Leaving No Trace Not An Inherent Ideal
Many of us that have grown up exploring the great outdoors – whether it was hiking, camping, hunting or fishing – take it for granted that we are stewards of our own recreation. It is common sense to pack out your garbage and food scraps, do what you can to avoid damaging foliage and avoid removing animals and birds from their natural habitat. But unfortunately, the notion of green camping is not inherent in all people. There are some that never learned these basic rules of the outdoors or have chosen to ignore them for the sake of their own interests.
Rich Landers of the Spokane Spokesman-Review has written an interesting commentary on the conscientious sportsman and how parents should understand that what they do in such situations will be passed onto their children – both the good and the bad. If we want our kids to learn the Leave No Trace Principles, we must first follow them ourselves.
