How to Preserve Wildlife while Hiking

Video Transcript

"Hi! I am going to talk to you now about preserving wildlife. Preserving wildlife is a very important part of low impact hiking. You can preserve wildlife by simply staying on the trail. If you were to say circumvent this muddy patch because you don't want to get it all turned up and you had to go around on this side, you would be walking on this moss here and it is very delicate stuff. It tears very easy. It can start wearing away if a lot of people start doing it. Also, we have these ferns here. You will treading on the ferns here which also help hold together all of the dirt that is there. You might step on important plants or endangered species. If you must go off trail for some reason, just be very careful where you are stepping because you don't want to destroy any of the delicate habitat that is around here. "