Leave No Trace
Leave no trace is a principle that everyone should know and that we often take for granted. Most every trail I go on is just has trash everywhere and even when there are trash cans right there. Rails to trails for instance a trail I go on frequently, you really cannot find one place without seeing a beer bottle, beer can, candy wrapper, or a bag and I could go on. It only gets worse. And we don’t tend to try to pick it up much.
The $1,000 fine that can take place does not work very well. The people that litter just don’t seem to care at all. Littering does not only make a place look bad, it is also bad for the habitat around it. For instance A salamander is very delicate in nature it needs almost pure water in order to live. If litter goes in to the water it tends to stay in the water for many, many years. So if the salamanders water starts to become infested with stuff, the shallows it lives in will have lead, tin and platics that will kill it.
Leave no trace should be followed and we should leave only foot prints behind. If you have room to put it in you can always bring it back.
