Transcript Leave No Trace (LNT) - Best Wood Badge Course

Leave No Trace
(LNT)
Joseph Trovato
Troop Guide
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Leave No Trace (LNT)
Provide ground rules
• Note taking is encouraged-Objectives
given out
• Additional 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 Principles of 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.
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1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
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1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
• Proper planning insures:
- Accomplish trip goals safely and enjoyable
while minimizing damage to natural and
cultural resources
- Low risk adventures
- Properly located campsites
- Appropriate campfires and minimal 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 where vegetation is already
absent
- Use existing trails and designate campsites
- Keep campsites small
• Remote-Less Traveled Areas:
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Spread out activities
Take different paths to avoid creating new trails
Disperse tents and cooking activities
Choose 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.
• Human Waste – Dig a cathole 6 to 8
inches deep, at least 200 feet from water
sources, trails and campsites.
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4. Leave What You Found
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4. Leave What You Found
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Minimize site alternation
Look and enjoy what you see
Avoid altering sites by digging or building
Replace what you clear from a campsite
Clean up 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 and dead wood
• Leave No Trace fires are small and burnt
down to ashes
• 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 a distance
• Avoid wildlife during sensitive times:
mating, nesting, etc.
• Store food and scraps securely and out of
reach
• Never feed animals
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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 nature’s sounds prevail  keep noise
down
• 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 affected 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. Turn to the Boy Scout
Handbook to pages 234-235.
There you will see two types of environments that require you to
think about how you can apply LNT principles.
Handout 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 and Field Book
• 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 backcountry
educational system which educates wild
land 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 backcountry
educational system which educates wild
land 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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