| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 39.16 |
| Liaison | Kristina Bryan |
| Submission Date | Oct. 9, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Saint Louis University
Tier2-7: Outdoors Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Maurice
Muia Graduate Assistant Center for Sustainability |
Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
A brief description of the program:
Wilderness Adventure Club (WAC)
The Wilderness Adventure Club (WAC) organizes hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, mountain biking, and other outings. On their trips, the WAC emphasizes the “Leave No Trace” principle. In other words, every effort should be made to leave little to no mark on the natural environment. The WAC realizes that even a biodegradable or “natural” item left behind in the wilderness could pose a threat to the native ecosystem.
On backpacking trips the WAC carries all of trash for the duration of the outing. The only thing left behind is human waste (i.e., feces) for which the WAC uses a trowel to dig a minimum six-inch hole. Toilet paper is discarded and transported in the trash bags that WAC carries with them throughout the duration of the journey. Basically, WAC aims to leave visited areas as pristine (if not better) than the way they found it.
The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Wilderness Adventure Club (WAC):
http://www.facebook.com/groups/149930151692026/
Wilderness Adventure Club (WAC):
http://www.facebook.com/groups/149930151692026/
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