Leave No Trace

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Leave No Trace
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Leave No Trace

• Provide ground rules
• Note taking is encouraged
• Handouts at end of presentation
• Ask questions when you have them

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Learning Objectives

• To emphasize the importance of using Leave No
  Trace principles during the upcoming Outdoor
  Experience.
• To provide a better understanding of what Leave
  No Trace really is.
• To explore ways that Wood Badge participants can
  incorporate the Leave No Trace message in their
  home units, districts and councils.

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Learning Objectives

• To emphasize the importance of using Leave No
  Trace principles during the upcoming Outdoor
  Experience.
• To provide a better understanding of what Leave
  No Trace really is.
• To explore ways that Wood Badge participants can
  incorporate the Leave No Trace message in their
  home units, districts and councils.

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The Seven Principles of Leave No Trace

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The Seven Principlesof Leave No Trace
How many here are familiar with the Leave No
Trace Program? How many are using the Principles
of Leave No Trace in their unit? Can you name any
of the Principles of Leave No Trace? Distribute
copies of The Principles of Leave No Trace
pamphlet and briefly review each principle.
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1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
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1. Plan Ahead and Prepare

• Proper planning insures
• Low risk adventures
• Properly located campsites
• Appropriate campfires and minimal trash (e.g.
  repackaging food to limit trash)
• Comfortable and fun camping and hiking experiences

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2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
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2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces

• High Use Areas
• Concentrate activities
• Use existing trails and designated campsites
• Keep campsites small
• Remote, Less Traveled Areas
• Spread out
• Take different paths
• Disperse tents and cooking activities
• Choose the most durable surfaces - rock, gravel,
  dry grasses or snow

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3. Dispose of Waste Properly
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3. Dispose of Waste Properly

• Trash - Pack it in - Pack it out
• Wastewater - Strain and dispose of wastewater at
  least 200 feet from water sources. Use
  biodegradable soap.
• Human Waste if allowed, dig a cat hole 6 to 8
  inches deep, at least 200 feet from water
  sources, trails and campsites. (Know before you
  go Planning)

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4. Leave What You Found
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4. Leave What You Found

• Look and enjoy what you see
• Do not alter sites by building or digging
• Replace what you clear from a campsite
• Cleanup high impact campsites
• Good campsites are found - Not made

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5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
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5. Minimize Campfire Impacts

• Use lightweight stoves
• Use existing fire rings in a well placed campsite
• Leave No Trace fires are small and burnt down to
  ashes
• LNT fires do not leave scorched rock or dead
  earth
• Be certain all wood and campfire debris is dead
  out

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6. Respect Wildlife
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6. Respect Wildlife

• Observe wildlife from afar
• Give animals a wide berth
• Store food securely and out of reach
• Never feed the wildlife

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7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors
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7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors

• Travel and camp in small groups
• Let natures sounds prevail
• Select campsites away from other groups
• Always travel and camp quietly
• Use clothing and gear colors that blend in with
  the environment
• Respect private property and leave gates as found

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The Outdoor Experience
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The Outdoor Experience

• During the pre-opening activity, you shared
  information with each other about the gear and
  clothing you will take with you for the upcoming
  Outdoor Experience. Later in this meeting, the
  patrol will discuss group gear, menus and cooking
  methods.
• Can you explain how your choices of equipment,
  clothing and menus are effected by Leave No Trace
  principles?

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Scenario 1 Alpine Setting

• Different outdoor settings or activities require
  different ways of thinking about Leave No Trace.
• Hand out copies of the Alpine setting.
• The picture in front of you is an Alpine Setting.
  This is just one type of environment that you
  could be camping in.
• You can tell from the number of fire rings, log
  benches and numerous trails that others have
  camped here often.
• Where should you camp?
• (Camp in the well-used areas near the fire
  rings and avoid the surrounding area that shows
  little or no impact.)

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How can we insure the use of Leave No Trace
principles in our home units, districts and
councils?
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How can we insure the use of Leave No Trace
principles in our home units, districts and
councils?

• Ask for some ideas, then offer the following
• Challenge Scouts and Scouters to earn the LNT
  Awareness Award.
• Invite representatives of land management
  agencies to share LNT presentations at Scout
  meetings.
• Remind Scouts that the LNT principles are
  prominently listed in the Boy Scout handbook
• Offer Scout units no other alternative. If LNT
  principles are the guidelines by which Cub packs,
  Scout troops and Venturing crews always operate,
  that way of thinking will become second nature.

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Mission Statement of the Leave No Trace Program

• The mission of the Leave No Trace program is to
  develop a nationally recognized minimum-impact
  back-country educational system which educates
  wildland user groups, federal agencies and the
  public through training and effective written and
  video materials.

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Mission Statement of the Leave No Trace Program

• The mission of the Leave No Trace program is to
  develop a nationally recognized minimum-impact
  back-country educational system which educates
  wildland user groups, federal agencies and the
  public through training and effective written and
  video materials.

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Learning Objectives

• To emphasize the importance of using Leave No
  Trace principles during the upcoming Outdoor
  Experience.
• To provide a better understanding of what Leave
  No Trace really is.
• Explore ways that Wood Badge participants can
  incorporate the Leave No Trace message in their
  home units, districts and councils.

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Learning Objectives

• To emphasize the importance of using Leave No
  Trace principles during the upcoming Outdoor
  Experience.
• To provide a better understanding of what Leave
  No Trace really is.
• Explore ways that Wood Badge participants can
  incorporate the Leave No Trace message in their
  home units, districts and councils.

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Thank You!
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Thank You!

• Hand out the information on The Leave No Trace
  Program

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