1. University of Scouting
Cub Leave No Trace
CS-36
January 10, 2009

2. Leave No Trace Outdoor Skills and Ethics
A National Education Program Designed to Teach Stewardship, Land Ethics, and Outdoor Skills

3. Video SOFT PATHS How to enjoy the wilderness without harming it
The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

4. Leave No Trace
Started from the Give a Hoot Don’t Pollute program by the big four Federal Land Managers
US Forest Service
US Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Managed through The Center for Outdoor Ethics

5. What about the Scouts?
We have had a program of “leave your camp site better than you found it” for years
We added “Minimal Impact Camping” in the 60’s
We added the American Outdoor Code in the 70’s
We added the Leave No Trace Program in the late 90’s
We are in the process of updating all of our Manuals (Cub Handbook) to include a lot more on Leave No Trace for the 100th anniversary editions

6. What about the Cub Scouts?
Kids out of control
Way too much noise
Group sizes way too big
Inappropriate play damages the area
Completely soak up popular campsites or shelters
Unskilled campers using areas that call for expert skills
Using inappropriate areas (hi-use, fragile) to train new campers

7. What About the Cub Scouts?
Remember that some of this is very old history – we took trenching out of the Scout Manuals in the 50’s and 60’s for example
Sometimes our Leaders have not been Trained or our Outdoor Training is out of date
Don’t let your prior training stop you from Setting the Example on LNT or being in the Outdoors

8. What has Changed? % ? In our U.S. wildlands alone: • 1965 - 4 million
visitor-days per year
• million
This is up 400 % !
Annual mountain-bike rides in Moab, UT area:
• Zero
% ?
• ,000,000+

9. What has Changed? 94.5 % of all Americans recreate in the outdoors
each year !
• Declining recreation maintenance budgets

10. A Sense of Scale - BSA 50,000+ Troops/Teams & 17,000+ Crews
300,000+ weekend trips (unit size)
10,000+ weekend multi-group encampments (20+ units)
5,000+ week-long trips (unit size)
1,000+ week-long multi-group encampments (20+ units)

11. Estimated annual outdoor use
A Sense of Scale - BSA
Estimated annual outdoor use
by BSA
on public/private recreation lands:
Over 15 million user days!

12. 30,000,000 12 Hour Days per Year – USFS Method
A Sense of Scale - BSA
15,000, Hour Days per Year Or
30,000, Hour Days per Year – USFS Method

13. A Sense of Scale - BSA We are the biggest users – PERIOD
We are bigger than the Girl Scouts
We are bigger than NOLS, Outward Bound
We are bigger than Sierra Club Outings
We are bigger than all of these combined plus a lot more

14. We are the Elephants in the Woods !
A Sense of Scale - BSA
We are the Elephants in the Woods !

15. BSA has the opportunity right now
More Sense of Scale
BSA has the opportunity right now
to quickly influence the LNT behaviors of:
Over 20 million outdoor folks!

16. Public Eye All Scouts represent the BSA
When the public sees a scout act in a certain way they associate this behavior with all scouts
As the elephant we need to show and set the example

17. A few Definitions
Frontcountry - what is easy to get to from our cars, 85% of recreating is in the Frontcountry
Frontcountry Program Areas – Frontcountry areas set aside for Program use, A large part of a Boy Scout Camp for example w/ fire pits
Backcountry – what is more difficult to get to, off the road, “wilderness areas”

18. Leave No Trace - Changes when we move from a Frontcountry location to
Frontcountry program areas to
Backcountry areas
But the Principles and Practices stay the same !

19. The Leave No Trace Challenge
Prevent avoidable resource and social impacts
Minimize unavoidable impacts
Preserve the quality of resources and recreation experiences

20. LNT is Research Based LNT is not “seat of the pants”
It is based on research from over a 100 years of field ecological research work
Recreation ecology research tells us about recreation impacts and how they can be reduced by land managers and visitors
Social Science research tells us about visitor perceptions and behaviors

21. Leave No Trace Principles
Backcountry – 7 Principles
This is what Boy Scouts do most of the time
Frontcountry / Parks – 6 Guidelines
This is what Cub Scouts do most of the time

22. The Seven Leave No Trace Principles
Plan Ahead and Prepare
Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Dispose of Waste Properly Pack It In, Pack It Out
Leave What You Find
Minimize Campfire Impacts
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors

23. Six Frontcountry Guidelines
Plan Ahead – Trip Permits, Food, Trash Bags, Communications with Cubs and Parents
Stick to Trails – stay on the path
Manage your Pets – Pick up after them
Leave What You Find – take Pictures
Respect Other Visitors – watch Noise Level
Trash your Trash - Use the Restrooms

24. What Can I Do? You are doing some of It Right Now!
Leave No Trace Awareness Award
Take LNT Training in Circle Ten
LNT Web Site -
Take this message back to your Den and Pack (Peak Pack)

25. LNT Awareness Award-Cub
Discuss with your Leader or parent the importance of the LNT Frontcountry guidelines
On 3 separate outings, practice the frontcountry guidelines for LNT
Boys in Tigers complete #5, Wolfs #7, Bears #12, Webelos Outdoorsman activity badge
Participate in a LNT service project
Promise to practice the LNT frontcountry guidelines by signing the Cub LNT Pledge
Draw a poster to illustrate the LNT Frontcountry Guidelines and display at a Pack meeting.

26. LNT Awareness Award-Cub Leader
Discuss with your Den’s Cubs or your packs leaders the importance of the LNT Frontcountry Guidelines
On 3 separate outings demonstrate and practice the Frontcountry guidelines for LNT
Participate in presenting a den, pack, district awareness session on LNT Frontcountry Guidelines
Participate in a LNT service Project
Commit yourself to the LNT Frontcountry guidelines by signing the Cub LNT Pledge
Assist at least 3 Cubs in earning the Cub LNT Awareness Award.

27. Training
Leave No Trace Trainer – 16 hour course taught in Circle Ten, must be at least 16 years old.
Leave No Trace Master Educator – 5 day course taught on a National and Regional Level.
Leave No Trace Awareness – 15 minutes to 16 hours taught in Circle Ten by LNT Trainers or people that are “very interested” in LNT

28. Training
Check the Council Web Site and Calendar we are scheduling 4 Trainer Courses a year and we have people that are willing to give Pack and Den Awareness presentations.
LNT 10 Feb 25 and March 14-15
LNT 11 April 30 and May 16-17

29. Training
Our goal is to have at least one LNT Trainer in every District across the nation. In Circle Ten we now have approximately one or more Trainers in Ten Districts with a total of 78 Trainers.
Ask your Cub Roundtable Commissioner Staff to put this on the schedule.
You might be the instructor for this course!
Are you interested? Want to be a Trainer?

30. Contact Information
Kelly Krantz
Leave No Trace Trainer
cell
Plano Texas
Bob Gates
Leave No Trace Master Educator Instructor
cell
Allen Texas

31. Summary Duel responsibility for the big 4 Federal Land Managers
LNT is an outdoor code of ethics not a set of rules.
Scouts are the big elephant
Frontcountry verse Backcountry
LNT is research based
Seven principals to live by
Training is available

32. Credits Bob Gates – Training mentor and this presentation
David Downing – Master Educator Instructor
Andre Houser – Master Educator Instructor
Frank Cole – Master Educator Instructor
Rebel Rowlette – LNT Trainer
Annette McGivney – Leave No Trace, A guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette

33. Questions