2024 CALENDAR

JANUARY
9 Jan – 9 Mar 2024. A Nature Guide Training program – 60 days of Guiding and Tracking instruction and assessment in South Africa, resulting in national certification to guide in South Africa on the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa standard (FGASA) and CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification and Trailing certification (upon passing). Led by Guides/Trackers Vaughn Jessnitz, Lee Gutteridge, and Kersey Lawrence. Contact lee@natureguidetraining.com for information.

29 Jan – 7 Feb 2024. A “Slow Down” program. Ashtanga Yoga, Tracking, and Nature Guiding in South Africa with host Dylan Bernstein and Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.  

FEBRUARY
23 Feb – 4 Mar 2024. Africa with Ash – a special family and friends birthday milestone celebration, hosted by Ash Nemiccolo and led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

MARCH
20 -30 Mar 2024. Tracking & Black Leopards in Laikipia, Kenya. Hosted by Kenyan Guide Daniel Peel and led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

APRIL
1-11 Apr 2024. Tracking & Black Leopards in Laikipia, Kenya. Hosted by Kenyan Guide Daniel Peel and led by Guide & Master Tracker Adriaan Louw. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

13-14 April 2024.  CyberTracker North America,  Track and Sign Identification – Specialist Evaluation, central Ohio, USA. Hosted by Sandy Reed of Original Wisdom, this evaluation can register up to 10 participants. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. $550. Primary Evaluator is Marcus Reynerson and External Evaluator is Casey McFarland. Contact sandy@originalwisdom.com for information. 

MAY
TBD. Tracking in North America – Track and Sign Identification workshops and Trailing Workshops and CyberTracker Assessments – led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team.  Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to arrange workshops or evaluations in your region of North America. 

JUNE
2-15 Jun 2024. Appalachian Mountain Club South Africa, hosted by Claudine Kos and Sam Jamke, and led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. 

19 Jun – 12 July. South African Tracking Intensive – 24 days of Track and Sign identification and Trailing on the landscape in South Africa. Both a CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification and a Trailing Assessment are included. Led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com for information. 

JULY
22 Jul – 3 Aug. Finger Lakes Community College (NY), a tracking, ecology, and culture program in South Africa. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

AUGUST
19- 31 Aug 2024. University of Aberdeen (Scotland), a tracking, ecology, and culture program with a research component in South Africa. A CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification Assessment is included. Led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge and their team. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

SEPTEMBER
2 Sep – 31 Oct 2024. A Nature Guide Training program – 60 days of Guiding and Tracking instruction and assessment in South Africa, resulting in national certification to guide in South Africa on the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa standard (FGASA) and CyberTracker Track and Sign Identification and Trailing certification (upon passing). Led by Guides/Trackers Vaughn Jessnitz, Lee Gutteridge, and Kersey Lawrence. Contact lee@natureguidetraining.com for information.

15 Sep – 18 Oct 2024. Guide & Tracker Training , Sri Lanka. Guide Training and CyberTracker Tracker education, training, and assessment in a private program for local and national guides. Led by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge. Exact dates TBD. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

OCTOBER
5-6 Oct 2024. CyberTracker North America Track & Sign Identification Evaluation) with Daniel Hansche evaluating. Hosted by Original Wisdom’s Shane Hawkins in southwestern New York at the Allegheny River Basin Mudflats. Open to ANYONE, no prior experience necessary. Monthly study sessions will begin in January 2024, free access to all confirmed participants at either evaluation. There will also be at least one day of field sessions and/or study sessions available on the Thursdays preceding each evaluation – possibly more depending on interest. Contact Shane@originalwisdom.com for details.

12-13 Oct 2024. CyberTracker North America SPECIALIST Track & Sign Identification Evaluation) with Daniel Hansche evaluating. Hosted by Original Wisdom’s Shane Hawkins in southwestern New York at the Allegheny River Basin Mudflats. Candidates MUST have at least a score of 97 on a Standard Evaluation, priority will be given to those with Professional Certification. Monthly study sessions will begin in January 2024, free access to all confirmed participants at either evaluation. There will also be at least one day of field sessions and/or study sessions available on the Thursdays preceding each evaluation – possibly more depending on interest. Contact Shane@originalwisdom.com for details.

16- 25 Oct 2024. Reserved for Saola Foundation work in Laos by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge. Assisting with CyberTracker Tracker education, training, and assessment in the recovery of the Saola, and conservation of the Annamite Mountain Range. Exact dates TBD. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

NOVEMBER
24 Nov 2024. Indigenous Knowledge Conference in Australia. Attended by Guides/Trackers Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge. CyberTracker Tracker education, training, and assessment in Australia TBD around this. Contact kersey@originalwisdom.com to discuss customized education or research programs for your group, organization, or academic institution.

DECEMBER
TBD   

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