id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4815 Desire path - Wikipedia .html text/html 1252 185 66 A desire path (often referred to as a desire line in transportation planning, and also known as a game trail, social trail, fishermen trail, herd path, cow path, elephant path, goat track, pig trail, use trail, and bootleg trail) is a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot traffic. As few as 15 passages over a site can be enough to create a distinct trail, the existence of which then attracts further use.[2]:27 This finding contributed to the creation of the Leave No Trace education program, which instructs travelers in nature areas to either stay on designated trails or, when off trail, distribute their travel lines so as to not inadvertently create new trails in unsustainable locations.[3] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Desire paths. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4815.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4815.txt