Hidden Valley Nature Center is hosting a class titled “Animal Signs and Tracks in Winter” from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14

The class will be led by experienced tracker Meg Gilmartin. Meg started tracking seven winters ago and since then has completed two in-depth courses in Yellowstone, a nine-month long tracking intensive, and logged countless hours in the woods alone and with friends. She has worked with various tracking clubs, school groups and adult education groups.

Meg will introduce participants to tracking with the help of field guides, drawings, and examples of animal feet, bones, and more. Some portion of the class will be spent indoors, but most of the class will be out in the woods at HVNC as students familiarize themselves with descriptors for gait, stride pattern, track shape, and other characteristics.

HVNC is a non-profit education and recreation center in Jefferson. HVNC is open to the public three hundred and sixty-five days a year, dawn to dusk. Comprised of 1,000 acres of diverse habitat, and laced with nearly thirty miles of multi-use trails HVNC makes a great classroom for nature-based learning and non-motorized recreation

For more information about the class visit www.hvnc.org/ registration/. The cost of the class is $12 for HVNC members, and $15 for non-members. Find out more about becoming a member at HVNC by visiting www.hvnc.org.

Hidden Valley Nature Center is located at 131 Egypt Road in Jefferson. Participants should dress warmly, and bring a hot drink and lunch. Plan to meet Meg at HI-Hut which is the small cabin one-third of a mile from the parking lot following the main service road. For more information, call 200-8840.