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Posted May 10, 2018

Welcoming Spring-Part 1

The first weekend of 2018’s Plant Apprenticeship began on a cloudy morning along a special spot on the Bruce Trail near Orangeville. We started the day with a circle where […]

By Alexis Burnett

In Apprenticeship, apprenticeships, earth tracks, Landscape Tracking, naturalist, nature, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, trackers, tracking, Trailing, TrailingOntario, wilderness skills, wildlife, wildlife tracking

Posted March 28, 2016

Fisher Foray

This piece is written from the perspective of the animals that we tracked on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Bells Lake Conservation Area. The quilled shape clings to a […]

Bruno’s story:

We began our morning by exploring the surroundings of our cabin on the southern edge of Sasajewun lake in Algonquin park . Just like the night before, tracks of martens […]

By Alexis Burnett

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 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 […]

By Alexis Burnett

In classes, earth tracks, grey county, Landscape Tracking, mammals, Mentoring, naturalist, nature, nature education, Ontario, tracking, wilderness skills, wildlife tracking, workshops

Posted August 11, 2015

The Wisdom of the Marks

The site of a porcupine, raccoon and flying squirrel holes in this big old Basswood tree Saturday and Sunday, July 26th, 2015 Written by Tamara Anderson – 2nd year Tracking […]

By Alexis Burnett

In classes, edible plants, herbalism, medicinal plants, naturalist, nature, nature connection, Ontario, Wild Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship, wilderness skills, workshops

Posted May 5, 2015

Majestic Trees and the first Spring Ephemerals

On Sunday, Along the Niagara Escarpment, we continued to learn about trees, and found several spring ephemerals poking through the leaves on the forest floor. There were tiny Spring [...]