Naturalists Leader Page

Documents to help leaders of Naturalists Field Trips and Activity Trips

Clubwide Naturalist Standards

These are clubwide Naturalist Standards adopted by the Mountaineers on 2024-03-20 and approved by the Branch Leadership Committee

application/pdf clubwide-activity-standard-naturalist-activities-2024.pdf — 121.7 KB

Pathways to Naturalist Leader 2025

This document is intended to help someone wishing to become a Naturalist Trip Leader for the Seattle Branch to think through what skills they already have, and how they might get the remaining skills and demonstrate the required level of proficiency.

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Pathways to Naturalist Trip Leader 2025.docx — 20.5 KB

Seattle Naturalist Leader Application

Application to be a Leader for the Seattle Naturalists

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Seattle Naturalist Leader Application rev2 20250701.docx — 23.4 KB

New Naturalist Leader Mentor Evaluation

To be used by mentors to evaluate mentees on Naturalist Trips

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Mentor_Instructions-Checklist_Fillable_May2025 (1) (1).docx — 3.3 MB

Mountaineer Hike Leaders Guide

application/pdf Mtnrs Leaders Guide.pdf — 386.4 KB

New Naturalist Leader Checklist

This will help you in the planning and execution of your trip, from pre-planning, at the the trailhead, on the trip, and closing out the trip.

application/pdf New Naturalist Leader Trip Checklist 2023.pdf — 141.6 KB

At the trailhead guidance

Description of topics to review with hikers at the trailhead, prior to the start of the hike.

application/pdf At_the_TH.pdf — 663.7 KB