FWIW, I have six years of college and I am an environmental studies major. I have also been homeless for roughly 5.5 years. I manage to camp with minimal impact

FWIW, I have six years of college and I am an environmental studies major. I have also been homeless for roughly 5.5 years. I manage to camp with minimal impact on the environment with my two adult sons. I have seen what other homeless people can do to the same area. About three years ago, some group began camping near us and what had been a narrow trail, not readily visible from the road, began looking like elephants on hashish had trampled it. Plants were broken and the trail became obvious. They were loud, rowdy and doing drugs. We soon relocated. Just because it is possible for someone educated who cares about the environment to carefully walk in and walk out with minimal impact does not mean you can actually trust anyone to do the same. I concur with the remarks being made here by naravara. Anecdotally: My ex was career military. While in Germany, there were strict rules about not harming the environment. They threw a track on their track vehicle. He wanted to walk it back onto the vehicle, but this would have involved backing over a tree. So someone else overroad him and called in a vehicle to rescue their track vehicle in order to protect this tree, as per guidelines. The rescue vehicle was even larger and you could hear it coming as it mowed down tree after tree after tree, cutting a path to their location. Stupid is as stupid does. It is everywhere and it rarely benefits the environment.