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Backcountry Campsite Assessment Project
LBL has included many goals in its Land and Resource
Management Plan. These goals are designed to maintain LBL as a site
for Environmental Education and Recreational opportunities for all of the
region's citizens.
These goals include "Enhance
dispersed recreational and environmental education opportunities
throughout LBL" . Within the Recreational Management section of the
Plan we find these action steps to help accomplish the goal:
Inventory and evaluate all user-made lakeside
backcountry camping areas and associated access. Develop and implement
a plan to manage the sites and their access, for resource protection,
utilization efficiency, and variety of recreational opportunities.
Friends of LBL wants to help with this
important goal and thus it wants to issue a challenge to organized groups
like Boy Scouts.
The Challenge:
Your challenge is simple.
Organize a group to inventory backcountry camp site locations along the
LBL shoreline.
We are asking for Eagle Scouts
to complete a 10 mile section of shoreline per project. Sites are to be
identified by using a GPS unit, a photo of the impacted site for record,
measure the diameter of the impacted site, record any specific resource
impact notes, and mark location of all sites on a readable map. These
sites can be accessed using one of several dirt, gravel and paved roads
leading down to LBL shoreline areas. Some hiking will be required.
After all sites have been
recorded please organize your findings in a binder using the Template as
your guide for logging the information. Be sure to include a map
identifying all recorded sites.
How to identify a backcountry
camp site?
Search for locations along the
shoreline that show signs of impact or use. Large impacts of historically
used camp sites are the type of sites to be inventoried. A general
backcountry camp site will have a fire ring with noticeable impacted
camping areas.
How do I get a GPS to use?
Contact the Volunteer
Coordinator, Kristy Jobe at (270) 924-2007 to schedule use of
available GPS equipment with registration of your group for this project.
How to use GPS?
An instruction booklet will be
available for your use. The Volunteer Coordinator can answer questions
and also train in the use of GPS equipment.
After the GPS unit is turned on,
a simple pressing of the mark button will supply the sufficient
coordinates for the marked location.
How to complete the task?
First mark the center of the
backcountry camp site using the GPS unit equipment. Next, mark the center
of the impacted area with a metal pole and measure the diameter of the
impacted area. Write down this information.
The next thing to measure is the
distance from an existing object or structure to the center of the site.
The distance, using a measuring tape, will be measured from a tree with
existing growth, to the approximate center of the backcountry camp site.
Please use a large tree unless there are no trees in the immediate area.
Take a photo of each location
and number sites. Mark each site on a map for easy identification to be
used in binder. Please make a note of any problems with the locations
such as erosion, the site was severely damaged by a falling tree, large
amounts of trash, etc… Catalog information and present to FS when
complete.
What do I do first?
Give the Volunteer Coordinator a call at (270) 924-2007 and get
any questions answered then head to LBL for your project. First
come... First Served.
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