What impact does your passing have?

Concentrate use in popular areas: stay on established trails, don’t short-cut or go around fallen timber, don’t go on the edge of the trail-stay in the middle, use established campsites,

Walk and camp on “durable” surfaces

Dispersed use in untouched areas. (Avoid Campsite Sprawl) 

Don’t cut branches, dig trenches, move rocks, build furniture,  let stock paw or dig, kill grass, disturb soil, scar trees with burns or graffitti, break branches, use wire or nails on trees, don’t use trees as targets for knives or hatchets, 

Wear camp shoes instead of boots with lug soles meant for climbing rocks, 

Don’t destroy vegetation and watch for tender plants

Step gently if you must go off trail

Avoid forming trails around your campsite

Before leaving, rake up your foot prints and areas under your tents

Scatter rocks naturally

Camp no closer than 200 feet to water