Welcome the NORSA website! The mission and purpose of the National Outdoor Recreation Society of America is to promote camping, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, caving, hunting, fishing, sailing, rafting, and all outdoor recreation. We emphasize a healthy respect, awareness, and appreciation of nature and, therefore, encourage minimal impact camping and the ideals of Leave-No-Trace outdoor ethics. Our goal is to instill a love of outdoors into everyone interested. Nature has a lot to offer, we are here to help everyone enjoy the outdoors to the fullest.

At the NORSA website you can browse through photos of our various expeditions, learn more about our purpose, check out member profiles, or sign up to get more info about the NORSA. You are visitor number 7434.

Welcome to the NORSA Website ... Click on the links in the left-hand menu to view the other NORSA pages ... Scroll down for the latest NORSA news ... Submit your ideas for the next NORSA event ... Sign the guestbook, join the mailing list, and take the NORSA poll while your here ... Thanks for supporting NORSA online ...

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The website is here to help you learn about the NORSA and to aid you in navigating through the vision of a few crazy guys who just wanted everyone to love outdoor adventures as much they did. So if you ever have any questions or comments, feel free to contact the site creators and let them know your thoughts. Your feedback and interest keeps the NORSA thriving! To sign up to receive the NORSA semi-annual e-mail newsletter, just go to the bottom of this page and fill out the form. If you have any questions concerning your request simply send an e-mail to the NORSA Postmaster, he will address and respond to all your queries.

The roots of the NORSA lie in the minds of two high school students who wanted to involve their classmates in the kinds of activities that they got so much enjoyment out of. Upon graduating, they wanted to keep up the tradition and extend the reach of their influential little idea. So, the NORSA was born. Since its conception in 1998 to its founding in 2001 to its present state today, the NORSA has been a resource for people interested in the outdoors. When Adam and Tom founded their club, they didn't expect much of it, but it has blossomed and generated much more interest. As it continues to grow, so do their plans to reach more people, host greater events, sponsor more members, and perhaps even more amazing things to come. One thing is certain, though, the NORSA will always exist as long as Americans love the outdoors and continue to interact with nature.

Adam Domanksi: Co-founder and Executive Director for the NORSA. Primary duties include coordinating trips, topography, gear organization and rental, photography, and tactical planning concerns. E-mail Adam Domanski.
Tom Saffell: Co-founder and Executive Director for the NORSA. Primary duties include: recruiting, web-managing, advertising, community building, trip coordination, and finances. E-mail Tom Saffell.
Denis Dwyer: GPOC Alumni coordinator and NORSA Regional Youth Director. Primary duties include: Sponsoring NORSA events through the Georgetown Prep Outdoor Club, coordinating NORSA youth programs in the Metropolitan area. E-mail Denis Dwyer.

The NORSA requires that all its members be respectful of the environment and encourage them to follow the Leave-No-Trace Outdoor Ethics. The basic principles of the Leave-No-Trace Ethics consist of common sense wilderness preservation. Primarily, the ethics encourage people to:

• Plan Ahead and Prepare
• Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
• Dispose of Waste Properly
• Leave What You Find
• Minimize Campfire Impacts
• Respect Wildlife
• Be Considerate of Other Visitors