Outdoor Safety & Ethics

As a visitor to our National Forests and Grasslands, you will find many opportunities to enjoy and explore nature's creations. Our sites not only include the mighty timberlands, but  hills, lakes,  and the wildlife that inhabit the lands. These areas create great passageways for America's highways, byways, and backroads leading to great recreation activities. However, because of the large territories that are covered by forest, many unforeseen dangers present unpredictable challenges for our visitors to have a safe visit. Click here to examine some of our safety challenges and additional links that will offer extended exploration of the topics.

We want you and all who follow you to enjoy the beauty of our streams, lakes, wooded forest and wildlife. To insure that these treasures are available for future generations we ask you to follow some basic rules.  LEAVE NO TRACE is a land ethics guidline to help keep our back country safe, enjoyable, and clean.