Southwest Wildlife Online Tracking Training
Our Team
Bob Ollerton
Founder and Instructor
He receive the Track & Sign Specialist certification at San Diego County in 2020 and Tracker III certification in South Africa in 2016.
He receive the Track & Sign Specialist certification at San Diego County in 2020 and Tracker III certification in South Africa in 2016.
Kim Cabrera
Lead Instructor
Track & Sign Specialist - Cybertracker certification for woodland and desert biomes. Kim also created and administers the Animals Don't Cover Their Tracks and CyberTracker Specialist Evaluation Study Buddies Facebook groups. There is a huge amount of tracking information on Kim's website.
Track & Sign Specialist - Cybertracker certification for woodland and desert biomes. Kim also created and administers the Animals Don't Cover Their Tracks and CyberTracker Specialist Evaluation Study Buddies Facebook groups. There is a huge amount of tracking information on Kim's website.
Kersey Lawrence Ph.D.
Instructor
Kersey Lawrence Ph.D. is currently the first and only woman tracker in the world to earn a Senior Tracker qualification, which required her to achieve a Track & Sign Specialist (2011, South Africa) and a Trailing Specialist qualification (2016, USA). Kersey is a Track & Sign Evaluator in Africa where she has been assessing trackers since 2014, and a Trailing Evaluator in North America. She is a qualified guide on the FGASA (the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa). Kersey received her Ph.D. from U. Conn. in 2020 on trackers and tracking in Southern Africa. Kersey is also the owner of Original Wisdom.
Kersey Lawrence Ph.D. is currently the first and only woman tracker in the world to earn a Senior Tracker qualification, which required her to achieve a Track & Sign Specialist (2011, South Africa) and a Trailing Specialist qualification (2016, USA). Kersey is a Track & Sign Evaluator in Africa where she has been assessing trackers since 2014, and a Trailing Evaluator in North America. She is a qualified guide on the FGASA (the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa). Kersey received her Ph.D. from U. Conn. in 2020 on trackers and tracking in Southern Africa. Kersey is also the owner of Original Wisdom.
Jonathan Poppele
Instructor
Jon is certified by Cybertracker as a Track & Sign Specialist in both desert and woodland biomes and holds a Tracker III certification in South Africa. He is a naturalist, author and educator who works to help people connect more deeply to themselves, to others, and to the natural world. He earned a master’s degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota studying citizen science and ways to cultivate a personal relationship with nature and taught at the U of M for many years before leaving to focus on his own projects. Jon is the founder and director of the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project and the author of Animal Tracks of the Midwest, now in its second edition. Jon is also Head Instructor of the Minnesota Ki Society in Saint Paul, MN, where he teaches meditation, mindfulness, and the peaceful martial art of Ki-Aikido.
Jon is certified by Cybertracker as a Track & Sign Specialist in both desert and woodland biomes and holds a Tracker III certification in South Africa. He is a naturalist, author and educator who works to help people connect more deeply to themselves, to others, and to the natural world. He earned a master’s degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota studying citizen science and ways to cultivate a personal relationship with nature and taught at the U of M for many years before leaving to focus on his own projects. Jon is the founder and director of the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project and the author of Animal Tracks of the Midwest, now in its second edition. Jon is also Head Instructor of the Minnesota Ki Society in Saint Paul, MN, where he teaches meditation, mindfulness, and the peaceful martial art of Ki-Aikido.
Wyatt Harris
Instructor
Track & Sign Specialist - Cybertracker Specialist certification at Los Padres National Forest/Cuyama. Wyatt is the current president of the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers.
Track & Sign Specialist - Cybertracker Specialist certification at Los Padres National Forest/Cuyama. Wyatt is the current president of the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers.
So Sinopoulos-Lloyd
Instructor
So Sinopoulos-Lloyd is a nature-based educator and anthrozoology graduate student living in the Methow Valley of Washington. They hold a Professional and a Specialist certification in track & sign from the Methow Valley and Western Washington, respectively. So grew up in the northern hardwood forests of Vermont but has become fascinated by the high desert and shrub-steppe in their time living on the west coast and intermountain west. So's current areas of interest lie in visual perception and learning, comparative cognition in mammal and birds, and movement ecology.
So Sinopoulos-Lloyd is a nature-based educator and anthrozoology graduate student living in the Methow Valley of Washington. They hold a Professional and a Specialist certification in track & sign from the Methow Valley and Western Washington, respectively. So grew up in the northern hardwood forests of Vermont but has become fascinated by the high desert and shrub-steppe in their time living on the west coast and intermountain west. So's current areas of interest lie in visual perception and learning, comparative cognition in mammal and birds, and movement ecology.
Ann Hunkins
Instructor
Ann Hunkins is a tracking and nature educator living in Santa Fe, NM. She achieved her Track & Sign Specialist certification with Cybertracker in 2023 in Southern California (Desert) and a Level III in Trailing in Wisconsin, 2022. She loves teaching and also studies bird language and many other skills.
Ann Hunkins is a tracking and nature educator living in Santa Fe, NM. She achieved her Track & Sign Specialist certification with Cybertracker in 2023 in Southern California (Desert) and a Level III in Trailing in Wisconsin, 2022. She loves teaching and also studies bird language and many other skills.
Terry Hunefeld
Instructor
Terry Hunefeld holds a Professional Certificate in Track & Sign from Tracker Certification North America (TCNA). He lives in the desert village of Borrego Springs, California surrounded by a thousand square miles of Sonoran Desert wilderness known as the Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Terry is a board member of the San Diego Tracking Team, certified Naturalist for California State Parks, an outings leader for the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, the Anza Borrego Foundation, and the Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association. An avid advocate for the TCNA Cybertracker learning process,
Terry Hunefeld holds a Professional Certificate in Track & Sign from Tracker Certification North America (TCNA). He lives in the desert village of Borrego Springs, California surrounded by a thousand square miles of Sonoran Desert wilderness known as the Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Terry is a board member of the San Diego Tracking Team, certified Naturalist for California State Parks, an outings leader for the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, the Anza Borrego Foundation, and the Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association. An avid advocate for the TCNA Cybertracker learning process,
Beth McCooey
Instructor
Beth holds a Professional Certificate in Track & Sign from Tracker Certification North America and serves on the board of the San Diego Tracking Team.
Beth holds a Professional Certificate in Track & Sign from Tracker Certification North America and serves on the board of the San Diego Tracking Team.
Bob Etzweiler
Instructor
Bob lives in the flood plains of the Connecticut River where he’s a Program Director with Vermont Wilderness School. There he runs Wildlife Tracking Programs, among other programs, including a Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship, Summer Tracking Intensive, an annual Lynx Tracking Expedition, and the Hunter's Heart - a hunting skills apprenticeship. Bob holds both Professional and Specialist Track & Sign certifications from New England. He\’s endlessly curious and passionate about getting to know the world around him more deeply.
Bob lives in the flood plains of the Connecticut River where he’s a Program Director with Vermont Wilderness School. There he runs Wildlife Tracking Programs, among other programs, including a Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship, Summer Tracking Intensive, an annual Lynx Tracking Expedition, and the Hunter's Heart - a hunting skills apprenticeship. Bob holds both Professional and Specialist Track & Sign certifications from New England. He\’s endlessly curious and passionate about getting to know the world around him more deeply.
Sandy Reed
Instructor
Sandy Reed is a Tracker Level 3 in both the United States and South Africa. She holds a Specialist Certificate in track and sign in the US. She is an instructor with Original Wisdom and enjoys tracking around the world. She currently lives with her husband, Cal, in both Pataskala, OH and Advent, West Virginia.
Sandy Reed is a Tracker Level 3 in both the United States and South Africa. She holds a Specialist Certificate in track and sign in the US. She is an instructor with Original Wisdom and enjoys tracking around the world. She currently lives with her husband, Cal, in both Pataskala, OH and Advent, West Virginia.
Shane Hawkins
Instructor
Shane Hawkins resides in western New York. For the first 17 years of her work life she was employed at a small animal and exotics veterinary hospital and wildlife rehabilitation center. She transitioned to the nonprofit world in 2004 and has served as executive director of a music and arts education organization since 2009. Shane holds both Professional and Specialist Track & Sign certifications in Wildlife Track & Sign, and Level I in Trailing in North America. She serves on Tracker Certification North America’s Certified Wildlife Trackers Association (CWTA) Committee and serves as Treasurer on the TCNA Board of Directors. Shane is a certified NY state Master Naturalist, a North American instructor for Original Wisdom, and a contributor to WildTrack’s footprint identification technology (FIT) program. She is thrilled to join the SWOTT Team!
Shane Hawkins resides in western New York. For the first 17 years of her work life she was employed at a small animal and exotics veterinary hospital and wildlife rehabilitation center. She transitioned to the nonprofit world in 2004 and has served as executive director of a music and arts education organization since 2009. Shane holds both Professional and Specialist Track & Sign certifications in Wildlife Track & Sign, and Level I in Trailing in North America. She serves on Tracker Certification North America’s Certified Wildlife Trackers Association (CWTA) Committee and serves as Treasurer on the TCNA Board of Directors. Shane is a certified NY state Master Naturalist, a North American instructor for Original Wisdom, and a contributor to WildTrack’s footprint identification technology (FIT) program. She is thrilled to join the SWOTT Team!
Osi Ledbetter
Instructor
Osi Ledbetter lives in the Animas River Valley of Southwest Colorado. His journey into the natural world led him to pursue an MA in Ecopsychology, guiding him to the Wilderness Awareness School, where he immersed himself in wildlife tracking, bird language, and natural movement. These experiences culminated in him receiving Professional certification Track & Sign from Cybertracker, North America. Through Four Corners Wildlife, Osi inspires others to connect deeply with the natural world, fostering ecological literacy and a participatory relationship with the landscapes and wildlife of the Four Corners region.
Osi Ledbetter lives in the Animas River Valley of Southwest Colorado. His journey into the natural world led him to pursue an MA in Ecopsychology, guiding him to the Wilderness Awareness School, where he immersed himself in wildlife tracking, bird language, and natural movement. These experiences culminated in him receiving Professional certification Track & Sign from Cybertracker, North America. Through Four Corners Wildlife, Osi inspires others to connect deeply with the natural world, fostering ecological literacy and a participatory relationship with the landscapes and wildlife of the Four Corners region.