found: Work cat.: Elbroch, Mark, Michael Kresky, Jonah Evans. Field guide to animal tracks and scat of California, c2012:p. 395 (Mark Elbroch is author of numerous guides to wildlife tracking, including the award-winning Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species and Bird Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species. Mark was awarded a Senior Tracker Certificate by CyberTracker Conservation (www.cybertracker.org) in South Africa, the 17th given in more than 10 years of testing wildlife trackers, and the first awarded to a non-African; Michael Kresky studied philosophy and art at Jacksonville University in Florida and then completed a teaching credential at UC Santa Barbara. He is a professional artist and professional natural historian, with specializations in wildlife tracking and native plants. Michael was tested and awarded a Track and Sign Specialist Certificate from CyberTracker Conservation in the woods he knows so well near his home in Santa Barbara (scoring higher than 100%!); Jonah Evans currently lives in far west Texas working as a Non-game Biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife conducting wildlife research on a variety of species. He was tested in southern California and awarded a Track and Sign Specialist Certificate by CyberTracker Conservation, and then went on to learn and contribute to the system as an Evaluator; he continues to work toward improving the tracking skills of biologists and the effectiveness of tracking-based research methods. Jonah maintains the website http://naturetracking.com)
found: Nature tracking website, Jan. 4, 2017:about (Jonah Evans; I am a biologist, wildlife tracker, and all around naturalist and nature enthusiast)
found: Northeast Wildlife Trackers website, Jan. 4, 2017:home page (We are a group of knowledgeable enthusiasts who share a passion for collaborative exchanges on all aspects of wildlife tracking in the Northeastern United States. Our mission is to convene, network, motivate, and inspire wildlife trackers across the Northeast.)
found: Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project website, Jan. 4, 2017:home page (The Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project is dedicated to sharing the art and science of wildlife tracking. Our goal is to help people connect with nature in their own neighborhoods. We also hope to develop a network of volunteer trackers who can monitor the abundance and distribution of wolves and other medium and large carnivores throughout the state.)
found: TrackerCertification.com website, Jan. 4, 2017:home page (The international standard for wildlife tracker training)
found: Moskowitz, David. Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest : tracking and identifying mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, 2010, via Google books, viewed Jan. 4, 2017:p. 51 (The wildlife tracker's first task is to hone the observation skills necessary to find clues that make identification and other tracking skills possible.)
found: Scott, S. David. Bird feathers, ©2010, via Google books, viewed Jan. 4, 2017:p. 358 (S. David Scott is a skilled wildlife tracker and naturalist)
found: Cambridge English dictionary online, Jan. 4, 2017(tracker: a person who is able to find animals or people by following the marks they leave on the ground as they move over it)
found: Macmillan dictionary online, Jan. 4, 2017(tracker: a person or animal that has been trained to find other people or animals)
