Careless People

One of the things that I noticed from my summer job working at state parks is just how much people don't care about public facilities. Here are a few examples of what I am talking about in pictures:

The first Example I have is ATV abusing their privilage of using state parks by trampling veggetation that should not have be trampled.

The Second Example is a sign that got broke because either someone was made or just wanted to be destructive. State Parks was never able to get to the bottom of what the cause of damage was.

The third example is writing found on a door at johnson lake

My boys continually ask me why I care so much about Scouts cleaning up a campsite when they are leaving better than they found it. This is the reason why because if we do not instill pride in our next generation our planet and wonderful natural resources will become dmaged and not be able to be viewed by future generations.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

Swanson River Trip Prep

T minus less than 40 hours before I will be departing for our Troops Trip down the the swanson river. The route we are taking is 24 miles long and we will be covering this distance in three days which will be really easy for the unit to complete. Most of our boys are fairly avid canoers so I am not worried about the skill level of the group. I hope the unit does well, it should be a very interesting trip for our troop to take.

I will hopefully decide to report back to you on how our trip went later. Also I will try to post a group shot.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08