TCNA Tracker Certification with SDTT

The San Diego Tracking Team hosted one of the first CyberTracker track and sign certification events for wildlife trackers in North America in 2006. It was conducted by Mark Elbroch, author of numerous respected books on wildlife tracking. Dr. Elbroch earned his Senior Tracker Certificate in Kruger National Park, South Africa, and became the Initial Evaluator for Tracker Certification North America (TCNA) https://trackercertification.com/

The CyberTracker certification program was developed in 1994 by Louis Liebenberg in South Africa. CyberTracker is the only rigorous system available in North America for certifying field tracking skills and observer reliability. CTNA evaluators have also conducted track and sign evaluations throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.

The primary benefit to SDTT of certifying trackers is raising the level of trust in our Wildlife Survey Data. This is important whenever our data are used as evidence regarding the status of wildlife in areas we monitor. Beginning with the 2006 evaluation, SDTT has had numerous trackers become CyberTracker certified in track and sign identification. For the fascinating story of TCNA and it’s mission can be seen seen at
https://trackercertification.com/storymap/

Our next CyberTracker certification training will be held later this year.  Visit https://www.socaltracking.org/ for all the details.