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Identifying Animal Tracks. Identifying animal tracks & sign, as well as interpreting and trailing, are primary skills of the wildlife tracker. Historically, animal tracking skills helped people find food, avoid dangerous predators, and read the stories on the landscape. Wildlife tracking skills continue to be valuable today and are being employed in wildlife research, conservation, and outdoor education. Identifying animal tracks and sign can open up an unseen world, a window into the lives of shy and elusive animals. Tracks, scat, feeding sign, beds, scent marking, trails and other types of animal sign point to which animals passed by, what they did, where they went, and much more. Seemingly barren ground becomes alive with a diversity of fascinating information. This section of the online library contains an expanding offering of animal tracking articles, as well as many pictures of animal tracks & sign.

You can peruse the articles below and/or sign up to the Alderleaf eNewsletter to get updates on new articles. NatureSkills. Living Primitively. Primitive Living Skills Links. Index of Wilderness Survival Tips - Edible Plants - Smoking Meat - Jerky - Hunting - Trapping - Bow and Arrows - by Robert Wayne Atkins. Wildwood Survival - Wilderness Survival, Tracking, Nature, Wilderness Mind. A Boy's Own Book. Fire. Hiking H.Q. Survive Nature - Techniques for Surviving in every Natural Environment. Emergency Preparedness Guides. Earthquake Preparedness Prepare for an earthquake today with our earthquake preparedness planning guide. Learn what to do before an earthquake such as having the right earthquake kits and supplies. We also also provides tips for what to do during and after an earthquake as well.

Hurricane Preparedness Are you prepared for a hurricane? Terrorism Preparedness In this day an age, we must also have an emergency preparedness plan to protect ourselves against the threat of terrorists. Tornado Preparedness Tornadoes pose a deadly threat to many regions. Flood Preparedness Floods can leave you suddenly homeless and destitute. Storm Preparedness Storms of all kinds can cause deadly threats and wipe out entire regions leaving hundreds of thousands of people stranded. Fire Preparedness Fires can be a deadly emergency in and of themselves but they also often accompany them as part of their aftermath. Home Preparedness Office Preparedness School Preparedness Car Preparedness. Cold Weather & Back Country Skiing Snowboarding Survival. Howstuffworks "10 Ways to Survive a Snowstorm" There's no truer statement than the old adage "you can't control the weather. " You can't­ even predict it with complete certainty.

As advanced as our meteorological forecasting techniques are these days, weather systems are changeable forces of nature. They can come on quickly, switch direction without notice and build in intensity in a short period of time. Whether you're at home, on foot, in your car or at work, a winter snowstorm can catch you off guard. The Nation­al Snow and Ice Data Center defines a blizzard as a "violent winter storm, lasting at least 3 hours, which combines below freezing temperatures and very strong wind laden with blowing snow that reduces visibility to less than 1 km.

" If a blizzard is bad enough, snow plows and salt trucks won't even brave the elements.