Leave No Trace: A Guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette / Edition 2

by Annette McGivney

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898869101
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	08/13/2003
Series:	Backpacker Magazine Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

ANNETTE MCGIVNEY is the Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine. In addition to writing about her adventures in the deserts and mountains of the Southwest, she specializes in environmental topics and personality profiles. While on assignment for Backpacker, she has hiked with all types of offbeat wilderness enthusiasts"”from survivalists to psychics to rattlesnake researchers. McGivney's proximity to the Grand Canyon and other large Southwest wilderness areas puts her in the middle of the West's most controversial public lands debates. She is the recipient of a 2008 Maggie Award in the Best News Story category from the Western Publications Association, recognized for a story titled "Free Fall" that ran in the May 2007 issue of Backpacker.



McGivney is also a part-time member of Northern Arizona University's School of Communication, where she teaches journalism and outdoor writing courses. She has written and contributed to several books, including Leave No Trace: A Guide to the New Wilderness Etiquette.



Annette McGivney is the author of Resurrection (Braided River, 2009).

Editorial Reviews

One of the challenges of going into the wilderness is leaving no trace of your visit. This second edition book provides plenty of practical advice on how to do just that.

(Salt Lake City) Deseret News

Leave No Trace should be mandatory reading for all backpackers, campers, hunters, and hikers.

Idaho Statesman

The book is full of useful and practical tips to minimize your impact, and it goes way beyond just telling you to pack your trash out.

Outside Bozeman

This book is a must for anyone using the outdoors, even if you think you're familiar with LNT practices. I know you'll find something you haven't practiced in its 187 pages with plenty of pictures and illustrations.

Bangor (ME) Daily News

Anyone who spends any time in the fresh air on foot, bike, horse, or boat should be aware of the ideas in this book. For those already fully familiar with these concepts, the new edition provides additional information on lessening your impact on other people you are sharing the backcountry with, as well as the creatures that actually live there…Annette McGivney presents a tremendous amount of information and sets forward very clear guidelines without ever preaching.

WA) OutThere Monthly (Spokane

Learn how to enjoy a great camping spot and leave it in the same shape it was-or even better-with this new book.

Greeley (CO) Tribune

This little book should be required reading for every one of the ever-growing number of people looking for recreation in our finite wilderness. The author combines a sane approach to backcountry ethics with practical advice on topics like, well, using the bathroom in the woods.

Los Angeles Daily News

Annette McGivney's book is a thought-provoking investigation of Leave No Trace precepts.

Trail Walker

Wilderness ethics is a topic that deserves thoughtful consideration from time to time. A good jumping-off point is Leave No Trace.

Bend Bulletin