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:- 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

• 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!