Learn about the newest component of the BSA Outdoor Ethics program: Tread Lightly! and how to share the concepts with Scouts and others. Tread Lightly!®’s Tread Trainer™ course is an 6 and a half hour course designed to provide a “crash course” on outdoor ethics focusing on motorized and mechanized recreation on both land and water. Participation in the course qualifies individuals to present the Tread Lightly! message to others in their state or region. Participants will work with a Master Tread Trainer on understanding the role outdoor ethics play in the recreation community, learn the Tread Lightly! principles of responsible recreation and be provided with the tools to conduct workshops and coordinate community outreach. This training is of interest to all Scouters involved with the BSA’s outdoor ethics program, including rank advancement, youth leadership positions, awareness awards, and action awards.

The Tread Trainer course is designed to help volunteers promote the message responsible recreation where lands and waters are protected.  This course is centered on land based recreation focusing on the Tread Lightly! principles designed to minimize impacts on roads, trails and the wildlands they access.

All participants will receive a set of brochures and hang tag, TREAD Lightly! Trainer lapel pin, and a certificate of completion. 

This course requires a two part registration and two payments.  
1.  Register at this site by clicking on the register button on the top right of the screen.  

2.  Register at this link with the TREAD Lightly! organization for the course and pay the $25 fee for the course which includes a one year membership in TREAD Lightly!, the materials outlined above, and credits for on-line purchases at the TREAD Lightly! store. 

3. There will be an additional $5.00 charge at the door for NCAC related expenses.

Special Notes:
Open to adults and boy scouts 14 and over.  All participants must sign the TREAD Lightly! Assumption of Risk and Release of Claims found on the TREAD Lightly! registration page.