Join Elliott Parsons, UM PhD student in wildlife biology and member of the Missoula Wildlife Tracking Club, for a day spent outdoors learning how to identify and interpret animal tracks. He will also focus on animal sign such as scat, rubs, chews and trails, how to use bird language to follow unseen animals, how to keep a tracking journal and general winter wildlife ecology. Bring appropriate warm weather gear as well as a sack lunch.
Elliott Parsons has studied tracking with Jon Young’s Wilderness Awareness School in Washington and Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School in New Jersey. He has led tracking, bird language and survival skill workshops for UC Santa Cruz. Currently Elliott is a PhD student in the wildlife biology program at the University of Montana and leads outings with the Missoula Wildlife Tracking Club.
Call 327-0405 to register. Space limited, registration required.
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Montana Natural History Center Address: 120 Hickory St
Missoula, MT 59801 Phone: 406.327.0405
