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Follow the Outdoor Code, the Guide to Safe Scouting, and the principles of Leave No Trace and Tread Lightly!. If the rules to tending or making a fire are not followed after any amount of given warnings, or none at all, then the Scoutmaster or senior patrol leader may revoke the privileges associated with the award.
Skill-specific training is also available to gain knowledge in outdoors skills including camping, hiking, first aid, Leave No Trace, swim safety, climbing safety, hazardous weather, and other skills. The highest level of training available to Cub Scouting , Boy Scouting , and Venturing leaders is Wood Badge .
Leave No Trace, sometimes written as LNT, is a set of ethics promoting conservation of the outdoors. Originating in the mid-20th century, the concept started as a movement in the United States in response to ecological damage caused by wilderness recreation. [1] In 1994, the non-profit Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics was formed to ...
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For the Boy Scouts of America Centennial, a new centennial handbook was released in July 2009. [1] The handbook had many features returned that were removed years ago and put into the BSA field handbook. Two new youth leadership positions were added: Webmaster [2] and Leave No Trace Trainer. [3] The book is organized by topic now rather than by ...
Scouts BSA Handbook is the official handbook of Scouts BSA, published by the Boy Scouts of America.It is a descendant publication of Baden-Powell's original handbook, Scouting for Boys, which has been the basis for Scout handbooks in many countries, with some variations to the text of the book depending on each country's codes and customs.
The Boundary Waters is the largest wilderness area east of the Rocky Mountains. It spans more than 1 million acres along the U.S.-Canada border and is filled with forests, glacial lakes and streams.
National Youth Leadership Training, often called NYLT, is the current youth leadership development training offered by the Boy Scouts of America. The program is conducted at the council level over six days for Scouts, Venturers, and Sea Scouts. The program has been open to all genders since 2010.