Leave No Trace education and a 'pack it in, pack it out' ethic
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Teach and normalise an outdoor ethic in which visitors carry out everything they bring in — including micro-litter and food scraps — sustained through education, signage and partnerships with land agencies and outdoor organisations.
Appalachian Trail, USA
OngoingThe Appalachian Trail Conservancy applies Leave No Trace principles along the ~2,200-mile Appalachian Trail, one of the most heavily used long-distance hiking trails in the world. It teaches hikers to pack out all their…
United States
OngoingThe Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, in partnership with US federal land-management agencies (NPS, US Forest Service, BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Service), promotes the Seven Principles of outdoor ethics, including…
Appalachian Trail, USA
OngoingThe Appalachian Trail Conservancy applies Leave No Trace principles across the ~2,200-mile Appalachian Trail through on-trail education and signage, promoting pack-it-in-pack-it-out norms among one of the US's highest-t…
United States
OngoingEstablished in 1994 by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics in partnership with the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and US Fish & Wildlife Service. The programme delivers the…