Leave No Trace

Plan Ahead and Be Considerate

100

Principle #1 is Plan ahead and ______. 

What is Prepare?

200

Before going hiking, you should check the ______ for the area you are going.

What are Regulations or Weather?

300

True or False: You should bring neon orange tents into the backcountry 

What is False (unless it is hunting season)?

400

True or False, if you find a gate open on a hike, you should close it.

What is False?

500

Name 5 of the 10 essentials of hiking

What is navigation, headlamp, sun protection, first aid, knife, fire, shelter, extra food, extra water, and extra clothes

You Better Walk and Camp on Durable Surfaces

100

This word refers to the ability of surfaces or vegetation to withstand wear or remain in a stable condition

What is durability?

200

This is a durable surface that is only available during specific seasons. 

What is ice and snow?

300

This durable surface takes hundreds of years to form and can be destroyed by one footstep.

What is cryptobiotic soil?

400

This is the number of feet or steps away from a trail or water source you should set up camp

What is 200 feet or 70 steps?

500

_________ through the Crypto

What is tiptoe?

Dispose of Waste and Leave What You Find

100

Pack it in, ________

What is pack it out?

200

4 to 6 inches deep and 3 to 6 inches wide hole used to go to the bathroom in the backcountry

What is a cathole?

300

True or False: A disposable diaper takes 10-20 years to decompose

What is True?

400

You should do this if you find un-marked cultural artifacts, historic sites, or archaeological structures on public lands

What is notify the land owner?

500

The main difference in why one is okay and the other is not between historic cave carvings (petroglyphs) and recent carvings on rocks

What is time? 

Burn Baby Burn

100

Principle #5 of Leave No Trace

What is Minimize Campfire Impacts?

200

The most Leave No Trace fire

What is no fire at all?

300

2 of the 4 D's of Collecting Firewood

Dead, Down, Dinky, and Distant

400

Explain how to create a Mound Fire

What is collect mineral soil or dirt from an already disturbed source, lay a ground cloth on the fire site and spread the soil into a circular, flat topped mound at least 6 inches thick, then build a small fire on the top using small twigs and sticks. 

500

Examples of Fire Safety Precautions

Examples may vary

Respect the Wanimals

100

You should not feed wildlife because...

What is Feeding wildlife damages their health, alters natural behaviors, and exposes them to predators and other dangers. 

200

Explain and demonstrate the "Thumb Rule"

Answers will vary

300

True or False: Pets are always safe from wildlife even if they are not on a leash. 

What is False?

400

You should set up camp 200ft from water because...

What is you can scare away the animals that use it as a water source?

500

Seasons you should take extra care to avoid impacting wildlife

What is mating, nesting, raising young, or winter?