{"id":1976067,"date":"2023-07-18T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yosemite-officials-urge-visitors-to-knock-over-any-rock-stacks-they-encounter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:03:48","slug":"yosemite-officials-urge-visitors-to-knock-over-any-rock-stacks-they-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yosemite-officials-urge-visitors-to-knock-over-any-rock-stacks-they-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite officials advise visitors to topple rock stacks they come across."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyosemite-officials-urge-visitors-to-knock-over-any-rock-stacks-they-encounter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Yosemite \u2064Officials Urge Visitors to \u2063Respect the \u200bNatural World<\/h2>\n<p>City slickers who flock to\u2062 Yosemite National\u2064 Park received a \u2064pointed lecture \u2063on the subtle\u200c nuances \u200cof\u2062 the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prager-affluence-secularism-boredom-leftism\/\" title=\"PRAGER: Affluence + Secularism = Boredom = Leftism\">natural world<\/a>\u2063 when\u2062 park officials reminded them \u200cthat the\u2063 land\u200d is not their playground.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b park\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cukdhu9vcOa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> account\u2062 recently showed \u2064a ranger tipping over a \u200bhuman-sized rock\u2064 cairn\u200d and explained why the \u200bstructure\u200b that kept \u200btourists\u200d occupied for a \u2062while was \u200ba \u200dnuisance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould you knock \u200cthis over?? Yes!\u201d the \u200dpost\u2064 said,\u200b encouraging visitors \u200dto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lose-giant-sequoias-forever-thanks-uncleared-forests\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">smash<\/a> what was done by \u2064a previous tourist.<\/p>\n<h3>Respecting\u200c Leave No Trace \u2064Ethics<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhy did\u2062 Wilderness Restoration \u200cRangers\u2063 dismantle this \u2064rock \u200ccairn? \u200bAccording \u2064to\u200b Leave No\u200b Trace ethics when we recreate in wilderness spaces, our \u2063goal is to \u200dleave \u2064no signs of our\u200c impact \u2064on the land and \u2062respect\u200b other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-detected-titan-implosion-hours-after-voyage-began-so-what-were-those-banging-noises-heard-by-rescue-teams\/\" title=\"U.S. Navy quickly detected Titan implosion; what caused the 'banging' noises heard by rescue teams?\">creatures living<\/a> \u2064in it. Unfortunately, this dramatically\u2062 oversized cairn is \u200ca mark\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-held-her-i-watched-her-as-she-died-unhinged-activists-ignore-knife-crime-victims-to-claim-that-knife-fights-are-normal\/\" title=\"\u2018I Held Her. I Watched Her As She Died.\u2019 Unhinged Activists Ignore Knife Crime Victims To Claim That \u2018Knife Fights\u2019 Are Normal\">human impact<\/a> and is distracting in a wilderness setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 said building rock\u2063 cairns harms the natural place tourists come to\u2062 experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding \u200brock\u200d cairns \u2062also\u2064 disturbs small insects, reptiles, and microorganisms that\u2063 call\u2064 the underside \u200chome!\u201d\u200c the \u200cpost explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen used appropriately, rock \u2062cairns are \u2064great for navigation, safety, \u200cand delineating a\u2063 new\u2064 or hard-to-follow trail. In\u200d general, rock cairns\u200c should only\u200b be \u200bconstructed by rangers and trail workers. \u2064Please dismantle\u2063 and refrain from building rock cairns when you visit Yosemite.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have you\u2064 ever passed\u200d by a \u2062rock \u2064cairn and felt\u200c the \u200curge to \u2064knock it\u2062 over? \u200dWell, \u200dofficials \u2064with Yosemite \u200bNational Park strongly \u2062advise that you do. <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOPQF0etvN\">https:\/\/t.co\/tOPQF0etvN<\/a>\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IkP7R8C9n6\">pic.twitter.com\/IkP7R8C9n6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX 5 San Diego (@fox5sandiego)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5sandiego\/status\/1679902594519511054?\">July 14,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Debate \u2062Among Visitors<\/h3>\n<p>The advice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deadliest-national-park-revealed-foia-based-investigation-highest-deaths-missing-persons\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">triggered a debate<\/a> among Instagram \u2064users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for\u2062 crushing the poor \u2063indigenous bugs and critters\u200c as you topple\u2064 over a harmless cairn. You people are\u2064 savages,\u201d\u200d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTries to\u200d teach\u2063 \u2018Leave No \u2062Trace\u200d Ethics\u2019 \u2063to \u200ball of \u2062us, \u2062by \u2064posting a \u2063reel showing us all that they left a trace of\u2063 where \u2064they\u200c knocked \u2064over the cairn. \u200dProbably even did\u2064 more damage to \u200dthe trail, \u200cand any insects while doing so,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey Yosemite, as \u2062a Leave No Trace Master\u2064 Educator,\u200c we teach \u200cto\u2062 gently dismantle an \u200cunofficial cairn and disperse the rocks, not topple\u2064 it or\u200c kick \u2064it. \u2063If you are unsure what\u2019s \u200cofficial, leave it be. \u200cThanks!\u201d\u2062 yet another \u200duser \u200cwrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of \u2062you have never\u2064 been\u2063 lost\u2062 alone \u2064in remote\u200d wilderness\u200c because of \u2064\u2018artistically\u200d stacked\u200b rocks\u2019 masking the true \u200ctrail \u200cmarkers and it shows,\u201d a different \u200buser\u200b commented.<\/p>\n<p>Over at Arches \u200dand \u2064Canyonlands National\u2063 Parks in Utah, officials also oppose\u200b building \u2064rock cairns, \u200cbut say\u2064 visitors \u2063should\u2064 leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/incredible-video-shows-helicopter-rescue-teen-missing-days-glacier-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demolition<\/a> \u200cto them, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc4.com\/news\/local-news\/utah-national-parks-say-to-leave-rock-cairns-alone-despite-yosemite-national-park-psa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u2062ask \u200bthat visitors do not disturb them, knock\u2062 them down, add\u2063 to\u2064 them, or build \u2063their \u200cown, as that can \u200dlead \u200cto other visitors \u200cgetting lost in the\u2064 desert,\u201d said Karen\u2063 Garthwait, a \u2064representative of the\u200d parks.\u2062 \u201cWe also ask that visitors\u200c not\u200d create\u2062 their own sculptures out\u200b of\u200c the rocks that they find \u2064and \u2062collect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She \u2062said that \u201cspontaneous \u2064sculpture gardens\u201d distract from \u2062the park\u2019s appearance and that foraging \u2063for just the \u200cright \u2063rocks \u200dby going off trails \u2062could \u2063damage \u2063the\u2064 park\u2019s\u2063 ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2062she \u2062said, visitors who\u200b see cairns \u2062they think are <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-biden-just-failed-america-years-know-extent-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visitor-made<\/a> should report \u2064them\u2062 to\u2064 park\u200b officials because the park has official ones as well to \u2062mark trails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppropriately\u200b sized \u200drocks are not\u200b uniformly distributed on all\u2064 trails, and some trails \u2062require taller cairns\u2062 if \u200cthe desert terrain\u200b is uneven or has challenging\u200b sight lines,\u201d Garthwait \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, ranger-built cairns\u2063 tend \u2063to have at least \u200dthree levels \u2064of \u2064rocks, are built for \u2063stability, and are positioned \u200cso\u200b that you can see the\u2063 next\u2063 one at a linear distance \u200bfrom \u2062the \u200dprevious one,\u201d\u200b she \u200bsaid, saying \u2063one \u200bsign of \u200dan \u2062unofficial\u200b cairn is that the rock structure will look \u200d\u201cprecarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a\u200d rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/yosemite-officials-urge-visitors-knock-rock-stacks-encounter\/\">Yosemite\u200b Officials Urge Visitors \u200dto Knock \u200bOver \u200bAny Rock\u200c Stacks They \u200bEncounter<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200cJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City slickers visiting Yosemite National Park were reminded that the land is not a playground. Park officials used their Instagram account to share a video of a ranger toppling a human-sized rock cairn, emphasizing the importance of preserving the natural world and discouraging tourist interference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1976069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}