Tracking wildlife successfully requires more than just looking for trails and scat. It requires an awareness of how an animal behaves in its environment--how it finds food, travels, and rests. A tracker must know how to find and interpret behavioral clues animals leave behind. This how-to book teaches the basics of being a successful tracker--explaining what to look for to find or identify an animal and how to develop an essential environmental awareness. Also describes aging tracks and sign, understanding ecology and mapping, keeping field notes, using track tools, and making casts.
Jon Young is the author of several works in the field of deep nature connection mentoring. Jon's work includes both audio products as well as books. He worked for fourteen years with a group of experienced leaders in nature mentoring to produce and co-author Coyote's Guide to Connecting to Nature. Jon also co-authored Animal Tracking Basics with Tiffany Morgan Campbell. Jon's work on the Kamana Naturalist Training Program (introductory book is called Exploring Natural Mysteries) has helped foster a world-wide network of naturalists numbering in the thousands.
Seeing Through Native Eyes is an audio series that has captured many a field professionals interest. This is one of those classic resources to help people get to know the nature in their own back yard and focus through the vast diversity of nature on core species to build connections with the natural world. Jon has been a deep nature connection mentor, wildlife tracker, author, workshop leader, consultant and inspiring public speaker for over twenty years. He travels to teach widely throughout North America and Europe, and South Africa. He is a leader in an international network of consultants and trainers working to help communities develop effective nature connection mentoring programs, and culture regeneration for communities and organizations.
Jon co-founded the 8 Shields Institute to help with developing a best-practices process for mentoring and nature connection work. Jon is currently working on a new book called What the Robin Knows about bird language which is scheduled for a March 2012 release. Visit Jon's website at www.JonYoung.org.
