-amp-chainsaws-1988-vegetation-crew-my-wild-rare-and-untold-adventures-working-for-the-minnesota-conservation-corps-nbsp-kindle-edition","title":"Wildlife, Loppers and Chainsaws: 1988 Vegetation Crew: My Wild, Rare, and Untold Adventures Working for the Minnesota Conservation Corps","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[525] first:mt-3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWildlife, Loppers and Chainsaws: 1988 Vegetation Crew: My Wild, Rare, and Untold Adventures Working for the Minnesota Conservation Corps\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eby Lisa Loucks-Christenson (Author, Illustrator, Photographer)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eIn 1988, I stepped out of my comfort zone and changed my life. I had accepted a job working on the Vegetation Crew for the Minnesota Conservation Corps. It was a seasonal position run, then, by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eIt was like God had heard my battle cry, and suddenly my life—and my faith—had changed. This was the year I lopped, sawed, preened, and cut my path to my future. I was not alone. I had the help of my crew: two men, both of whom had become stealth guardians of my heart—brother-like coworkers who became my safety net from the storms we weathered while we worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eThis is a record of my wild adventures: an unveiling of experiences as my crew traversed and cleared goat prairies at O.L. Kipp State Park (now called Great River Bluffs State Park); how we helped measure the second cave at Mystery Caves in Forestville State Park; what grasses we gathered at Carlos Avery Management Area; our tree projects at Frontenac State Park; the controlled burn at Helmer-Meyer State Park (now called Meyer-Big Island State Park); and our cutting and lopping at Sakatah Lake State Park—the “singing hills,” as given by the Dakota Indians. It was the place I found a mimic among us: an orange spicebush caterpillar. It was here that we sang along to Tracy Chapman’s new release, “Fast Car,” between bites of our lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eOur journey went fast, but we drove trucks—not cars. Our lives changed with each season. Our strength had become a threefold cord intertwined with each other’s thoughts. Surreptitiously, we had become shields around each other’s souls. Inside this story, you’ll discover a grandfather figure who had spiritually hitched a ride with us—and how his words became our mantra once we realized that things really did work out for the best in the end. It was his gift of words that helped us shudder through our storms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eThis story shares the seasons of new friendships, rare animal findings (banding the rare Henslow’s sparrow), finding a state-endangered species (the common five-lined skink), and stepping on—and over—six-foot timber rattlesnake sheds on the south-facing goat prairies where they liked to sunbathe and had their dens. It shares our bee and hornet stings as well as losing another MCC member we had worked with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eHop on the tailgate of this photographic trip shared in this memoir and ride the back roads of our lives: the inside story of three new adults growing up, believing our old age was far beyond the bluffs in view. It was a time when we all relied on each other and formed an unbreakable bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eThis was our time to become stewards of the environment—a time to study and learn about rare and endangered species—hardly ever chipping my pink nails. We became artists taking “before” scenes and making them “after” scenic views. In time, we’d learn to summon our faith and could tell any bluff to “move”—and in some ways, it did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003ePrior to this job, my life had felt like a series of coin tosses with heads-or-tails results that had led me nowhere—and in every direction. One unnerving flip after another used dimes, nickels, and quarters that only shimmered like mirages as they fell—giving spinning hints about my future. Luckily, the hat I wore now—unlike the headwear of my costly past—this cap stamped with the Minnesota Conservation Corps logo was given to me free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eOnly God knew then the adventures He had planned for me—starting with the day I mustered up all the courage I had and walked through the doors of the Department of Natural Resources in Rochester, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-0\"\u003eHere is my collection of memories and reflections—the experiences that shaped my young adult life into its own story. 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