Supporting Pack and Den Leaders’ Delivery of the Leave No Trace/Outdoor Ethics Message in the Cub Scout Program Don Callihan Baltimore Area Council Outdoor Ethics Advocate Leave No Trace Master Educator February 26, 2017

What do Cub Scout Leaders know about … The Outdoor Code? BSA Outdoor Ethics? Leave No Trace Principles? Tread Lightly! Principles?

THE OUTDOOR CODE How do we make this meaningful for Cub Scout-aged boys? As an American, I will do my best to - Be clean in my outdoor manners, Be careful with fire, Be considerate in the outdoors, and Be conservation minded

LEAVE NO TRACE™ PRINCIPLES FOR KIDS Know Before You Go Choose the Right Path Trash Your Trash Leave What You Find Be Careful With Fire Respect Wildlife Be Kind to Other Visitors lnt.org/teach/peak/peakonline lnt.org/learn/online-awareness-course

LNT Outdoor Ethics for Front Country Know Before You Go Stick to Trails and Camp Overnight Right Trash Your Trash and Pick Up Poop Leave it as You Find It Be Careful with Fire Keep Wildlife Wild Share Your Trails and Manage Your Pet

Tread Lightly Resources http://www.treadlightly.org/elementary-curriculum/

Tiger (6-7 years old) Tiger Adventure: Tigers in the Wild Do the following: Listen while your leader reads the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners. Listen while your leader reads the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. Discuss why you should “Trash Your Trash.” Apply the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed.

Wolf (7-8 years old) Wolf Adventure: Call of the Wild Do the following: Recite the Outdoor Code with your leader. Recite the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids with your leader. Talk about how these principles support the Outdoor Code. After your campout, list the ways you demonstrated being careful with fire or other dangers. Wolf Adventure: Paws on the Path Show you are prepared to hike safely … Before hiking, recite the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids with your leader. (This may be combined with Requirement 3 of The Call of the Wild Adventure.) After hiking, discuss how you showed respect for wildlife.

Bear (8-9 years old) Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns While hiking or walking for one mile, identify six signs that any mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, or plants are living nearby the place where you choose to hike. “All Scouts learn and follow the Outdoor Code. As Bears, you’ll focus on the part of the Outdoor Code that says to “Be considerate in the outdoors”. Two of the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids go right along with this idea. Those principles are “Leave What You Find” and “Be Kind to Other Visitors”. After your hike, discuss with your den leader ways that you demonstrated those principles. How do those principles support the Outdoor Code?”

Webelos Badge (9-10 years) Webelos Adventure: Webelos Walkabout (3 mile hike) Recite the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory. Talk about how you can demonstrate them on your Webelos adventures

Arrow of Light (10-11 years old) Arrow of Light Adventure: Outdoorsman Recite the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory. Talk about how you can demonstrate them while you are working on your Arrow of Light. After one outing, list the things you did to follow the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace. Arrow of Light Adventure: Scouting Adventure Prepare yourself to become a Boy Scout by completing all of the items below: Repeat from memory the Outdoor Code. In your own words, explain what the Outdoor Code means to you.

Training Cub Scout Leaders on Outdoor Ethics? Pow Wow University of Scouting BSA Outdoor Ethics Orientation – 2 hour Roundtables Summer Camp Webelos Camporees Leave No Trace 101 – 3-4 hours Ideas?

Guiding Meaningful and Life-Changing Service Projects “Careful planning allows Scout leaders and resource managers to shape projects that will be satisfying to Scouts, of value to the environment, and matched to the skills of everyone involved.” “Volunteer conservation projects should not be used as a dumping ground for tasks with little meaning that nobody else wants to do.” Robert Birkby. The Conservation Handbook, 2nd Edition. © 2016. Boy Scouts of America.

Ideas? Satisfying to Scouts Of value to the environment Matched to the skills of everyone involved Image source: http://www.clipartkid.com/new-idea-cliparts/

Discussion Image Sources: Scouting Magazine