PREPARATION FOR WILDLIFE TRACKING CERTIFICATION — June 8, 2023
PREPARATION FOR WILDLIFE TRACKING CERTIFICATION — June 8, 2023
CLASS CANCELED!
(IN PERSON)
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023
1:00PM - 5:00PM
INSTRUCTORS:
LINDA JO HUNTER
AND
JANE DOUDNEY
LOCATION:
NORTH OF CARSON, WA
This class will prepare folks who will be participating in June's Cybertracker Certification by delving into the kinds of sign that are prevalent in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (where at least part of the certification weekend will take place). L.J. Hunter and Jane Doudney are both highly experienced trackers who know the Gifford Pinchot like the back of their hands. They will steer clear of the areas where the evaluation will be, but will share their vast local knowledge as well as a species list.
TUITION: $50 (plus processing fees)
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PROCESSING FEES ARE ONLY APPLIED TO TUITION AMOUNTS, NEVER DONATIONS.
About the instructors:
L. J. Hunter is the author of “Lonesome for Bears” Lyons Press 2008, a co-founder of the International Society of Professional Trackers and is certified by CyberTracker Conservation in Track and Sign, as well as by Universal Tracking Services in human tracking. Further experiences include man tracking for Search and Rescue interspersed with natural history studies, study with St. James Halfpenny in Yellowstone, and work as a former brown bear-viewing guide in an outback Alaskan lodge.
Jane Doudney has been a lifelong outdoors enthusiast, from her youth in the Midwest to years of exploring the Alaskan wilderness and now SW Washington. She tried many traditional ways of enjoying the outdoors, and then came upon track and sign. Jane was first introduced to tracking through classes with Linda Hunter and has since become a talented tracker. Through these experiences, her appreciation for the interrelatedness found in nature deepened as she learned to “read” the stories the forest has to tell.
Jane has also studied trailing with Adriaan Louw and became Cybertracker certified in 2016 in track and sign. The woods symbolize peace and joy for her and she looks forward to sharing her passion for nature and tracking with new people.