NOLS Soft Paths
4th Edition
Published on 15. June 2011
224 pages
978-0-8117-4502-4 (ISBN)
Description
• Leave No Trace, minimum impact skills and ethics
• New research and field experience prescribe better minimum-impact techniques for wilderness use
• Expanded information on camping practices
• How far you should camp from water, where to pitch your tent, how to build a fire or if you should build one in the first place
• Respecting and caring for wildlands, doing your part to protect our limited resources and future recreation opportunities
• Trampling, litter, waste disposal, fire use, wildlife health, and protecting cultural resources
• New research and field experience prescribe better minimum-impact techniques for wilderness use
• Expanded information on camping practices
• How far you should camp from water, where to pitch your tent, how to build a fire or if you should build one in the first place
• Respecting and caring for wildlands, doing your part to protect our limited resources and future recreation opportunities
• Trampling, litter, waste disposal, fire use, wildlife health, and protecting cultural resources
More details
Series
Edition
4th Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
Illustrations
79 Color Photos
File size
24,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-4502-4 (9780811745024)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
06/2011
4th Edition
Stackpole Books
€19.00
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Persons
David N. Cole is a research geographer with the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, Montana. His research specialties include recreation ecology and leisure experiences in parks and wilderness. He is widely published on these topics and is the coauthor of Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management (978-0-471-19461-3). Rich Brame has taught NOLS conservation practices in the wilderness on five continents. He also headed up NOLS' early Leave No Trace curriculum development, partnerships, and educational strategy. He lives in Lander, Wyoming, and works as NOLS' alumni relations director.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Acclaim
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Case for Minimum Impact
- 2. Backcountry Travel
- 3. Selecting and Using a Campsite
- 4. Fires and Stoves
- 5. Sanitation and Waste Disposal
- Special Environments
- 6. Deserts
- 7. Rivers and Lakes
- 8. Coasts
- 9. Alpine and Arctic Tundra
- 10. Snow and Ice
- 11. Bear Country
- 12. Horsepacking
- Final Thoughts
- Further Reading
- Index
- Back Cover
