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Learn how to minimize your impacts on the outdoors with the 7 Principles of Leave No Trace, a framework of minimum impact practices for any outdoor setting. Find educational materials, online courses, gear, and more at the official website.
- Principle 1: Plan Ahead and Prepare - Leave No Trace Center
- Principle 2: Travel & Camp on Durable Surfaces - Leave No Trace
- Principle 3: Dispose of Waste Properly - Leave No Trace Center
- Principle 6: Respect Wildlife - Leave No Trace
- Principle 4: Leave What You Find - Leave No Trace Center
- Principle 5: Minimize Campfire Impacts - Leave No Trace Center
- Principle 7: Be Considerate Of Others - Leave No Trace
A demonstration of a Leave No Trace fire in a fire pan. Leave No Trace, sometimes written as LNT, is a set of ethics promoting conservation of the outdoors. Originating in the mid-20th century, the concept started as a movement in the United States in response to ecological damage caused by wilderness recreation. [1]
Leave No Trace is a 2018 American drama film directed by Debra Granik. The film is written by Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on Peter Rock's 2009 novel My Abandonment, which is based on a true story.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare. Know the regulations and special concerns for the area you'll visit. Prepare for extreme weather, hazards, and emergencies. Schedule your trip to avoid times of high use.
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces. Durable surfaces include maintained trails and designated campsites, rock, gravel, sand, dry grasses or snow. Protect riparian areas by camping at least 200 feet from lakes and streams.
- Dispose of Waste Properly. Pack it in, pack it out. Inspect your campsite, food preparation areas, and rest areas for trash or spilled foods. Pack out all trash, leftover food and litter.
- Leave What You Find. Preserve the past: examine, photograph, but do not touch cultural or historic structures and artifacts. Leave rocks, plants and other natural objects as you find them.
Leave No Trace™ is an internationally recognized outdoor ethics programme that promotes the conservation in the outdoors. Centred around the seven principles of Leave No Trace, it teaches low impact outdoor skills to minimise impacts created in the outdoors during recreational activities.
The principles of Leave No Trace prioritize the preservation of these spaces by encouraging visitors to minimize their impact as much as possible, leaving no trace of their presence on the environment they visit.