Editing Leave No Trace (section)

{{short description|Set of outdoor ethics}}
{{About||the 2018 film|Leave No Trace (film)}}
[[File:Attikamek Trail sign.JPG|thumb|"Leave no trace" sign on the Attikamek Trail near [[Sault Ste. Marie Canal]] in Canada]][[File:Leave No Trace Fire.jpg|thumb|A demonstration of a Leave No Trace fire in a [[fire pan]]]]
'''Leave No Trace''', sometimes written as '''LNT''', is a set of [[ethics]] promoting [[Nature conservation|conservation]] of the [[Outdoor recreation|outdoors]]. Originating in the mid-20th century, the concept started as a movement in the [[United States]] in response to ecological damage caused by wilderness recreation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=Leave No Trace: How It Came to Be {{!}} IJW |url=https://ijw.org/leave-no-trace-how-it-came-to-be/,%20https://ijw.org/leave-no-trace-how-it-came-to-be/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1994, the non-profit Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics was formed to create educational resources around LNT, and organized the framework of LNT into seven principles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Seven Principles |url=https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=lnt.org}}</ref>
# Plan ahead and prepare
# Travel and [[Camping|camp]] on durable surfaces
# [[waste disposal|Dispose of waste]] properly
# Leave what you find
# Minimize [[campfire]] impacts
# Respect [[wildlife]]
# Be considerate of others
The idea behind the LNT principles is to leave the [[wilderness]] unchanged by human presence.