Whether you like to hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike, hunt, paddle, fish, ski or climb in Alaska, it is important to practice the principles of Leave No Trace. This ethical program helps educate those who recreate outdoors on how to reduce impacts on the land, wildlife, and other visitors. With care, we can enjoy Alaska's wild lands while preserving them for generations to come!

The Leave No Trace Code of Ethics:

1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
   -Pack It In, Pack It Out
   -Leave the Area Better Than You Found It
4. Leave What You Find
  -If every one of the millions of annual visitors to National
  Parks took just one flower, the fields would be bare. 
5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
  -A small, twiggy fire on a durable surface will burn
  completely, and you can hide the ashes easily!
  -Use Camp Stoves to Go Undetected
6. Respect Wildlife
   -Don't Disturb Their Natural Behavior
7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors

To learn more about the principles of Leave No Trace watch the films listed below:

Leave No Trace
This film, produced by the National Park Service, gives an overview of the guiding principles of the Leave No Trace ethic.
View at: http://www.nps.gov/features/wilderness/leavenotrace/popup.html.

Leave No Trace Puppet Show
This puppet show created for kids tells the story of how a girl named Dorothy learns the principles of Leave No Trace to avoid becoming like the Mean Old Witch. 
View at: http://www.alaskacenters.gov/for-kids-leave-no-trace-camping.cfm.

Pretend someone is tracking you for an exciting leave no trace experience!