Nature Night: Lonesome for Bears

Author of Lonesome for Bears: A Woman's Journey in the Tracks of the Wilderness, Linda Jo Hunter will share her unique insight into the behavior and habits of bears and other wildlife through her interactions with animals as a tracker and naturalist. 

Join author Linda Hunter for an evening lecture on the finer points of tracking bears.  Tracking bears is like tracking a man wearing moccasins, they leave large soft prints with soft edges, except when they step in the mud.  Bears live all around us, often visiting our homes and parks when we are fast asleep, but they don't have to step in mud for you to see that they were there.  Linda has been learning to track bears for 16 years, four of which she spent working at a bear viewing lodge in Alaska for the summer with bears all around.  Now, she tracks bears in Washington State and finds that bears lead lives around ours, closer than most people notice.  The lecture will include photos, samples and plaster casts and tracking techniques for seeing subtle tracks.

Nature Night is free and open to the public.