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Leave No Trace, Inc. Presents NOLS with
Interagency Partnership Award
SALT LAKE
CITY, UT - August 25, 1999 -- Leave No
Trace, Inc., (LNT) along with representatives from its
federal land agency partners, honored the National
Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) with the
Leave No Trace Interagency
Partnership Award at Outdoor Retailer's Summer
Market. Leave No Trace is a national education
program that teaches and
promotes responsible outdoor recreation. The
award, presented annually, recognizes a
LNT
partner for their outstanding promotion
and support of the national program.
Outdoor industry representatives and LNT supporters
gathered for an award presentation and a "gray
water" toast to recognize NOLS' longtime
involvement to the LNT program. "NOLS'
commitment to LNT is unparalleled," stated
Dennis Bschor, Director of Recreation, Heritage
and Wilderness Resources, US Forest Service. "Without
NOLS' historic commitment to minimum impact
education and training, the Leave No Trace
program would not be nearly as successful as
it is today." Denny Bschor presented the
award with LNT Executive Director, Dana Watts;
Roger Semler (National Park Service) and Stew
Jacobson (Bureau of Land Management).
"NOLS' outdoor teaching expertise really
strengthens the LNT program. We look forward
to continuing this excellent partnership well
into the future," said Dana Watts. NOLS
developed the Leave No Trace Skills and Ethics
booklet series, the Master Educator training
course, and helped cultivate partnerships with
the federal land agencies and others. Under
NOLS' guidance, more than 1000 students across
the U.S. in Mexico and Canada, have been successfully
trained as Master Educators of LNT.
In receiving the award, John Gans, NOLS' Executive
Director, stated, "All of us at NOLS are
very pleased to receive this recognition. The
LNT program has provided a great opportunity
for us to extend NOLS' educational mission
to an incredible number of wilderness users.
NOLS is proud of its role in the Leave No Trace
program."
Leave No Trace is a non-profit organization
who promotes and inspires responsible outdoor
recreation through education, research and
partnership. Please call 800-332-4100 for more
information.
Press Contact:
Dana Watts
Leave No Trace, Inc.
(303) 442-8222
email: dana@LNT.org
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