Leave No Trace
November 22nd, 2006 spryken
The Leave No Trace Center For Outdoor Ethics is an organization that promotes and teaches responsible use of our outdoor recreational areas. They have 7 Leave No Trace Principles.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors
These principles are espoused by the Boy Scouts also. Leave no trace does not mean you have to give up campfires, which we all enjoy. Instead, look for existing fire rings, take you own fire wood or use small dead fall, keep fires small and spread the ashes and unburned wood.
Keeping fires small is the hardest for our Troop!! All the boys love a rip, roaring campfire. We do limit the boys to one fire and use existing fire rings. Of course we also form a police line and quarter our campsite to remove any trash, usually removing more trash than we generated.
If we don’t respect the outdoors, we will loose it. Who wants to camp in a trash pit?
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