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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/tracking-the-art-of-seeing/
SUMMARY:Tracking: The Art of Seeing
DESCRIPTION:Nick and Valerie Wisniewski\nDirectors\, Walnut Hill Tracking a
 nd Nature Center\n\nHave you ever see paw prints in the snow or mud and wo
 ndered just what creatures formed these interesting patterns? Learn to kno
 w if you have been visited by a raccoon\, deer\, fox\, coyote\, or even a 
 fisher recently. The Newton Conservators and the Newton Free Library host 
 a presentation by Nick Wisniewski and Valerie Camp Wisniewski\, cofounders
  and directors of the Walnut Hill Tracking and Nature Center in Orange\, M
 A. They bring a lifetime of nature exploration and many years of animal tr
 acking experience to the public through their presentations and outdoor fi
 eld programs. Their passion for the wild world will transform your view of
  the forest and the life within.\n\nThis slide show and lecture will bring
  the viewer into the forest to experience the beauty and bounty of nature 
 through the fascinating world of animal tracking. We will explore the envi
 ronments where animals live and introduce the viewer to tracking as a new 
 way of seeing the wild world. The lost art of reading animal tracks and si
 gn is one of the best routes for nature exploration\, and can help us beco
 me aware of our relationship to the web of life around us. This program is
  suited for the general public\, nature enthusiasts\, or outdoor professio
 nals interested in wild animals and their habitats.\n\nNick and Valerie Wi
 sniewski are experts on animal tracks and sign. They were both long-term s
 tudents and apprentices of Paul Rezendes\, master tracker and author of th
 e seminal book\, Tracking and the Art of Seeing\, whose tracking school th
 ey have taken over after his retirement. \n\nNick's on-going tracking proj
 ects include animal surveys for wildlife sanctuaries\, and a multi-year ef
 fort to document mountain lion track and sign in southern New England. A l
 ife-long naturalist\, he became fascinated by tracking in 1984 after encou
 ntering fresh wolf scat and tracks while on an extended solo trip in the B
 oundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area in Minnesota. His passion is using an
 imal tracking as a unifying method for nature study and for exploration of
  issues surrounding human nature and the roots of conflict.\n\nValerie Cam
 p Wisniewski began her life-long study of nature accompanying her father i
 n the forests of Arkansas. She has taught outdoor skills to youth and adul
 ts for twenty-five years and keeps a link with her native heritage as a bo
 ard member and teacher at the Eastern American Indian Cultural Center. Val
 erie encourages the spirit of inquiry and exploration through her primitiv
 e\, experiential\, teaching method.
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LOCATION:Newton Free Library\, 330 Homer Street\, Newton Centre\, MA\, Unit
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