NPS Leave No Trace Trainer Course

The National Park Service is pleased to host a Leave No Trace Trainer Course on July 23 and 24, 2015 in Lansing, West Virginia. This class emphasizes skills and techniques essential to Leave No Trace minimum impact outdoor ethics and education. The course will be conducted by the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers. 
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This two-day course is designed for individuals who will be teaching Leave No Trace Awareness Workshops. Through classroom discussions, lectures, and a two-day camping, this course will cover the seven Leave No Trace (LNT) principles and discuss outdoor ethics, as well as give the participants tools and techniques for disseminating low-impact skills to recreationist. This class does not teach basic travel, camping, or other outdoor skills.

     Participants will generally travel only a couple of miles each day over moderate terrain to allow plenty of time to cover course material, which we will do both during the day and into the evening. Each participant will be assigned to teach one of the seven LNT principles to the rest of the group (5 – 10 minutes long). Participants should be in good physical condition and be able to hike 2 – 4 miles per day. Overnight camping is required for this class, car camping in style.
     Upon successful completion of this course, each participant will become a Leave Not Trace Trainer and receive a completion certificate from the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.
 
COURSE COST: $85 per person, includes one year membership to Leave No Trace, dinner on Day 1, breakfast and lunch on Day 2 and educational materials for the course including a Leave No Trace educational DVD.
 
COURSE SIGNUP DEADLINE: Tuesday, July 10. Class size is limited to 12 adults. To sign up for this course, call Jodi at 304-465-2632 or e-mail Jodi French-Burr.
 
For more information about area National Park Service sites visit http://www.nps.gov/neri, check out the park Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/newrivergorgenps, or stop by any New River Gorge National River visitor center.