{"id":45480,"date":"2017-06-26T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=45480"},"modified":"2017-06-26T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T20:23:11","slug":"brock-experts-want-you-to-leave-no-trace-when-exploring-parks-canada-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/06\/brock-experts-want-you-to-leave-no-trace-when-exploring-parks-canada-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock experts want you to \u2018leave no trace\u2019 when exploring Canada’s national parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>While Canadians are visiting national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas for free this summer, Brock experts want them to be mindful of their potential impact on these protected areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of Canada\u2019s 150th birthday celebrations, Parks Canada has opened its sites at no cost through use of a Discovery Pass.<\/span> The gesture is expected to increase traffic at the national sites, and Brock experts are encouraging visitors to be mindful of leaving no environmental trace during their trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHealthy parks help to create healthy people and communities and can continue to do so for generations through actions of care,\u201d says Recreation and Leisure Studies Associate Professor Garrett Hutson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visiting Canada\u2019s National Parks is a wonderful way to promote sustainable relationships with the natural world. By using Leave No Trace principles<\/a>, Hutson believes Canadians can practise ways of recognizing and minimizing recreational impacts to natural areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMany visitors don\u2019t realize the impacts they cause, which is why all park visitors should familiarize themselves with the seven Leave No Trace principles,\u201d says Hutson, who has done considerable research on the topics of outdoor recreation management, outdoor leadership and person-place relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n

These principles include:<\/span><\/p>\n