Set the example!
If you're going to stop reading this here, this is a good place to stop -- if you are setting the example on our trails, in our lifestyle, you are doing the BEST that you can do. Is there more? Sure. Read on.
Accept the fact that we will always have the ill-informed or the uneducated on our trails. They may not be bad peeps, but they need learnin'. EDUCATION.
Not all trails are created equal. Some almost encourage resource damage by their design, or user conflict because of a lack of signs or whatever. Maybe you can offer ideas on better trails. ENGINEERING.
Without volunteer work, Trail Guardians, and us showing up to be stewards of our public lands, they WILL not be there like they are today. ENLISTING.
And sometimes we need to encourage more law enforcement on our trails because we need the rules followed. ENFORCEMENT.
So what can one person do to save trails and our overland lifestyle? Pick a few things in EACH of these categories and JUST DO IT. Set the example. Carry a trash bag and use it. Carry a spill kit and use it when needed; show it off to others as advertising of our stewardship. Thank cops you see on or near our trails. Help the state or federal, even private land managers design better trails for us. SHOW UP. Work. Be there when called.
One person can make a difference!
If you're going to stop reading this here, this is a good place to stop -- if you are setting the example on our trails, in our lifestyle, you are doing the BEST that you can do. Is there more? Sure. Read on.
Accept the fact that we will always have the ill-informed or the uneducated on our trails. They may not be bad peeps, but they need learnin'. EDUCATION.
Not all trails are created equal. Some almost encourage resource damage by their design, or user conflict because of a lack of signs or whatever. Maybe you can offer ideas on better trails. ENGINEERING.
Without volunteer work, Trail Guardians, and us showing up to be stewards of our public lands, they WILL not be there like they are today. ENLISTING.
And sometimes we need to encourage more law enforcement on our trails because we need the rules followed. ENFORCEMENT.
So what can one person do to save trails and our overland lifestyle? Pick a few things in EACH of these categories and JUST DO IT. Set the example. Carry a trash bag and use it. Carry a spill kit and use it when needed; show it off to others as advertising of our stewardship. Thank cops you see on or near our trails. Help the state or federal, even private land managers design better trails for us. SHOW UP. Work. Be there when called.
One person can make a difference!