Situations
You just finished a picnic at a national park. Instead of carrying out your trash, you bury food scraps under a rock. What principle is this from, and what should you do instead?
LNT: Dispose of waste properly
Take a bag, and dispose in a dumpster or trash can, or take it home and dispose there.
How many principles of LNT?
7
First line of outdoor code
As an American, I will do my best to
T in Tread Lightly
What is "Travel responsibly?"
The most important part of any trip or event.
What is planning and preparation?
While hiking, you see a baby deer alone in the woods. You decide to approach it for a closer look and take pictures. What principle is this from, and what should you do instead?
Leave it be, go on with your day, there's plenty of deer in ashburn
First two principles
Plan ahead and prepare
Travel and camp on durable surfaces
Second Line
Be Clean in my outdoor manners
R in Tread Lightly
What is "Respect the rights of others?"
The knot you would use to keep your tent lines tight.
What is a taut-line hitch?
Your group wants a campfire, but the area is dry and windy. You see no fire restrictions posted, so you start a small fire. Why is this wrong, what principle is this from, and what should you do instead?
Outdoor code: Be careful with fire
Use a stove, fire pit, have water ready
3 & 4
Dispose of waste properly
Leave what you find
Third line
Be careful with fire
E in Tread Lightly
What is "Educate yourself?"
The stove fuel that works in really cold weather.
What is white gas?
While hiking a narrow trail, you encounter a group of uphill hikers while you’re heading downhill. What principle is this from, and what should you do?
Tread Lightly: Respect the rights of others
Outdoor Code: Be considerate in the outdoors
Yield and let them go before you keep walking down.
5 & 6
Minimize campfire impacts
Respect wildlife
Fourth line
Be considerate in the outdoors
A in Tread Lightly
What is "Avoid sensitive areas?"
types of firewood
Tinder, kindling, fuel
You’re mountain biking on a trail that’s extremely muddy, leaving deep tire tracks. What principle is this from, and what should you do?
LNT: Travel and camp on durable surfaces
Tread Lightly: Travel responsibly
Wait until track dries out.
Last one
Be considerate of others
Last line
D in Tread Lightly
What is "Do your part?"
3 components of a fire
Fuel, oxygen, heat