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Human waste can be managed at your campsite by bringing a portable toilet for your group, using the existing outhouses in the canyon or digging a proper cat hole.

You can always leave it better than you found it, so even if it’s not your trash, if you see trash on the ground, it’s always a good idea to pick that up, too.” “It’s always a good idea to bring several more trash bags than you think you’re going to need. We don’t have trash cans or dumpsters at these facilities, so packing it in, and packing it out is very important,” Stauber says. “We always recommend pack it in, pack it out. People should come prepared to p ack out what they p ack in for their camping trip.

“When you’ve got a lot of use and people, we’re also seeing more trash, we’re seeing a lot more human waste out in the woods,” says Kristyn Stauber, recreation management specialist for the Boise National Forest. “It’s a remote experience, but it’s heavily used, so when you come here, you need to have that mindset, you’re going to come across a lot of people, you just need to be polite and do your thing.”Īlong with that increased use comes an uptick in bad behavior – issues that can be hopefully avoided with better planning, preparation and education. So there’s a lot of people up here, especially on weekends. “It’s only an hour away from a population that’s growing very fast. “The South Fork of the Boise is a great resource,” says Michael Gibson, Idaho field coordinator for Trout Unlimited. With a steady stream of new people moving into the greater Boise area, public use is increasing in the South Fork recreation corridor, a 10-mile reach with road access from Anderson Ranch Dam to the Danskin boat ramp. It’s got a blue-ribbon rainbow trout fishery, lots of camp sites, and a challenging whitewater canyon. The South Fork of the Boise River is a scenic and popular place to go fishing, camping and whitewater rafting.
