Publisher's Synopsis
A new look at the oldest profession - TRACKING (you paid the person who brought you food, the tracker/hunter, before you paid for anything else) by the only tracker experienced and qualified enough to write the book, Dr. James Halfpenny. Jim, a natural history detective, brings over seven decades of tracking experience spanning all seven continents to bear on solving tracking mysteries.
Jim's new book explains cutting edge, investigative techniques as applied by the natural history detective to wildlife mysteries. These skills and knowledge are used to solve track scene cases including animal depredation, environmental assessments and impact statements, finding rare species, and more.
Track Scene Investigation: Forensic Wildlife Tracking shows how to study tracks, scats and other clues using detailed digital methods for field, plaster cast and camera phone evidence. TSI makes use of image processing programs, such as Photoshop and GIMP, to enhance images, make comparative images, detect and identify clues, measure diagnostic dimensions and deduce possible species identity and stories.
br>TSI reviews in detail 45 real cases submitted to Dr. Halfpenny's company, Track Scene Investigation. Each case reveals insight into species identification, confusions and errors, research techniques, and final conclusions. TSI emphasizes quality data collection and methods including minimum outline measurements, plaster casting and photography.
br>IF YOU WANT TO BE A QUALITY TRACKER, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!
br> Track Scene Investigation, the company, is a forensic wildlife tracking organization located in Gardiner, Montana, the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. TSI, the company, maintains the largest footprint tracking museum in the world. The museum is located in the Track Education Center, a facility owned and operated by A Naturalist's World which is an ecological education company sponsoring research and educational programs. TSI teaches training classes on tracking and mammal species world-wide. Programs include basic tracking courses and professional-level and college credit classes including the popular "Snow Tracking Rare Species" and "Cougar Ecology and Verification."
br>The book, Track Scene Investigation, is part of a more extensive book series called Halfpenny Tracks. Which includes A Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in North America, Tracking Cougars: The Basics. Tracking Wolves: The Basics, Plate Tracking for Mammals, Tracking Canids: Track and Trail Synopsis, with more to come. Also check out Dr. Halfpenny's series Scats and Tracks that includes 10 regional tracking books and the North American synopsis. For more information go to www.TrackNature.com and www.TrackSceneInvestigation.com.
