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"Teaching Nature Awareness and Stewardship"

"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness."
-- John Muir
 

Accomplishments During 1998

Ray Cook spent countless hours in elementary schools teaching Leave No Trace using the Impact Monster skit which was developed by a Forest Service Ranger.

Bill Wagner initiated a nature awareness program with Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico which provides outdoor activities for over 40,000 participants each year.

Donald Gale authored “Teaching Leave No Trace” which was written to embrace the culture of the Boy Scouts of America so their members would be more engaged in implementing the program.

Don organized a Leave No Trace committee to oversee Leave No Trace implementation within the Utah Scouting community.  Representatives for the committee were provided by the Utah National Parks Council, Great Salt Lake Council and Trapper Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  Federal land managers representing the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and National Park Service were also on the committee.

It was proposed the new handbook authored by Don become the official Leave No Trace Handbook for the Boy Scouts of America and be used as a resource to earn the new Leave No Trace Awareness Award which was developed by Bill Brooks of the Bureau of Land Management.

Don Gale became the Utah National Parks Council Leave No Trace Committee Chairman.  He was responsible, with Ray as an assistant, for implementing nature awareness for 65,000 members in the council.  Bill Wagner assisted efforts to implement nature awareness using Leave No Trace for 80,000 members in the Great Salt Lake Council.

The committee applied for a $6,000 government grant to publish “Teaching Leave No Trace” and provide Leave No Trace Master Educator training for six volunteers in the three Scout councils.

The committee implemented programs for local Scout Camporee’s, Weblos Woods, Order of the Arrow Conclave and Merit Badge Pow Wow.

The nature awareness and conservatiion message reached 752 people during 1998.

 

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Maintain access to public and private lands for recreation
through responsible use of the land and other natural resources.