“What To Do When Lost in the Woods” (or a pandemic)

Meghan Hatalla
3 min readOct 12, 2021
US Forest Service guide on what to do when seeking direction amidst uncertainty (aka lost in the woods)

Forest Service, 1946

A clear head will find itself. If everyone remembered this, there would be fewer reports of persons lost in the mountains and forests, according to United States Forest Service rangers.

Merely being out of sight of others in a strange forest gives many a man the creeps — a natural feeling but a dangerous one. Never yield to it…

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Meghan Hatalla

Minnesota — based UX researcher and yoga instructor. You can find me as @megtalla in most spaces!