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TRACKING ARTICLES

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TRACK INTERPRETATION EXAMPLES: BEYOND IDENTIFICATION TO VISUALIZATION

MAY 2017

CANID PERSONALITIES 1: A RED FOX & COYOTE MOVEMENT STUDY

SEPTEMBER 2016

CANID PERSONALITIES 2: FORM & FUNCTION OF THE RED FOX

SEPTEMBER 2016

ON THE MARTEN'S TRAIL: FOLLOWING TRACKS & THREADS

FEBRUARY 2016

USING PRIMARY SOURCES FOR BETTER TRACKING

FEBRUARY 2016

BLACK BEAR BIOLOGY FOR TRACKERS I: GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

SEPTEMBER 2014

SKI WITH THE ANIMALS: TRACK PATTERNS IN POWDER

MAY 2014

BOUNDING MARTEN, SLINKING LYNX: PICTURING ANIMALS FROM PATTERNS IN THE SNOW

MAY 2014

WHAT'S IN A STRIDE (TRACK ID & ANIMALS' PERSONALITIES)

MAY 2013

JUVENILE ANIMALS' TRACKS

FEBRUARY 2013

RINGTAIL TRACKING

OCTOBER 2012

A BOBCAT PREY DRAG

APRIL 2012

TRACKING A LITTLE BIGHORN

DECEMBER 2011

LOOKING FOR COTTONTAIL NESTS

JUNE 2011

NUANCES OF THE TROT

MARCH 2011

ELK TRACKING

DECEMBER 2010

NATURE CONNECTION ARTICLES

WALKING WITH THE ANIMAL

MARCH 2015

TRACKING REFLECTS WHO YOU ARE

APRIL 2018

ONCE UPON A SIT

AUGUST 2015

QUICK CAMOUFLAGE

MAY 2013

HOW NOT TO LOOK FOR TRACKS

FEBRUARY 2011

BEYOND THE WALL: NATURE CONNECTION TECHNIQUES FROM CLASSES

FEBRUARY 2014

THE SOLO QUEST

REPRINT FROM 1996

PLANT USES ARTICLES

A SPRING WILD EDIBLE SALAD

MAY 2017

PRACTICAL TOBACCO (GATHERING, GROWING & USING CEREMONIAL TOBACCO)

FEBRUARY 2014

MEDICINAL PLANT PREPARATION: DANDELION & PLANTAIN

SEPTEMBER 2013

CORDAGE AND OTHER USES OF NARROW-LEAF MILKWEED

OCTOBER 2012

WILDERNESS SKILLS ARTICLES

AN ALDER-SMOKED SALMON PROJECT

MAY 2017

HAND DRILL FIREMAKING IN CA & THE SOUTHWEST

SEPTEMBER 2014

IMPROVE YOUR BOW-DRILL FIREMAKING

AUGUST 2015

BOLAS DESIGN & FUNCTION

FEBRUARY 2014

PRIMITIVE STONE TOOL KIT

APRIL 2012

COOKING ON A GREEN WILLOW GRILL

SEPTEMBER 2011

MAKING BONE TOOLS

SEPTEMBER 2011

CONSTRUCTING A LONGMATCH

JUNE 2011

ARROW STRAIGHTENING

DECEMBER 2010

INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS ARTICLES

POLYNESIAN NAVIGATING FOR THE TRACKER AND CITIZEN OF THIS PLANET

APRIL 2018

FIRE & EARTH: CARETAKING THE LAND

SEPTEMBER 2014

AN ABORIGINAL TRACKER STORY (AUSTRALIAN)

SEPTEMBER 2013

TRADITIONAL DUCK DECOYS

FEBRUARY 2013

YUPIK OWL DANCE

FEBRUARY 2011

WALKING THE LABYRINTH

JANUARY 2011

THE SOLO QUEST: SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT VISION QUESTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

REPRINT FROM 1996