Trackers read signs to find and identify animals. It’s useful for hunting, conservation and photography. But it’s more than just finding a paw print or bone. “Everything is a track, and every track tells a story,” says Steve Merli of Discovery Southeast.
“Oh-ho, look at this,” naturalist Richard Carstensen calls out to his friend and colleague Steve Merli.
The two men were among the founding members of Discovery Southeast, an outdoor education non-profit for youth and families. This summer the organization will partner with some veteran trackers to lead a certification course aimed at adults. Former Juneauite Kevin O’Malley will host the workshop through his wilderness school near Seattle. He says the ecology of Southeast Alaska is exciting for trackers because of big animals like bears and mountain goats. Six people around the world have already signed up. A few are Juneau locals, and one plans to come from as far as Central Asia, he said.
“Really, at the basis, wildlife tracking is just pattern recognition,” he said. “And humans have kind of evolved to read patterns.”
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