Principles of Leave no Trace

1. Plan ahead and prepare
   Proper trip planning and preparation helps hiers and campers accomplish trip goals safely and enjoyably while minimizing damage to natural and cultural resources. Campers who plan ahead can avoid unexpected situations, and minimize their impact by complying with area regulations such as observing limitations on group size.
2. TRAVEL AND CAMP ON DURABLE SURFACES
   Damage to land occurs when visitors trample vegatation or communities of organisms beyound recovery. The resulting barren areas develop into undesirable trails, campsites, and soil erosion.
3. DISPOSE OF WASTE PROPERLY (PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT)
   This simple yet effective saying Motivates backcountry visitor to take their trash home with them. It makes sense to carry out of the backcountry the extra materials taken there by your group or others. Inspect your campsite for trash, leftoverfood, and litter.
4. LEAVE WHAT YOU FIND
   Allow others a sense of discovery. and preserve the past. Leave rocks, plants, animals, archaeological artifacts, and other objects as you find them Examine but do not touch cultural or historical structures and artifacts. It may be illegal to remove artifacts.
5. MINIMIZE CAMPFIRE IMPACTS
   Some people would not think of camping without a campfire. Yet the naturalness of many areas has been degraded by over use of fires and increasing demand for firewood.
6. RESPECT WILDLIFE
   Quick movements and loudnoises are stressful to animals. Considerate campers observe wildlife from afar, give animals a wide berth store food securely, and keep garbage and food scraps away from animals, Help keep wildlife wild.
7. BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER VISITORS
   Thoughtful campers travel and camp in small groups, keep the noise down, select campsites away from other groups, always travel and camp wquietly, wear clothing and use gear that blend with the environment, respect private property, and leave gates (open or closed) as found, Be considerate of other campers and respect their privacy.
   for more on camping, see the Fieldbook, BSA publication No. 33104. For information on the Order of the Arrow, the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, see pages 426-427.