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== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
The roots of Leave No Trace can be traced to the 1970s and | The roots of Leave No Trace can be traced to the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="lnthist"> {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://lnt.org/about/history.html | title = In Depth History of Leave No Trace | format = | work = | publisher = Leave No Trace | accessdate = 2006-08-03}}</ref> In those decades, the [[United States Forest Service]], the [[Bureau of Land Management]], and the [[National Park Service]] started to teach their non-motorized visitors how to have a minimal impact on the land. Also in the 70s, groups such as the [[Sierra Club]] were advocating minimum impact camping techniques. A pilot program in the 80s between the [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) and the [[High Uintas Wilderness]] tried to reach a wide audience. Finally, a national education program was developed in 1990 by the [[United States Forest Service]] in conjunction with the [[National Outdoor Leadership School]] (NOLS). | ||
James M. Turner<ref>{{cite journal|last=Turner|first=J.M.|title=From Woodcraft to 'Leave No Trace':Wilderness, Consumerism, and Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America|journal=Environmental History|pages=462-484|volume=7|number=3|date=July 2002|url=http://www.foresthistory.org/Publications/EH/July2002/Turner.pdf}}</ref> has examined the political history of "Leave No Trace". Turner attributes the creation of the LNT ethic to wilderness advocates, who needed popular support for wilderness, but wanted to minimize human impact on wilderness. Severely limiting wilderness access would lose support for the Wilderness Act. Turner claims that wilderness advocates turned wilderness ethics 180 degrees, from 'woodcraft' (where wilderness travelers exploit wilderness resource in order to rebel against modern technology), to 'Leave No Trace' (where travelers use the latest technology to minimize impact). | James M. Turner<ref>{{cite journal|last=Turner|first=J.M.|title=From Woodcraft to 'Leave No Trace':Wilderness, Consumerism, and Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America|journal=Environmental History|pages=462-484|volume=7|number=3|date=July 2002|url=http://www.foresthistory.org/Publications/EH/July2002/Turner.pdf}}</ref> has examined the political history of "Leave No Trace". Turner attributes the creation of the LNT ethic to wilderness advocates, who needed popular support for wilderness, but wanted to minimize human impact on wilderness. Severely limiting wilderness access would lose support for the Wilderness Act. Turner claims that wilderness advocates turned wilderness ethics 180 degrees, from 'woodcraft' (where wilderness travelers exploit wilderness resource in order to rebel against modern technology), to 'Leave No Trace' (where travelers use the latest technology to minimize impact). | ||
