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Anatomy of a Break

by Joseph Longshore II

 
Part of sign tracking is finding and analyzing breaks in vegetation. These are good evidence of the passing of an animal or person. Careful analysis of the break can show when it was broken, from which direction, how fast the animal/person was moving, etc.