Sample Schedule - BSA Leave No Trace Master Educator Course - 2nd Weekend

Friday (4th Day) / Saturday (5th Day) / Sunday (6th Day) / Monday (7th Day)
7 AM / Staff arrives
Last minute
coordination on curriculum and logistics
Check/verify conditions in area to be used for field experience
Prepare group equipment for issue / Breakfast - strike camp,
fluff, discuss impacts / Breakfast - strike camp,
fluff, discuss impacts / Breakfast - strike camp,
fluff, discuss impacts
8 / Travel and Camp*
(backcountry) / LNT-related Scout's Own* / Travel to trailhead, deissue group gear, pack personal vehicles
Hike or paddle
Be Considerate*
(at appropriate time/place)
Hike or paddle
Trail lunch
9 / Hike or paddle
Properly Dispose*
(at appropriate time/place)
Hike or paddle
Trail lunch
Leave What You Find*
(at appropriate time/place)
Hike or paddle
Drive POV's to location(s) for personal cleanup &
graduation site
10
11 / Lunch
12 / Wrapup Sessions
Complete course paperwork
(evals, material order, etc.)
Course graduation meal -
Visiting Scouting/agency/LNT dignitaries challenge grads to do good LNT work in the future
Locals depart for home
Travelers socialize and pack All depart for home the next morning
1 PM / Set up trail-work camp
(demo static LNT camp)
2 / service project to
prevent/rehabilitate
recreational impacts
3
4 / Set up pristine area camp
Minimize Campfire Impacts*
Participants arrive at trailhead or launch site
issue group gear, orientation
5 / Wilderness Ethics (ME Hbk.)
6 / Sack or trail supper / Supper / Supper
Hike or paddle to nearby
high-impact backcountry campsite,
set up impacted-site camp
7 / Respect Wildlife*
(location away from camp)
"Web Of Life" activity / Age and Program Appropriate LNT
8 / Personal Action Plans
discussion on using Council resources
LNT Trainer courses, Workshops and
Awareness Sessions
9 PM / Authority of the Resource
Outdoor Code and LNT

Sessions conducted during this second weekend of the ME course:

Orientation for the second weekend (presentation)

Setting up and using an impacted-site backcountry camp (experiential)

Authority of the Resource (presentation)

Striking an impacted-site backcountry camp (experiential)

* Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces (presentation)

* Properly Dispose of What You Can't Pack Out (presentation)

* Leave What You Find (presentation)

Setting up and using a pristine area camp (experiential)

* Minimize Campfire Impacts (presentation)

* Respect Wildlife (presentation)

Web of Life (activity)

LNT Trainer courses, workshops, and awareness sessions (discussion)

Striking a pristine area camp (experiential)

LNT-related Scout's Own (activity done by participants as a group)

* Be Considerate of Others (presentation)

Setting up and using a static large-group backcountry work camp (experiential)

LNT-related service project (experiential)

Wilderness Ethics (presentation)

Age and Program Appropriate LNT (presentation)

Using Council Resources and Personal Action Plans (discussion)

BSA Outdoor Code and LNT (discussion and individual personal affirmation)

Striking a static large-group backcountry camp (experiential)

Course Graduation (presentation of future challenges by visiting dignitaries, recognition of work done so far in accepting these challenges)

* Above sessions marked with an "*" are conducted by a participant when available and by an instructor when not done by a participant:

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