LNT (Leave No Trace) Volunteer Instructions

Thank you for volunteering with the Leave No Trace (LNT) crew! We appreciate your efforts to help us keep the land free of matter out of place (MOOP). If you have any questions or suggestions before or after the event, please email LNT@fireflyartscollective.org. We'll leave contact information at MOMM if you need to get in touch with a core lead during the event. See below for descriptions of our volunteer positions.

Lost & Found Hero

As a Lost & Found hero, you will make the rounds to the major theme camps to collect items lost at the camp and bring them to the Lost & Found. Along the way, you should feel confident proclaiming good LNT practices, picking up any MOOP you encounter, and encouraging other Fireflies to do the same. Also spread the word about the location of the Lost & Found -- it is your mission to ensure all that Lost Things are Found! And if you see any labeled items feel free to try to return them to their owners!

To start your shift, come to MOMM (aka the Museum of Modern MOOP, aka the event Lost & Found), which is just up the path from the upper parking portos. If there isn't an LNT lead there at the time, you'll find instructions, a volunteer shift sign-in binder, and instructions for whom to contact with any questions. Your main tasks are described below.

Shifts are 2-4 pm Wednesday through Saturday and 9-11 am on Sunday (Exodus).

Tasks (in priority order)

• Collect Lost & Found items from theme camps: Starting at MOMM, grab an orange pumpkin bag and walk around to camps and collect Lost & Found items. These are most likely to be in bigger theme camps (so make sure to go there), but anywhere is fair game. Then return to MOMM by the end of your shift and deposit any items you collected during your walk. Ideally, any camps hosting events (especially the large sound camps) should have a process for identifying Lost & Found items and either bringing them to MOMM or having them ready for you to collect. If they're unprepared, let them know someone will be around again tomorrow at the same time!
• Collect trash-MOOP: Before setting off on your rounds, please also grab a ziplock baggie to collect any trash you find along the way. There will be a secret trash receptacle in an undisclosed location for any trash you collect during your rounds.
• Museum Maintenance: Straighten crooked labels, pick up fallen items, rearrange items artistically, make space for new arrivals, etc.
• Leave a Note: Use the provided space in the volunteer shift sign-in binder to let us know how item collection went and if you have any suggestions for how to improve the LNT volunteer experience.

Lost & Found Barker & Breakdown

Break down the Lost & Found infrastructure to get handed off to DPW for storage, while also reminding passersby to check the Lost & Found for any missing items.

To start your shift, come to MOMM (aka the Museum of Modern MOOP, aka the event Lost & Found), which is just up the path from the upper parking portos. If there isn't an LNT lead there at the time, you'll find instructions, a volunteer shift sign-in book, and instructions for whom to contact with any questions.

This shift is 11 am-1 pm on Sunday (Exodus).

Barker Duties

• Be loud. Get people into MOMM to look around just in case; it's impressive how many people don't realize they lost an item until they see it displayed on a MOMM shelf.
• Because people will ask: No, they can't take things that aren't theirs even thought it's the end of exodus. We continue to return items after the event.

Lost & Found Items

• Unless the sky/ground is too wet to make this possible, please lay out or hang any wet items to dry.
• Remove items from bins and try to make everything visible from the path. With this shift, MOMM's goal changes from "Make lost items art!" to "Make it easy for people to find their lost stuff."
• If you have time, folding clothes, rinsing gross dishes, checking for name labels, etc. is helpful but not necessary.

Small MOMM Infrastructure

• There will be a supplies bin in the back of MOMM where you can neatly store small items such as lights, whiteboards, etc.
• Remove batteries from anything battery operated before storing.
• Take down the lights, please please please making sure to neatly coil the fairy lights.
• Stack the whiteboards.
• Untie markers and erasers and put them into ziplock bags.
• Keep bins in a separate pile from the large infrastructure; an LNT core lead will handle these.

Large MOMM Infrastructure

• Shelves: All the shelving breaks down flat. Look in the supplies bin for rope to tie together similarly shaped pieces of wood for easy transportation.
• Easy up: Take down the easy up. Its bag should be in the supplies bin.
• Val (the safe): Someone with a code will do a final check of Val, the valuables safe.
• All large infrastructure should be placed in one pile to be picked up by a Polaris.
• Keep bins in a separate pile from the large infrastructure; an LNT core lead will handle these.

Field Sweep Crew

On the final day of the event, volunteers will gather to do a line sweep of the Bug Burn Field. This shift involves picking up pieces of MOOP (matter out of place) from the field. You will be provided with a bag for MOOP that you find and it will be collected at the end of the shift.

Be prepared for the elements, as it can be hot and sunny, or cool, rainy, and muddy. Hats and umbrellas (as well as sunscreen) are a good idea to protect against the sun.

Meet at the top of the bug field, near where the coffee table is during the event.

This shift is 2:30-4:30 pm on Sunday (Exodus). Be sure to coordinate with your own camp to ensure you can meet your obligations both to camp breakdown and to the field sweep.

Field Sweep Leader (Exodus or Land Sweep/Late Crew)

Wrangle a bunch of us into a straight-ish line and lead us across a field looking for shiny things in the grass. Weirdly meditative, also a lot like the game "Red Light Green Light," ideal for those skilled in herding cats. Prior field sweep experience is helpful but not required, and an LNT core lead will be there to help out as well. We sweep the bug field in the afternoon of exodus day, and the parking lots the following day during land sweep/late crew.

Shift timing aligns with the regular field sweep crew and land sweep crew shifts.

LNT Land Sweep Crew

This is LNT's late crew shift, and it is, first off, awesome.  You will be heralded as a champion, included in the Lore of Future Fireflies...or at the very least loved by your campmates. Land sweep volunteers stay an extra day on the land to conduct a Firefly-wide MOOP sweep.  We sing, we are merry, we work hard, and we go home tired but laughing. Generally LNT land sweep is finished by 2 or 3 pm. Note that this is a full-day LNT late crew shift that takes place the day after exodus (Monday).

Sunday Logistics

• Tents: As a member of late crew, you will be camping on the land an additional night, so you can leave your tent wherever it is from Sunday night through Monday morning at 8 am. We suggest that you pack up as much of your (non-essential) stuff as possible before Monday morning. You must break down your camp and stow all your belongings in a vehicle before 8 am on Monday morning. (Otherwise sweepers will think your gear is MOOP.)
• Cars: No cars should be left in Lower Parking after Sunday night. Once Exodus for the event is complete on Sunday, please move your car to Upper Parking if you do not have a 4-wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicle. If you do have 4-wheel or all-wheel drive, you may drive your vehicle up the road and park it near your tent (off of the main road/path but be mindful of vegetation.)
• Dinner: LNT potluck (location TBD). Please bring food to share if you have it!

Monday Logistics

• Morning meeting: We will meet at 8 am (location TBD) for breakfast and LNT land sweep overview/instructions. Note that all your belongings must be in a vehicle before the start of this meeting.
• Lunch: Lunch is provided and will likely be pizza. If you have dietary needs, please let us know in advance.
• Ending: We generally finish up around 3 pm. There is often an opportunity to help out with DPW breakdown tasks afterwards if you have energy left, but this is entirely optional.