A guide to recognizing what critters went before you

Was that a footprint left by a fox or a wolf?  Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten?  Scats & Tracks of the Rocky Mountains will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have passed your way and could still be nearby.

Easy-reference descriptions with precise measurements and detailed illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns

An identification key and a glossary of tracking terms

Thorough instructions for documenting your finds

Rare species of particular interests 

James Halfpenny, PhD, is one of the world's leading experts on animal tracking and lives in Gardiner, Montana, at the edge of Yellowstone National Park.

Todd Telander, a natural science illustrator and wildlife artist, lives in Walla Walla, Washington.