Animal Tracks of the Southwest: Your Way to Easily Identify Animal Tracks

Description

When you're out and about, keep this tabbed booklet by Jonathan Poppele close at hand. Featuring only Southwestern mammals, the booklet is organized by group for quick and easy identification. Narrow your choices by group, and view just a few animal tracks at a time. The pocket-sized format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field. Animal Tracks of the Southwest features: Pocket-sized format--easier than laminated foldouts Realistic track illustrations with size information More than 150 species found in the Southwest Step-by-step guide to track identification Track information chart and sample gait patterns

Jonathan Poppele is a naturalist, author and educator with wide-ranging interests. He earned a master's degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota, studying citizen science, environmental education and how to cultivate a personal relationship with the natural world through animal tracking. He has taught ecology, environmental studies, biology and technical writing at the University of Minnesota. An avid outdoorsman and student of natural history, Jon is a member of the Minnesota Trackers Club and the International Society for Professional Trackers, and he is the founder of the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project. A Black Belt in the peaceful martial art of Ki-Aikido, Jon is also the founder and director of the Center for Mind-Body Oneness in Saint Paul, MN. You can reach Jon through his website at jonathanpoppele.com, follow him on Twitter @jonathanpoppele and join him on Facebook.

"Jonathan Poppele has created a terrific little resource here on some of the most common animals in the region that a tracker might be interested in. There are great details about track ID, as well as some bigger picture concepts in how to learn track ID, as well as animal gait interpretation. An inspired naturalist will be grateful to have this in your backpack." -Marcus Reynerson, Evaluator at Tracker Certification North America and Lead Instructor at Wilderness Awareness School