Camping
Campsites so highly impacted that further use will cause no additional disturbance are the best or worst place to set up camp..
Best
This is the distance that hikers will want to keep to avoid damage to riparian areas....
200 ft.
These types of areas include established trails, campsites, rock, gravel, and dry grasses or snow.
Durable Surfaces
These surfaces are highly durable and can tolerate repeated trampling and scuffing. However, lichens that grow on rocks are vulnerable to repeated scuffing.
Rock, Sand, and Gravel
When camping in undisturbed areas...breaking camp, a camper should take time to naturalize the site. Covering scuffed areas with natural materials (such as pine needles), brushing out footprints, and raking matted grassy areas with a stick will help the site recover and make it less obvious as a campsite. True or False.....
True!
When following established trails and paths hikers should always use this "method" to hike, even in when its muddy as to mitigate their impact
Single File
This saying about campsites consists of being found and not...
Made
The effect of travel across these surfaces is temporary, making them good choices for travel—assuming good safety precautions are followed and the snow layer is of sufficient depth and firmness to prevent vegetation damage.
Ice and Snow
Small
When hiking on non-established trails, this method should be used to mitigate impact and not create new trails. A synonym of "Scatter"...
Disperse
This referee to areas not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization)...
Pristine
This type of ground growth is one of the biggest to not impact. Loss of this can cause erosion to expand and could reduce the food source for some animals. Loss of this can also reduce the biodiversity of similar types in the area.
Vegetation
Constructed trails impact the land; however, they are a necessary response to the fact that people travel through natural areas. True or False
True
Some hikers might be tempted to step off trail to avoid mud and muck on their hiking adventure leading to the increase in trail size or damage to sensitive vegetation. This can be avoided by wearing proper _______, so that mud and other grime on the trail won't negatively impact the trek.
Foodware
Impacts are on a spectrum. To mitigate impact we want to avoid places where impact are just ______
Water is a preciously scarce resource for all living things in the desert. Don’t walk through these when walking off established trails, or disturb surface water in any way. These types of things are also home to tiny desert animals.
Desert Puddles and Mud Holes
If you don't like the designated campsite, it is ok to always choose to camp in another area as long as you lessen the impact?
False
False
These are zones of vegetation that occur along the edges of rivers, streams, lakes, and other water bodies..
Reparian Areas
These soil biomes are found in desert environments, and is extremely vulnerable to foot traffic. The "crust" consists of tiny communities of organisms that appear as a blackish and irregular raised crust upon the sand often taking decades or hundreds of years to form.
Cryptobiotic Crust or "living soil"