Winter Wildlife Tracking (Thurs) - FULL
Program description
Thursday session just added! First lesson pack goes out Jan 21; first Zoom meeting Jan 28. Looking to learn tracking, refresh your skills, or connect with a community of trackers this winter? This online small-group course will offer rich learning content, practical tips and inspiration to connect with your local wildlife this winter. Whether your local habitat is urban, suburban, rural or wilderness, you can explore it with the curiosity of a tracker, reading the landscape for clues of animal activity. The program is built around 4 biweekly Zoom sessions: Jan 28, Feb 11, Feb 25 and Mar 11 from 7:30-9 pm Eastern time - with recordings available for review and for anyone who can’t attend at those times. You’ll also receive a weekly packet of digital learning materials, plus recommended activities and optional assignments- all yours to access long-term. Topics will include: • track and sign, plus behavior and ecology of north woods mammals; • how and where to look for wildlife activity; • interpreting tracks and gaits, feeding and denning signs; • documenting wildlife tracks and sign for further research, sharing, or monitoring; • accessing tracking and wildlife resources (field guides and more); • installing trail cameras to capture wildlife pictures; • and other topics that arise out of group interest! Who’s this for? Anyone with an interest in deepening their connection and understanding of local wildlife. We’ll focus on mammals common to the Northeast US and Great Lakes regions, but the skills and practices can be applied anywhere. The course is accessible to total beginners as well as those with prior tracking experience. The basics will be offered through videos that you can cover at your own pace. We’ll use our shared class time to review and deepen learning, and to build connections through sharing stories, questions, and tracking mysteries. What's the time commitment? Approx. 2 hrs per week to attend zoom sessions and review class materials. And the more time you can spend out tracking during the course, the better! A minimum of 2 hrs between each Zoom session would be ideal, but this is totally up to you- you can set the pace and access these materials whenever you choose. About the Instructor You can read more about Sophie's background under "About - Introduction." For this course, she’ll draw on her experience tracking in eastern and central Ontario, northern New England, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and the Pacific Northwest.
Booking Policies
Refund Policy: Program fees are refundable (minus a $10 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, postpone, or reschedule any part of 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 event of a postponement due to instructor availability or weather conditions, we will work with participants to transfer their registration to a new workshop date within 3 months of the originally-scheduled date. In the event that an alternative field date cannot be scheduled, participants may be offered equivalent content in the form of an online classroom session, a recording, or another format. In the case of a full program cancellation by the provider, participants will receive a refund.