At a recent Fourth of July celebration, I witnessed a tourist yanking on the low-hanging boughs of a beautiful 100-year-old oak tree in one of our local parks. My friends and I watched in angst, lambasting the man as a disrespectful out-of-towner. It was a frustrating sight for me, as an outdoorsman and nature enthusiast, mostly because there wasn’t much we could do about it, shy of picking a fight with a drunk vacationer. It reminded me why teaching the principles of “Leave No Trace” ideology is so important.