Whats New on the Site?

Good question.  On this page we will provide an updated list with links to the latest updates.  Check back often as we update much more often than most websites.

We need your help to identify additional features to add or links to include on the site.  Please contact us with your ideas.  We would also like you to send us scans or photos of your nature awareness collectibles (memorabilia) and photos of your nature awarness activities.

Updates:

March 20, 2008:  Georgia provided three more links for the Girl Scout page.  She also provided a link a Guide to Basic Outdoor Ethics from the BLM.  Howard Kerns also provided a handout for the Master Educator course at Camp Trask this fall.

March 19, 2008:  Georgia provided another Girl Scout link for the Water Drop Patch.  The link is on the Girl Scout page.  New Leave No Trace Master Educator and Trainer courses have been listed on the Boy Scout page.

March 18, 2008:  Georgia Bosse provided two new resources for Girl Scouts.  Check out the Girl Scouts & Leave No Trace Fact Sheet and the Leave No Trace & Girl Scout Promise.  Both are located on the Girl Scouts and Nature Awareness page.

February 28, 2008:  Larry Burkholder suggested we add links to the children's survival Hug-A-Tree program and the Children and Nature Network.  It was a good idea so we did it.  Links are found on the Students and Youth page.

February 27, 2008:  At the suggestion of Nic Colasurdo a page has been added to list BSA sponsored Leave No Trace Trainer courses.  The link is located on the Boy Scouts and Nature Awareness page.  Let us know of other courses and we will add them.  Nic also provided updates for some of the Master Educator courses.

January 30, 2008:  Added a document that compares Leave No Trace and Tread Lightly! principles.  This makes it very easy to see the connection between the two programs.  The link is on the Training page of documents created by ROAR.

January 15, 2008:  Added Leave No Trace BSA Master Educator course information for Camp Lowden in Illinois and Camp Resolute in Massachusetts.

January 3, 2008:  Added the history of Leave No Trace implementation within the Utah National Parks Council.  The purpose of this document is to provide ideas to help others start a program in their area.  It also shares what worked and did not work the the UNPC.

December 7, 2007:  Larry Burkholder suggested adding a link on the Federal Agency page to link us to the Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group.  Follow their links to other Sierra-Nevada topics.

December 2, 2007:  Added additional information for the Florida Master Educator Course.  Be sure to check out this great training opportunity.

November 10, 2007:  David Largent submitted photos of the Leave No Trace Camporee his district sponsored in October, 2007.  The patch they developed in also posted on the BSA Collectibles page.

November 5, 2007:  Greg Hansen, ROAR Advisory Board member, wrote an article that appeared in the International Journal of Wilderness in August.  The title is Contemporary Wilderness and American Indian Cultures.  Access article on the Free Resources page.

November 2, 2007:  ROAR added a complete set of beach ball training activities they just completed.  There is an activity for Tread Lightly!, all the Leave No Trace principles and a ball that covers everything.  These are very easy and inexpensive activities to use at every training venue.  Be sure to check them out.  Access activities on the Free Resources page.

October 29 , 2007:  An Updates page was added at the request of Larry Burkholder to provide a quick reference for website updates so you don't have to guess what has been changed.  A link to this page is found on the left side of every website page.

October 29, 2007:  ROAR added Terms of Use and Privacy Policy statements on the bottom of each page.

October 29, 2007:  The Boy Scouts of America Leave No Trace Tast Force Chairman, Eric Hiser posted a list of Task Force members on the Task Force page.

October 29, 2007:  Charlie Thorpe recommended we add a short video that shows how human waste is disposed of in space.  It is now a link on the Leave No Trace page.  The video is provided by the Canadian Space Agency and the Ontario Science Centre.  Access on the Leave No Trace page.

October 29, 2007:  At the encouragement of Georgia Bosse a main page for the Girl Scout of the United States with links to their nature awareness programs was added.  The link to their main page is found on the left side of every website page.

October 29, 2007:  Because we added a main page for the Girl Scouts we thought we should do the same for the Boy Scouts of America with links to their nature awarness programs.  The link to their main page is found on the left side of every website page.

October 29, 2007:  At the suggestion of Larry Burkholder we added a link to GPS Recreational Activities on the National Park Service and Leave No Trace pages.

October 15, 2007:  ROAR donation pages with links on the left side, top and bottom of every page were added.

October 1, 2007:  A Google search option was added to the top of every page.  This feature will search the resources found on the ROAR site.

September 29, 2007:  At the suggestion of Clark Sexton we added a page with a display he designed and the Teaching Leave No Trace manual that he divided into 3 sections so it could be emailed.  Access on the Free Resources page.

September 1, 2007:  Added information pages for all 2007 Boy Scouts of America Master Educator Courses.  Access from the Boy Scouts link on each page.

August 1, 2007:  Added a page for the Boy Scouts of America Leave No Trace Task Force to post their information.  Access from the Boy Scouts link on each page.