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Snow Tracking and Winter Wilderness Survival Skills

Snow Tracking and Winter Wilderness Survival Skills
February 8-10, 2008; 5:00 p.m. Fri. - 4:00 p.m. Sun.
Olympic National Park, WA; Lead instructor David Moskowitz
$275; Food and camping included, Shuttle available from/to Duvall or Sea-Tac Airport; details upon registration.
NOTE: This course is currently full; Call to join our waiting list, as a space may open up: 425-788-1301

Learn winter wilderness survival skills such as shelter construction, snow travel techniques and winter safety, and track cougars, marten, coyotes and other wildlife in the Olympics this winter!

Enjoy the beauty of winter in the Olympic Mountains! We will spend a long weekend learning and practicing the skills of winter travel and camping, while studying the behavior of wildlife in winter through their tracks and sign. Friday night will be spent in a lodge preparing for our adventures. Saturday night will be spent out in the backcountry, where we will build and sleep in snow shelters.

During this course you can expect to:

• Discover the natural history of the Olympic Mountains through presentations, slide-shows, and discussion of what you see in the field.
• Study the ecology of winter wildlife by exploring the lessons that nature offers as you travel.
• Learn basic techniques for tracking and trailing wildlife in snow. Or, if you are more experienced, challenge and expand your knowledge with the assistance of experienced trackers.
• Acquire tips and tricks to safely and efficiently travel and navigate through the wilderness in winter conditions.
• Learn techniques of safe, effective snow shelter construction, and put your winter wilderness survival skills to the test as you sleep overnight in your own shelter!

Instructor Biography: David Moskowitz is our lead Wildlife 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.

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NOTE: This course is currently full; Call to join our waiting list, as a space may open up: 425-788-1301

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