Tracks in the snow made by a coyote in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
As a kid, Tyler McNamara trekked through the woods with father, tracking animals.
"At a very basic level, it's not that hard," said McNamara, program director at Wild Earth, a nonprofit in New Paltz that runs nature-based programs, including an adult wildlife tracking club that McNamara heads.
Animal tracking involves examining evidence left by an animal to identify it and, perhaps, determine why the animal was there, where it traveled from and where it was headed. It also can be used to find a lost pet, assess garden invaders, study the environmental impact of certain animal populations in ...