Lebanon Hills Regional Park has been chosen as a 2025 Leave No Trace Spotlight to highlight our community’s efforts toward conservation and inspire everyone to join us in preserving our natural areas. Join us on Friday, May 30 for an interactive two-part workshop focused on Leave No Trace skills, practices, and education for getting outside in an environmentally sustainable way. Dinner is included*

Part 1 – Introduction to Leave No Trace: 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of Leave No Trace guidelines and principles that protect the outdoors while minimizing our impacts to the land, soil, vegetation, water, wildlife, cultural resources and other people. These guidelines can be practiced and used by all whether in local parks and natural areas, including Lebanon Hills Regional Park, while farther afield, or in your everyday life. Also learn about programs and resources of the Leave No Trace organization and ways to get more involve

Dinner break: 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Part 2 – Effective Communication of Leave No Trace: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Participants will learn tips, tools, and best practices to effectively communicate the hows and whys behind Leave No Trace through robust discussion and participant engagement. This session is specifically designed for agency employees, partners, guide services, outfitters, friends’ groups, volunteers, and others who educate and interface with the public in a formal capacity or work on messaging and communications for parks and natural areas. Participants will discuss local impacts and generate clear, succinct, and focused social and ecological reasons for individuals to engage in practices that help avoid these impacts.

*Note: Participants who are new to Leave No Trace or have not had Leave No Trace training in recent years can learn more about it at the self-paced (~30 min) Online Leave No Trace 101 Course in advance.

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Leave No Trace Skills, Ethics, and Effective Communication