Kermit leads his Frog Scout pack, which includes Robin, on a camping trip to Misty Mountain. Marvin finds a small tree in a clearing and he and the other scouts begin to break off its branches for their campfire. Kermit tells them that they should leave everything as they find it, including trees, and that breaking branches off a tree is harmful to the tree. He helps them find dead branches on the ground for their fire. After their night of camping, the scouts clean their site so well that no one would even know they were there. A month later, they return to the same spot for another camping trip, and the scouts surprise Kermit with a new tree they have planted in place of the one they had damaged on the last trip. The book ends with a message from Kermit to the reader, suggesting how to keep forests healthy.