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Posted by m0rpheu5111 on February 22, 2008 at 11:35:28 am EST
In reply to Last Child in the Woods –– Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder posted by Mike Vandeman on February 20, 2008 at 1:05:09 pm EST

In certain aspects you are right however there are some points I feel I need to bring up. I am a leave no trace trainer and what lnt tries to do is minimize the effects of our use of frontcountry and backcountry. We do not try to remove our impact by removing ourselves. There are a published set of guidelines for frontcountry and backcountry use and they are even broken down into different types of activity.

That being said, children should carry cell phones but they should only carry them as a form of emergency communication. If they are not in a serious emergency, the phone should be turned off.

Mountain Biking and fishing are fine to do as long as they are done responsibly.

The pioneering projects (building a fort) are still highly under debate at lnt also.

Everything should be done to teach the youth of today that the wilderness is not something to fear or stay away from, however we should stress the responsible use of the outdoors and minimizing our impact.

Some guidelines that weren't even discussed:
Wear subtle colored clothing, except during hunting season.
Camp 200 feet away from any source of water
Only have a fire for emergency or cooking and try to elevate it off the ground
use trekking poles to lessen the weight distributed with each footstep.
If in a group in the backcountry, spread out if there isnt a trail so we disburse our footsteps and dont make a new trail.

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