More than Footprints

Join us for this combined classroom and outdoor workshop where we will practice identifying wildlife by their tracks and learn to ask and answer deeper tracking questions and interpret some of the other signs of animals that we might discover, like:

• How was this animal moving?
• How fast was this animal moving?
• What was this animal eating?
• Who pooped here, and why did it poop at this spot?
• Who lives in this hole?

Presented by Fiera Biological Consulting and hosted by Beaver Hills Biosphere.

Seating is limited to 20 attendees. Reserve your spot today!

About the Keynote Speaker

Joseph Litke is co-founder of Fiera Biological and a Senior Biologist with over 25 years of experience working across western Canada and the United States, from Oregon to Yukon. Born into a family of outdoor explorers and adventurers in the Athabasca region, Joseph has spent his life exploring western Canada’s wild places professionally and recreationally, and this has given him a deep respect and enthusiastic knowledge of wildlife and their habitats. He is a wildlife tracking workshop instructor holding an internationally recognised certification in Track & Sign Identification and Interpretation and he relishes any opportunity to share his wildlife tracking knowledge, taking great joy in awakening the inner tracker in all of his workshop participants.

Important Notice

You are registering to attend a field-based event. Please consider the following before continuing with the registration.

• Field-based tracking events / workshops require hiking / snowshoeing through wilderness areas to find tracks of wildlife.
• Walking, hiking, snowshoeing, bushwhacking and wilderness route-finding require a certain level of fitness and physical mobility.
• By registering for this event, your are agreeing to the waiver below, please read it carefully before submitting this application.
• Upon arriving at the event, you will be required to sign this same waiver in person prior to participating in the event.

Waiver

By registering for this event I (the applicant), acknowledge and agree to the following:

1. This is a binding agreement.
   
2. This event will include outdoor activities which include, but may not be limited to such things as winter hiking, snowshoeing, bushwhacking, and orienteering, all of which have inherent risks that can result in accident, injury and possibly even death.
   
3. As a participant it is my (the participant's) responsibility to be prepared to spend several hours at a time in the outdoors. I realize that the "outdoors" includes exposure to cold weather, snow, ice, hidden obstacles, uneven terrain, thick brush, and unruly branches. I also acknowledge that interactions with wildlife is a possibility during outdoor activities, and can result in injuries or death.
   
4. If at any time I have concerns about my safety or well-being during my participation in this event, I agree to inform the event leader(s) immediately.
   
5. Transportation to and from the event location(s) are my (the applicant's) responsibility, and no liability for any mishap, injury, damage to property, or loss of life while on route to, or from the event location(s), lies with Fiera Biological Consulting, nor agents acting on their behalf, including volunteers, and organizers.

I, in the consideration of and as a condition of acceptance of my participation in this event, hereby waive all and any claim right or course rising out of injury, loss of life, or property arising out of participation in this event. Beaver Hills Biosphere, Fiera Biological Consulting Ltd., Beaver Hills Biosphere and Fiera employees, the event leader, event organizer and volunteers, shall not be responsible for any injury or death to myself or any other participants while participating in any activity arranged and / or supervised by, or on behalf of Beaver Hills Biosphere and Fiera Biological Consulting.

Refund Policy

We are charging a nominal fee for this workshop to cover the costs associated with the venue and refreshments. Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds for this workshop. Thank you for understanding.