Leave No Trace: A Practical Guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette

By Annette McGivney and Annette McGiveney

Book Overview

* Wilderness ethics for 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. And most importantly, there are tips for teaching Leave No Trace practices to children and others.
-- "OutThere Monthly (Spokane, WA)"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898869102
• ISBN13: 9780898869101
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"