Course Types: Leave No Trace

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Contact Brent Anslinger: Brent.anslinger@metroparks.org, (937) 275-7275

Course Overview: (Expectations, Gear List, Schedule, etc)

Location: Five Rivers MetroParks, Dayton OH

Tuition includes camping: $750

Meals:

Not included – students provide their own meals

Lodging:

Black Cherry Group Site at Possum Creek MetroPark – Campground style camping provided to students at no
additional cost. Students may arrive as early at 1pm on Sunday, April 16, but must depart promptly after course graduation.

Students may also commute from home or offsite.

About This Course:

This course is run as a Basecamp format – Students and instructors start each day at Possum Creek Education Building and travel to different field locations for day trips, culminating in a 1 day community outreach opportunity.

This course provides participants with a comprehensive overview of Leave No Trace skills and ethics through practical application in a field-based setting. Students will practice LNT teaching strategies by delivering a planned lesson. Teaching Topics will be assigned and may include:

• • Plan Ahead and Prepare
  • Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
  • Dispose of Waste Properly
  • Leave What You Find
  • Minimize Campfire Impacts
  • Respect Wildlife
  • Be Considerate of Other Visitors
  • Environment or Activity-Specific topic (Deserts, Waterways, Climbing, etc)
  • Frontcountry Leave No Trace
  • Everyday Leave No Trace

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Course Overview: (Expectations, Gear List, Schedule, etc)

Location: Landmark Learning’s Downstream Campus

Tuition includes camping: $625

Meals:

Not included – town is 10 minutes from our base, with ample restaurants and grocery store options.

Available for student use is a standard refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and hot water urn. Most students bring camp stoves to cook within a budget under our outdoor cooking pavilion.

Lodging:

Camping (bring your own gear). Camping is on a pad near the parking lot and classroom. You may also camp in your vehicle, but there is no hookup or space for RVs. Any overnight stay grants access to the kitchen amenities and indoor showers. 

You may arrive between 12PM-9PM the day before the course starts for self check-in. Housing assignments and the grounds orientation will be on the desk at the front of the classroom. Please arrive by 7:45AM on the first day of your course for health screening. Class begins promptly at 8AM.

Students must be packed and moved out prior to 8AM on the last day of the course.

About This Course:

This course will explore various Frontcountry spaces each day that are within an hour of where we will basecamp, at the Landmark Learning Downstream Campus. Students may need to provide their own transportation to and from each site.

Teaching Topics will be assigned on a first-request basis. Indicate your top 3 choices when you register:

• • Plan Ahead and Prepare
  • Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
  • Dispose of Waste Properly
  • Leave What You Find
  • Minimize Campfire Impacts
  • Respect Wildlife
  • Be Considerate of Other Visitors
  • Environment or Pursuit-Specific topic (Deserts, Waterways, Climbing, etc)