We all love the beautiful outdoors and find peace and contentment there when we can experience it in a natural condition.  However, when we find it has been abused and or trashed, it affects our whole experience.  The principles of Leave No Trace can help all of us enjoy the outdoors while at the same time keeping it beautiful and clean.

With more and more people and fewer and fewer places to enjoy the outdoors, our future opportunities to enjoy these areas will depend on how well we live the principles of Leave No Trace.  I know the skills you learn in this online course can bring the principles to life, making it fun and enjoyable to learn.

This course will help youth and adults alike catch the spirit of Leave No Trace and assist them in keeping the great outdoors great.

Stew Jacobson
National Coordinator
Leave No Trace & Tread Lightly!
Bureau of Land Management
(Retired August 1, 2003)