Introduction to Wildlife Track and Sign

Turkey Run Park

Expand your awareness of local wildlife by learning how to interpret the marks they leave behind as they live out their secretive lives in our forests, meadows, and creeks. This four-hour workshop is perfect for beginners wanting to start learning about track and sign. Join Marcus Reynerson, certified Track and Sign Evaluator through Tracker Certification North America for a two-hour lecture on general foot morphology of animal families, gaits, and field considerations. We’ll follow up the lecture by heading out into the field for some practice with Parklands Interpretive Rangers.

This workshop will be part lecture and part field- experience so come prepared to be outside. No experience with tracking is necessary, this is geared towards naturalists at all levels who have an interest in our native landscapes and is a perfect class to take in preparation for the Wildlife Track and Sign Evaluation we will be offering early 2025.

Speaker:

Marcus Reynerson is a naturalist, educator, facilitator, writer, and photographer. He is engaged in telling stories that bring to light and life the complexity of the ways humans are currently living in the 21st century. He was the Associate Producer of the conservation documentary ‘Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest’ as well as a contributing author for ‘Caribou Rainforest’ by Braided River Press. Born in south Louisiana and raised in Kentucky, Marcus currently lives in the Snoqualmie Valley in Washington State, just east of Seattle where he is the Lead Instructor for an internationally renowned environmental leadership program for adults at the Wilderness Awareness School. Additionally, he works in wilderness education, outdoor leadership, and conservation advocacy for numerous organizations and communities across North America and Europe.

This Workshop is $10 for Members and $15 for Non-Members. Space is limited to 15 participants.

Registration is required, please sign up through the link below.