Richard Vacha is the founder of the Marin Tracking Club and the Point Reyes Tracking School. He has been practicing animal tracking for three decades and has a class III certification through the international CyberTracker Tracker Evaluation program. He maintains a cabinetmaking and woodworking business from his home in Point Reyes Station, CA. His most recent book of literary nonfiction is THE HEART OF TRACKING (Mount Vision Press, 2019).