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TRAILINGARKANSAS
Exploring the Outdoors of the Natural State!
Conservation Minded
For me, there is nothing that gets on my nerves on a hike more than bending down and picking up someone else's trash. To the right is just one of my trips up Pinnacle Mountain, but most of my trips to the top look like this. Understanding that Pinnacle is one of the most visited parks, I try to overlook it. Help keep Arkansas looking beautiful! If you pack it in with you wherever you go, make sure you pack it out. Also, if you can pick up a little trash along the way, our State Park Employees and the rest of your fellow hikers will greatly appreciate it. If it looks like it won't bio-degrade, it probably won't any time soon. Thanks for your help in keeping the Natural State looking GREAT and doing your part!
The Outdoor Code - "As was instilled in me through the Boy Scouts of America"
As an American I will do my best to:
Be clean in my outdoor manners
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I will treat the outdoors as a heritage
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I will take care of it for myself and others
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I will keep my trash and garbage out of lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadway
Be careful with fire
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I will prevent wildfire
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I will build my fires only where they are appropriate
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When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold-out
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I will leave a clean fire ring, or remove all evidence of my fire
Be considerate in the outdoors
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I wil treat public and private property with respect
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I will use low-impact methods of hiking and camping
Be conservation minded
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I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife, and energy
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I will urge others to do the same