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Schatz, Curt – Camping Magazine, 1994
Minimum-impact camping techniques that can be applied to resident camp programs include controlling group size and behavior, designing camp sites, moving groups frequently, proper use of fires, proper disposal of food and human wastes, use of biodegradable soaps, and encouraging staff and camper awareness of impacts on the environment. (LP)
Descriptors: Camping, Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education
Miller, Lenore – Pathways to Outdoor Communication, 1993
To have a successful nature program, summer camp directors must hire qualified nature counselors, give the program equal status with other activities, promote the program to prospective campers and their parents, and incorporate environmental ethics. Included are suggestions for developing an appealing and relevant nature program. (LP)
Descriptors: Camping, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Environmental Education
DeGraaf, Kathleen Hovda; DeGraaf, Donald George – Camping Magazine, 1993
To evaluate their camp's conservation practices, staff must consider the special responsibilities to the environment inherent in the mission of organized camping; various proenvironment practices currently being implemented in camping; environmental ethics currently being taught in camping programs; and actions needed to develop a personalized…
Descriptors: Camping, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Ethical Instruction
Henderson, Karla A. – Camping Magazine, 1991
Camp programs have a tremendous potential for providing environmental education and expanding on the existing environmental standards of the American Camping Association. Offers 50 ideas for saving the environment that can be implemented by camp managers, food service managers, office staff, program directors, and campers. (LP)
Descriptors: Camping, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Zero, Edward J.; Mertz, Gregory – 1978
Nissequogue River State Park is one of the last large tracts of undeveloped land on Long Island (NY) and is a refuge for organisms displaced by the rapid and extensive growth of suburbia. A reconstructed 120 year old barn and stable house the Outdoor Learning Laboratory which consists of interpretive displays (bird and mammal identification,…
Descriptors: Botany, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
The clean and plentiful waters of the Connetquot basin's ponds, streams and marshlands have nurtured an extraordinarily rich ecosystem which has always been prized by both Native Americans and subsequent immigrants to this country. Since 1973, 3,476 acres have been preserved as Connetquot River State Park. To aid elementary and secondary teachers…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Equipment
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
Sunken Meadow State Park provides a year round three-fold ecosystem (marine beach, salt marsh, and wooded upland) of 1,266 acres for Suffolk County (NY) teachers and students to use as a site for outdoor education activities. While teachers can rely on the support of the Outdoor Learning Laboratories' staff for aid in emergencies, for clarifying…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
