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ACA Teams with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics to Teach Environmental Awareness
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Educating children in ways to preserve America’s wild lands while enjoying the benefits of the camp experience is the primary goal of the American Camp Association’s (ACA) partnership with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Leave No Trace promotes and inspires responsible outdoor recreation through education, research, and partnerships and augments ACA’s Outdoor Living Skills (OLS) program that teaches young people how to live in the outdoors.
The Leave No Trace concepts include pack it in, pack it out, respect wildlife, and share the trails. This is a valuable educational opportunity for children attending ACA-accredited camps, but the lessons are relevant long after camp children return home. ACA and the Leave No Trace Center provide children with training to help them protect the environment while they are hiking, bicycling, camping, boating, horseback riding and enjoying all forms of outdoor recreation. For more information about the Leave No Trace program and specific programs available for your camp, please visit www.lnt.org or contact Ben Lawhon, education director for Leave No Trace at 800-332-4100, ext. 104.
Learn More: http://www.acacamps.org/inside/news/03_29trace.php
This article was reproduced with permission from the American Camping Association.
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American Camp Association
5000 State Road 67 North
Martinsville, IN 46151-7902
Map to ACA
Phone: 765-342-8456
Fax: 765-342-2065
Web: www.ACAcamps.org
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