Linda Jo Hunter

Linda Jo Hunter is renowned in the animal tracking community for her unique tracking and trailing methods, her teaching skills, and as the author of Lonesome for Bears: A Woman’s Journey in the Tracks of the Wilderness. Her newest nonfiction book, Lonesome for Wilderness: Tracking and Trailing in Forest, Desert, or Your Own Back Yard has already won wide praise from the international tracking community, along with a starred review from Library Journal.

Linda co-founded the International Society of Professional Trackers (ISPT), and has studied with human tracking schools, an international tracking certification group, and biologists in both Alaska and Yellowstone National Park. She worked as a brown-bear viewing guide in Alaska for four seasons, and as a private yacht captain on the West Coast, one of the first women to obtain a 100-ton ocean Master’s License. Her 30 years of first-hand observation, her experience in search and rescue, and many solo adventures have enhanced her knowledge of natural history and her skills in the wild. Learn more about her at www.LindaJoHunter.com