Animal Tracks & Signs

Join the Minneopa Area Naturalist Scott Kudelka for an interpretive program on Animal Tracks and Signs at the Elk’s Nature Center in Mankato’s Rasmussen Park on February 15, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

Animals of all sizes and shapes live around us and for the most part we only know this from the signs they leave behind.  Tracks are usually the clue we pick up first, especially when there is fresh mud, wet dirt or snow. 

Other signs of an animal can be a feather, a piece of fur, a bone, scat or even something as simple as a hole dug into the ground.

We will take a hike to identify a wide range of animal signs and tracks along with the chance to make your own tracks.

This program is free to the public through the Minnesota’s Clean, Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.  The 2008 Legacy Amendment protects the natural resources, preserves arts and cultural heritage, supports parks and trails and restores lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater.