December 2015 - Earth Tracks

In apprenticeships, deer, earth tracks, Mentoring, naturalist, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, trackers, Trailing, wilderness skills, wildlife, wildlife tracking, workshops

Posted December 7, 2015

The Twelve Gifts of Tracking

Porcupine Mandibles The rolling hills and drumlins of the Bruce Trail inspired this seasonal story of the day: On the 6th Day of December, my tracking friends shared with me… Twelve […]

By Alexis Burnett

In animal gaits, Apprenticeship, classes, deer, earth tracks, mammals, naturalist, nature connection, nature education, tracking, TrailingOntario, training, wildlife tracking, workshops

Posted December 7, 2015

How Do You Like Them Apples?

Approaching our meeting location for the day, the veil of fog I had been driving in for an hour seemed to be lifting with the rising sun that had began […]

By Malgosia Halliop

In Apprenticeship, apprenticeships, caretaking, classes, earth tracks, edible plants, Edibles, foraging, gathering, harvest, land stewardship, medicinal plants, Medicinals, nature connection, Roots, spirit of plants

Posted December 2, 2015

The winds of fall, the silence of the forest, and getting to the root of things

The first weekend in October we met near Orangeville to focus our learning on roots. The nights had grown longer and the temperature had dropped considerably since our still summery […]

By Alexis Burnett

In earth tracks, naturalist, nature, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, pressure releases, track journaling, tracking, training, wilderness skills, wildlife tracking, workshops

Posted December 1, 2015

Jedi Tracker Training and Luke Sandwalker

Sunday November 1st, 2015 As the tracking apprentices learned about pressure releases this past weekend, we could almost hear the wise words of Yoda saying, “Patience you must have […]

By Alexis Burnett

In animal gaits, apprenticeships, classes, deer, earth tracks, Landscape Tracking, Mentoring, naturalist, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, wilderness skills, wildlife tracking, workshops

Posted December 1, 2015

A Boyne River Valley Scat Rap

Sunday September 13, 2015 Written by Tamara Anderson (With help from the Scat Rap, by A. Bennett, M. Keebler, R. Pemble, D. Elliott, and B. Jonas) It starts with an […]