Ecological Values

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Here are the ecological values I embrace and expect all Syncro Safari participants to support.

• All Syncro Safari participants will care for our environment.
• All Syncro Safari participants will travel only on established roadways, not "cross-country".
• All Syncro Safari participants will leave the beautiful areas we visit in the same (or better) condition as we find them.
• All Syncro Safari participants will plan to haul out everything we haul in.

From the organization dedicated to responsible use of the outdoors,

"tread lightly!" is the following:

T - travel and recreate with minimum impact

E - educate yourself, plan before you go

A - allow for future use of the outdoors, leave it better than you found it

D - discover the rewards of responsible recreation

For more information on tread lightly! see:   www.treadlightly.org

Also, from the Boy Scouts of America , the Outdoor Code:

"As an American I will do my best to -

Be clean in my outdoor manners.

Be careful with fire.

Be considerate in the outdoors.

and

Be conservation minded."

• Be clean in my outdoor manners:

I will treat the outdoors as a heritage. I will take care of it for myself and others. I will keep my trash and garbage out lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadways.

• Be careful with fire:

I will prevent wildfire. I will build my fires only where they are appropriate. When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold-out. I will leave a clean fire ring, or remove all evidence of my fire.

• Be considerate in the outdoors:

I will treat public and private property with respect. I will use low-impact methods of hiking and camping.

• Be conservation minded:

I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife and energy. I will urge others to do the same.

As a tread lightly! charter member and a volunteer leader in Boy Scouts of America , I am committed to protecting our environment. If you feel that these ecological values give you even a small concern, then please don't attend a Syncro Safari event.

Jim Davis
Syncro Safari Organizer