Track & Sign Certification
Program description
This 2-day wildlife tracking workshop and certification will be held in the Burlington VT area Tues-Wed April 21-22, with Evaluator Daniel Hansche. The track and sign certification offers an accelerated learning environment to advance your skills at recognizing and interpreting wildlife tracks and sign alongside 9-10 other participants, guided by one of the top trackers in the country. It's suitable for all experience levels and rewards skilled trackers with an internationally-recognized certification. We will see at least 56 individual tracking questions- honing in on a great diversity of wildlife sign- and each participant is invited to come up with their own assessment of who/what/why before we discuss as a group. This format (and that little bit of pressure to come up with your own answer) will help shine a light on your process for interpreting wildlife sign and your areas for growth, within a supportive learning environment of fellow naturalists. In taking up each question, we'll discuss why/why not for all of the possible answers until all participants are in agreement. If you've never seen the track or sign before, you can come up with any guess and then learn the details through this discussion process. Learn more about the certification at: www.trackercertification.com/storymap The registration cost is $375, but if that cost poses a barrier, the Tracker Certification nonprofit org. encourages applying for financial aid: https://trackercertification.com/financial-access/ Details: -Program runs from approx. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday -Exact meeting location will be decided based on tracking conditions and communicated to participants by Monday afternoon, April 20 -Participants are responsible for their own lodging, meals, and all gear they need for the field -We typically don't travel huge walking distances during a certification workshop (think a couple miles at most), but we will be 100% outdoors and often on uneven terrain to access animal track and sign -We will likely be carpooling from a central meeting spot due to parking limitations at our field sites.
Booking Policies
Refund Policy: Program fees are refundable (minus a $20 administrative fee) if cancellation notice is given more than 30 days before the workshop date. Cancellation notice should be given by email to trackingconnection@gmail.com. If you withdraw your registration within 30 days of the program date, the program fee will only be refundable in the event that someone else signs up in your place. We will keep a participant waitlist but make no guarantees that we can fill your spot. Cancellation & Rescheduling: The provider reserves the right to cancel this program for any reason. Likely reasons would be instructor illness or injury, or adverse weather conditions impacting safety and/or wildlife activity and tracking conditions. In the case of a full program cancellation by the provider, participants will receive a refund.
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