Camping Etiquette

Observe the state fish and game laws. 

-photo of C.C. Graber, circa 1930, from the Etiquipedia personal library

         

        RULES GIVEN FOR CAMPERS

You may be reasonably “wild and wooly” when you go camping in the National Forests of California, but don't leave your good manners at home. Take them with you. You need them more on your vacation than when you are at home. 

The rules for good manners, as given by the Unite States Forest Service, are easy to learn and are followed by all good sportsmen, good campers and good tourists. They are:

• First obtain camp fire permit. 
• Carry a shovel and ax. 
• Smoke only in camp.
• Put your fire dead out with water.
• Leave a clean and sanitary camp. 
• Observe the state fish and game laws.
• Cooperate with the Forest Rangers in reporting and suppressing forest fires. 

Practice these rules and preach them, too. – San Pedro News Pilot, 1930

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