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Wildlife Trailing Weekend

Apr.11-13, 2008; 6:00 p.m. Fri. - 4:00 p.m. Sun.; central Washington high desert. Lead instructors Dave Moskowitz and Brian McConnell. $255. Food, camping & Duvall and SeaTac airport shuttle included. Register on-line or call to register: 425-788-1301


The ability to predict animal movement and behavior and to use those predictions to actually find wildlife is one of the most exciting and challenging aspects of tracking.

Trailing involves blending highly tuned skills of observation with an ability to intuit and predict the affect of an animals’ environment on its behavior. We will travel to the beautiful eastern foothills of the Cascades and put our skills to the test on the trails of deer, elk, and possibly black bear or cougar.

Expect activities designed to train you to:

• See tracks more easily and clearly
• Move along a fresh trail quietly and efficiently to avoid detection
• Understand wildlife behavior and movement on a landscape scale

We will spend time in the field in small groups of 3-4 students per instructor, offering you the opportunity to put your newly learned skills to the test following the trails of deer or elk. We will also spend time in this course learning to predict how wildlife use the landscape as a tool to determine where to look for tracks, sign, and the animals themselves.

Call to register: 425-788-1301

Instructor Biographies

David Moskowitz is our lead Tracking Programs Instructor and the project manager for the Cascade Wildlife Monitoring Project. He joined Wilderness Awareness School in 2005, bringing with him over a decade of experience teaching outdoor and environmental education throughout the United States including at Outward Bound and the North Cascades Institute. David is a skilled field researcher and has been involved with forest carnivore research and wildlife monitoring in the Cascades for many years as well as avian research in the Puget Sound area.

He holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Studies through Prescott College with an emphasis on Field Ecology and Wildlife Tracking. David is an active member of the International Society of Professional Trackers and has given many talks and presentations on wildlife and tracking based on his years of field work and teaching. He holds professional certifications in wildlife tracking, wilderness medicine, avalanche safety and sits on the Board of Directors for Rite of Passage Journeys where he is the chairman of the Safety Committee. His writings on wilderness skills, environmental education, natural history and tracking have appeared in numerous regional and national publications including Green Teacher, Wilderness Way, and the Wilderness Education Association Journal. Along with tracking wild animals, mountaineering, environmental activism and photography are several of his passions.

Brian McConnell grew up shuffling the through post oak leaves and pine needles of southwestern Arkansas. Catching snakes, following deer, playing with otters and just sitting listening, watching, and feeling primed his passion for hunting and his respect for the earth. Brian studied forestry and wildlife biology at Louisiana Tech University, and then went on to work for the Forest Service in Alaska for several years. He recently completed our Wildlife Tracking Intensive, and is certified a level III tracker under the Cybertracker evaluation process. Currently, Brian makes a living welding and bowhunting. And when not playing with his son Rowan he's probably out in the back yard stalking bears.

Airport shuttle times. Call our office for more information about the SeaTac Airport Shuttle for this course: 425-788-1301.

Duvall shuttle times. Call our office for more information about the Duvall shuttle for this course: 425-788-1301.

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