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Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA …… with Ed Allen

Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA …… with Ed Allen. Learning Objectives. Identify many outdoor activities Scouts may enjoy List ways to keep outdoor activities fun Identify several specific resources available in NEPA Know what resources are available to help develop plans for outdoor activities.

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Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA …… with Ed Allen

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  1. Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA……with Ed Allen

  2. Learning Objectives • Identify many outdoor activities Scouts may enjoy • List ways to keep outdoor activities fun • Identify several specific resources available in NEPA • Know what resources are available to help develop plans for outdoor activities

  3. Agenda • Discussion of outdoor opportunities • Review of several specific resources • Discussion of “keeping it fun”! • Explore available resources

  4. Agenda • Discussion of outdoor opportunities • Review of several specific resources • Discussion of “keeping it fun”! • Explore available resources

  5. Outdoor Opportunities • Let’s make a list!

  6. Hiking Biking Backpacking Plant identification Bird watching Orienteering Boating Rafting Story telling Camping Fishing Service projects Sports Swimming Cooking Geo-caching Climbing Pioneering Possible Activities

  7. Agenda • Discussion of outdoor opportunities • Review of several specific resources • Discussion of “keeping it fun”! • Explore available resources

  8. Hickory Run State Park – boulder field Group tenting Hiking Biking Fishing Swimming

  9. Lackawanna State Forest: Pinchot Trail

  10. http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx

  11. Rails to trails

  12. D&H Rail Trail

  13. Appalachian Trail243 PA Miles

  14. Trail Magic! High Point State Park Highest point in NJ Access point to the AT

  15. Loyalsock Trail

  16. Bike Hike / Campout State Parks

  17. Ricket’s Glen

  18. Goose Pond Camp Achaela McDade Park Lackawanna State Park Promised Land State Park Hickory Run State Park Frances Slocum State Park Tobyhanna State Park Lackawanna State Forest Deleware Water Gap High Point State Park Leigh Gorge State Park PA Grand Canyon Ricketts Glen State Park O&W Rail Trail D&L Rail Trail Local Resources

  19. Agenda • Discussion of outdoor opportunities • Review of several specific resources • Discussion of “keeping it fun”! • Ideas? • Explore available resources

  20. Keeping it Fun • Theme for activities • Pioneering • Cooking • Wilderness survival • ??? Tell a story • Build toward bigger activity • 5 mile hike, 10 mile hike, BP weekend… • Track toward goals • Century hiker

  21. Backpacking fun, a little farther from home

  22. Agenda • Discussion of outdoor opportunities • Review of several specific resources • Discussion of “keeping it fun”! • Ideas? • Explore available resources

  23. www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wheretogo/index.htm

  24. http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx

  25. http://www.kta-hike.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=65http://www.kta-hike.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=65

  26. Thank You!

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