Leave No Trace: A Guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette (Backpacker) (Backpacker Magazine)

• Material added on minimizing impact on fellow wilderness travelers and wildlife
• A portion of the proceeds goes to the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics

Beyond cleaning up your trash and not cutting down trees for firewood, how far should you go to minimize your impact on wilderness lands? What is really important, and what is too extreme? Annette McGivney provides thoughtful answers based on scientific facts. She presents practical tips and techniques tailored for hikers, climbers, backcountry skiers, mountain bikers, equestrians, sea kayakers, canoeists, and rafters. There are tips for teaching Leave No Trace practices to children and others.