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EXTRAORDINARY IN-THE-FIELD WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
July 2026 Swan Valley, MONTANA Track & Sign Training & Certification
Swan Valley Connections hosts a TCNA Track and Sign Training & Certification, a two-day interactive tracking experience that offers the chance to immerse deeply into the world of tracking and provide direct feedback on your tracking knowledge. This weekend experience is an incredible stand-alone tracking workshop for people of all experience levels. It offers learning, community with other people who love the world of tracks & trails, and the possibility of certification. More info: Swan Valley
July 2026 Brattleboro, VERMONT Track & Sign Training & Certification
Vermont Wilderness School hosts a TCNA Track and Sign Training & Certification, a two-day interactive tracking experience that offers the chance to immerse deeply into the world of tracking and provide direct feedback on your tracking knowledge. This weekend experience is an incredible stand-alone tracking workshop for people of all experience levels. It offers learning, community with other people who love the world of tracks & trails, and the possibility of certification. More info: Vermont
September 2026 - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Tracker Gathering Along The Eel River in an Ancient Redwood Forest. Hosted by Kim Cabrera
Tracking instruction and workshops for total beginners, new trackers and intermediate to experience trackers. Inexpensive camping under the ancient redwoods or a cozy cabin bunk. Our host, Kim, is the founder of Animals Don't Cover Their Tracks and creator of the first tracking website https://www.bear-tracker.com/ Don't miss this living, breathing smorgasbord of tracking events for all experience levels: September 5–12, 2026. Join us for 3 days, 5 days, or tne entire event! Dozens of workshops tailored to your level of tracking. TCNA Certifications, Workshops for beginners, intermediate and experienced trackers... this is the kind of gathering the tracking community has been craving. Click here: Tracker Gathering
September 2026 Durango area, COLORADO : Track & Sign Certification
The CyberTracker Track and Sign Certification by TCNA is a globally recognized, professional-level qualification designed to enhance wildlife tracking skills and knowledge. Sharpen your wildlife tracking skills by engaging all senses—sight, touch, smell, taste, and imagination—to gain deeper awareness of animal signs and the living landscape. This fun, relaxing, collaborative workshop will help you develop sharper observation skills often overlooked in standard training. Mancos, Colorado Info: Mancos
October 2026 — SOUTH AFRICA! with Dr. Kersey Lawrence and world famous African tracking author Lee Gutteridge
Track lions, rhinos, elephants and SEE the animals. Once in a lifetime tracking and safari experience. You'll be on the ground in Africa instead of in an air-conditioned Land Cruiser... you be tracking, not sight-seeing. This immersive tracking experience takes place on a stunning private reserve of more than 55,000 acres in South Africa, based at a beautiful riverside lodge where elephants, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes, and both species of rhinoceros are daily, and nightly, visitors. With a maximum of only 8 participants, every day is a deeply personal, mentored experience in one of the world's great wildlife landscapes. Click here for more information: African Tracking Intensive
October 2026 Pike's Peak COLORADO : Track & Sign Certification
The CyberTracker Track and Sign Certification by TCNA is a globally recognized, professional-level qualification designed to enhance wildlife tracking skills and knowledge. Sharpen your wildlife tracking skills by engaging all senses—sight, touch, smell, taste, and imagination—to gain deeper awareness of animal signs and the living landscape. This fun, relaxing, collaborative workshop will help you develop sharper observation skills often overlooked in standard training. Info: Pikes Peak
Octovber 2026 -- Southern CALIFORNIA - Trailing AND Track & Sign Training & Certifications in a gorgeous, secluded river valley along the Cuyama River
Trailing Trainings. Tracking Trainings. TCNA Tracking and Trailing Certifications. The Cuyama River Valley is surrounded by the magnificent Los Padres National Forest. This is one of the most beautiful river valleys in the Americas, one of the most incredible tracking locations in North America. Info: Cuyama
December 2026 SAN DIEGO - Anza Borrego Desert Track & Sign Training & Certification with FREE prep day - Three Full Days of Track & Sign ID
Southern Californa's Sonoran Desert is sunny and mild in December. We'll be tracking in the Anza Borrego Desert. The San Diego Tracking Team (SDTT) invites you to participate in our Wildlife Track and Sign Training & certification being conducted in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in early December 2026. Predeeded by a free "Prep Day" of learning basic desert track and sign, the 2-day workshop is at once intense, fun & participative. The emphasis is on learning to identify animal track and sign by looking at any and all tracks and sign we find across the landscape and discussing exactly how to identify them. If you focus, you may just return home with a Level 1, 2 or 3 Track & Sign Certificate from Tracker Certification North America! Borrego Springs, CA Info: San Diego Desert
December 2026 San Diego's Anza Borrego Desert Specialist Certification
SoCal's amazing Anza Borrego Desert is mild and sunny in early December. The San Diego Tracking Team (SDTT) invites advanced trackers to participate in an advanced Specialist Track and Sign certification. Date: Dec 3/4 with a FREE prep-day on Decembver 2, led by Dick Chadwick, holder of 3 Professional Certifications. The event will be held in the Anza Borrego Desert and nearby mountain foothills. Free camping. Recommended lodging: Borrego Springs, CA Info: Specialist
Study From Home: the Best On-Line Tracking Training in North America is Southwest On-Line Tracking Training: SWOTT
Something For Everyone... From Beginners to Experts
Beginner Workshops
Start your tracking journey with fundamental principles and hands-on experience, perfect for those new to wildlife sign interpretation.
Certifications
Prove your expertise with internationally recognized certifications and evaluations, building reliable field skills that stand out.
Advanced Training
Elevate your skills with specialized workshops focusing on complex scenarios and nuanced interpretation of animal behavior.
Discover How To See, Interpret and Understand The Obscure
If you would like to develop the skills to recognize and interpret wild animal sign that is invisible to “normal people”, we invite you to participate in the Tracking Certification North America (TCNA) Wildlife Track and Sign workshops across North America.
The TCNA certification will equip you with the skills to unlock the mysteries of wild animal behavior by reading their marks on the landscape – sign that was previously invisible to you.
You’ll be able to interpret animal sign and behavior that – to other people – are nothing more than obscure marks on the landscape.
Become Part of the Story of Wildlife Tracking
Welcome to TrackingWildlife.com, a place dedicated to helping you grow as a tracker at any stage of your journey. We’re glad you’ve found your way here—step in, explore, and become part of the ongoing story of wildlife tracking.
