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This tabbed booklet features detailed illustrations of animal tracks in the Rocky Mountain states, organized by group and created to look just as they appear in nature, to help readers quickly and easily identify the animal tracks they see.
List of contents
Adventure Quick Guides About the Author Tiny Mammals Squirrels Large Rodents Pika Rabbits Skunks Weasels Five-toe Walkers Dogs Cats Ungulates Tracking Tips Photographing Tracks Track Group Chart
About the author
Jonathan Poppele is a naturalist, author, and educator with wide-ranging interests. He earned a master's degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota, studying citizen science, environmental education, and how to cultivate a personal relationship with the natural world with animal tracking. He has taught ecology, environmental studies, biology, and technical writing at the University of Minnesota. An avid outdoorsman and student of natural history, Jon is a member of the Minnesota Trackers Club and the International Society for Professional Trackers, and he is the founder of the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project. A Black Belt in the peaceful martial art of Ki-Aikido, Jon is the founder and director of the Center for Mind-Body Oneness in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Summary
This tabbed booklet features detailed illustrations of animal tracks in the Rocky Mountain states, organized by group and created to look just as they appear in nature, to help readers quickly and easily identify the animal tracks they see.
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“Jonathan Poppele has created a terrific little resource here on some of the most common animals in the region that a tracker might be interested in. There are great details about track ID, as well as some bigger picture concepts in how to learn track ID, as well as animal gait interpretation. An inspired naturalist will be grateful to have this in your backpack.”
—Marcus Reynerson, Evaluator at Tracker Certification North America and Lead Instructor at Wilderness Awareness School
