Warm weather is a perfect time for outdoor adventure, complete with den hikes in the neighborhood, park, or on local trails. As we enjoy our outdoor world, we should strive to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints. Learn about Leave No Trace frontcountry guidelines and ways we can minimize our impact on the environment.

Take a backyard hike and practice the Leave No Trace frontcountry guidelines. Have a contest to see who can take the best wildlife photograph. Earn the Cub Scout Leave No Trace Awareness Award. Do your Good Turn and leave these areas cleaner then you found them. Remember to record your service with Good Turn for America.

The end of the month has all dens moving up the Cub Scout trail. You might want to consider working on the Wildlife Conservation belt loop and pin this month.

• Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.
• Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
• Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.

• Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
• Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery.
• Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss conservation of wildlife and report to your family or den what you learn.
• Learn about five animals that use camouflage to protect themselves.
• Make a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds that visit it.
• Make a collage of animals that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals.
• Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Show it to your den.
• Visit with a person who works in wildlife conservation, such as a park ranger, biologist, range manager, geologist, horticulturist, zookeeper, fishery technician, or conservation officer.
• Visit a state park or national park.
• Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees.