1. Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA …… with Ed Allen

2. Learning Objectives Identify many outdoor activities Scouts may enjoy List ways to keep outdoor activities fun Identify several specific resources available in NEPA Know what resources are available to help develop plans for outdoor activities

3. Agenda Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources

4. Agenda Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources

5. Outdoor Opportunities Let’s make a list!

6. Possible Activities Hiking Biking Backpacking Plant identification Bird watching Orienteering Boating Rafting Story telling Camping Fishing Service projects Sports Swimming Cooking Geo-caching Climbing Pioneering

7. Agenda Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources

8. Hickory Run State Park – boulder field Group tenting Hiking Biking Fishing Swimming

9. Lackawanna State Forest: Pinchot Trail

10. http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx

11. Rails to trails

12. D&H Rail Trail

13. Appalachian Trail 243 PA Miles

14. High Point State Park Highest point in NJ Access point to the AT Trail Magic!

15. Loyalsock Trail

17. Bike Hike / Campout State Parks

18. Ricket’s Glen

22. Local Resources Goose Pond Camp Achaela McDade Park Lackawanna State Park Promised Land State Park Hickory Run State Park Frances Slocum State Park Tobyhanna State Park Lackawanna State Forest Deleware Water Gap High Point State Park Leigh Gorge State Park PA Grand Canyon Ricketts Glen State Park O&W Rail Trail D&L Rail Trail

23. Agenda Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”!  Ideas? Explore available resources

24. Keeping it Fun Theme for activities Pioneering Cooking Wilderness survival ??? Tell a story Build toward bigger activity 5 mile hike, 10 mile hike, BP weekend… Track toward goals Century hiker

25. Backpacking fun, a little farther from home

26. Agenda Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”!  Ideas? Explore available resources

27. www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wheretogo/index.htm

29. http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx

30. http://www.kta-hike.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=65

31. Thank You!