If there's already a fire ring nearby, make your fire there. Always build campfires away from trees, grass, and other plants. Use only small pieces of dead wood found lying on the ground. Before you leave, fill in the fire pit with sand or soil to leave the spot just as you found it. Instead of washing dishes with soap, wash them out with wet sand or coarse soil.
Soap has chemicals that can pollute the water.
And sand works as a scrubber, so bits of food scrape off easily. If there is a trail, stay on it. If you do need to go off the trail, try to step where the surface is hardest and avoid stepping on plants. Don't leave any trash lying around, and pick up anyone else's trash you find. All rights reserved.