Tracker Gathering  Workshop

Leaders: Nate Young & Leah Olivotti

Nathan's emailnathanandrewyoung@gmail.com

Leah's email:  leaholivotti@gmail.com

Fast-Track Your Tracking Skills:  Understand 
Prints and Patterns

Date: Sept 6.  Repeated Sept 8

Time9am - 4pm

Tuition$80.  Book directly with Nate or Leah

Location:  The Lodge and The Great Outdoors

Maximum Participants:  12 per workshop

Reservations: are a must to guarantee availability... contact Leah or Nate by email.

Meeting Spot:  Meet Leah and Nathan in The Lodge at 8:45am.


Fast-Track Your Tracking Skills:  Understand Prints and Patterns

Stop second guessing and start knowing. In this exciting, immersive workshop, we will show you how to confidently identify tracks using a reliable system you can apply anywhere. Guided by two passionate trackers, this full-day experience begins with 3 hours of engaging classroom time, where we break down the key features that differentiate groups of animal tracks. We will cover the major family groups, including shrews, rodents, lagomorphs, mustelids, canines, felines, and ungulates – along with some other common mammals. Using foot morphology and touching on basic gait patterns, you’ll learn how to quickly narrow down possibilities and come to confident conclusions. We’ll also touch on the four main types of bird tracks, giving you a well-rounded foundation.

Then we’ll head into the field for a full afternoon of practice, putting those skills to work in real time. You’ll leave this workshop with practical tools and resources to help you get more out of every minute in the field.

With plenty of hands-on learning and field time, this workshop is perfect for beginners and a strong refresher for intermediate trackers.

This workshop is limited to 12 participants to keep the experience intimate and high-quality—payment is required to reserve your spot.

About Nathan 

Nathan holds a Professional Track and Sign Certificate and a Level 2 Trailing certificate from Trackers Certification North America.  Nathan’s background as a hunter, falconer, and fur trapper brings a hands-on common sense approach to tracking and locating wildlife on the landscape.  Nathan is a teaching assistant with the Midwest Tracking Intensive and member of the Certified Wildlife Trackers Association. 

Nathan lives in Indianapolis Indiana with his family, dogs, and hunting hawks. Professionally Nathan is a Firefighter/Paramedic and Pediatric Registered Nurse specializing in pediatric trauma. Nathan has a passion for adult education and has been an educator and lead instructor for 15 years teaching prehospital emergency medicine and pediatric critical care. 

About Leah 

Leah Olivotti is a Level 3 Track and Sign Certificate holder and has participated in evaluations across North America. She brings a dynamic blend of scientific background, field experience, and deep curiosity to her wildlife tracking practice. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Pre-Med, and Spanish from Augustana College. In addition, she is a dedicated student of Southwest Wildlife Online Tracking Training (SWOTT) and a member of the Certified Wildlife Trackers Association (CWTA).

While her primary residence is in Nashville, Tennessee, Leah splits her time between Tennessee and Illinois. Professionally, she is a multi-million dollar producing Realtor in the Nashville metro area, balancing a successful career with her passion for animal tracking and trailing and a love of the outdoors. In her free time, Leah enjoys metal detecting, bushcraft, working in her native perennial garden, and backpacking with her rescue dogs, Luna and Luci.