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WINTER WILDLIFE TRACKING
AT HARVARD POND
PETERSHAM
with Paul Wanta

​We are still hoping to offer this field trip in what remains of winter, 2019, but we are lacking snow cover. Stay tuned!

We share our open spaces and backyards with a large number of wild animal species, most of which stay hidden and are less active during the day. By making careful observations of tracks and track patterns as well as other signs that wild animals leave behind, we can learn more about their lives and habits and the ways they relate to the environment. Our guide will be Paul Wanta, a teacher of wilderness skills and a student of tracking for over 30 years. Paul is a former teacher/naturalist at the Farm School in Athol.  He has studied with and taught tracking and wilderness classes for Paul Rezendes of Royalston  and John Stokes of The Tracking Project in Corrales, New Mexico.  Paul loves taking people of all ages into the woods or in their back yards to help them learn to see and identify the tracks and sign of the wild critters 
​that live in their neighborhoods or are just passing through.

We’ll explore the various habitats around Harvard Pond (1.6 miles west of  Petersham Center, on Route 122), sometimes using the main trail but also going off-trail. Dress for the weather and wear footgear suitable for both on- and off-trail. Participants who pre-register at warerivernatureclub@yahoo.com will receive notification of the new date. 

This walk is free and open to all.  Donations gratefully accepted!
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