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'''Joel Hardin''' ({{circa}} 1940) is an American expert
== Early life ==
Hardin was born in {{birth based on age as of date|70|2010|3|29|noage=y|mos=y}}.<ref name="ABA" />
==Career==
Hardin,
In 1974, he began to develop an advanced-tracking training program. He retired from the border patrol in 1990 and started a company providing training services based on the work he had been doing while employer.<ref name="Duguid">{{cite news |last1=Duguid |first1=Sarah |title=First Person: Joel Hardin |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a481acac-47ce-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0 |access-date=29 March 2023|url-access=subscription |work=[[The Financial Times]]|date=27 January 2012 |archive-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917191838/https://www.ft.com/content/a481acac-47ce-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
During his career, Hardin worked on tracking serial killer [[Gary Ridgway]] and escaped soviet spy prisoner [[Christopher John Boyce|Christopher Boyce]].<ref name="ABA" /> In 1982 while he was still a border patrol agent, the [[United States Forest Service]] consulted Hardin. They brought in Hardin to consult about alleged [[Bigfoot]] tracks which were found near the Mill Creek Municipal Watershed in [[Walla Walla, Washington]]. Hardin determined that the tracks were not made by an animal.<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Sarah |title=Tracker Calls New Bigfoot Tracks a Hoax |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/other-articles-clipping-jun-20-1982-3810252/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Walla Walla Union Bulletin |date=20 June 1982}}</ref> In 1989 he was part of the search team in [[Whatcom County, Washington]] assisting with the search for missing teen Mandy Stavik.<ref name="Ferm">{{cite news |last1=Ferm |first1=Carol |title=From Herald archives: Clipper teen presumed kidnapped after disappearing while on jog |url=https://amp.bellinghamherald.com/article189561629.html |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Bellingham Herald |date=26 November 1989}}</ref>▼
▲During his career, Hardin
Law enforcement officials occasionally hire Hardin to track suspects. In 1998 he helped police in washington track a criminal who had broke into 75 buildings. He determined the criminal's favorite trails and installed sensors which led to the capture of a suspect.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=Police capture Mountain Man who They Say Broke Into Homes |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/other-articles-clipping-mar-17-1998-3810243/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Syracuse Herald Journal |date=17 March 1998}}</ref>▼
▲Law enforcement officials occasionally hire Hardin to track suspects. In 1998, he helped police in
Since his retirement from the Border Patrol, Hardin is the owner-operator of Oregon company Universal Tracking Services. The company undertakes and trains clients in human tracking.<ref name="ABA">{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Mark |title=He Tries Men’s Soles |url=https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/he_tries_mens_soles |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=American Bar Association |date=1 May 2010 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322035643/https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/he_tries_mens_soles |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Linda Jo Hunter. (2008). ''Lonesome for Bears''. [[Globe Pequot Press]]. ISBN: 9781599217024 p.8</ref> He is referred to as an expert tracker and he travels through the United States training other trackers.<ref name="Ledden">{{cite news |last1=Ledden |first1=Nicholas |title=Reading the Signs |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/other-articles-clipping-apr-26-2008-3810217/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Kalispell Daily Inter Lake |date=26 April 2008}}</ref>▼
▲Since his retirement from the Border Patrol, Hardin is the owner
==Books==
* ''Tracker: Case Files & Adventures of a Professional Mantracker'' by Joel Hardin with Matt Condon, 2004, {{ISBN|0-9753460-0-8}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kurcina |first=Michael |date=2022-03-08 |title=Modern Tracking: Art or Science for the Modern Warfighter? |url=https://spotterup.com/modern-tracking-art-or-science-for-the-modern-warfighter/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308204300/https://spotterup.com/modern-tracking-art-or-science-for-the-modern-warfighter/ |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=
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* [http://www.jhardin-inc.com/web/ Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100926171022/http://outsideonline.com/outside/adventure/200202/200202_masters_4.html Outside Magazine February 2002 article featuring Joel Hardin]
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