Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
The Department of Conservation is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.
DOC signs of this format are commonly seen around New Zealand conservation areas.
DOC operates much of the backcountry tourist infrastructure of the country, such as this overnight hut on the Rakiura Track.
A wilderness hut, bothy, backcountry hut, or backcountry shelter is a free, primitive mountain hut for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes. They are found in many parts of the world, such as Finland, Sweden, Norway, northern Russia, the Alps, the Pyrenees, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Huts are basic and unmanned, without running water.
Back country hut in the Haast River valley of the West Coast region of New Zealand
Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland
Biwakschachtel, or bivouac box. The Birkkarhütte at 2635m near the Birkkarspitze (2,749 metres), the highest peak in the Karwendel Mountains, Austrian Tyrol
A lean-to at Black Pond, Keese Mill, New York
