Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace is a national and international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike, hunt, paddle, ride horses, fish, ski or climb. The program strives to educate all those who enjoy the outdoors about the nature of their recreational impacts as well as techniques to prevent and minimize such impacts. Leave No Trace is best understood as an educational and ethical program, not as a set of rules and regulations. Leave No Trace information helps public land visitors understand and practice minimum impact skills and ethics.

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I agree to join with the Boy Scouts of America in protecting my Country's natural beauty and conserving her natural resources.

As an American, I will do my best to

Be clean in my outdoor manners.
I will treat the outdoors as a heritage.
I will try to improve it for myself and others.
I will keep trash and garbage out of America's waters, fields, woods and roadways.

Be Careful with fire

I will prevent wildfire.
I will build my fire in a safe place.
and be sure it is out before I leave.

Be considerate in the outdoors

I will treat public and private property with respect.
I will remember that use of the outdoors is a right that I can lose by abuse.

Be conservation minded

I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, water, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife and energy.
I will urge others to do the same.