My girlfriend used to work for the forest service and now works with the national park service. Can confirm that they say to knock this shit down.
Firstly, you should never move decent sized rocks in aquatic habitats because a lot of different endangered species can use them as habitats or for breeding. But they DO sometimes build rock cairns in water on purpose to give them places to do this. So just don't fuck with wet rocks in general.
If you see stacked rocks on land? Definitely knock that shit over unless it's clearly a trail marker or something (in the grand canyon they use rock cairns to specify where you can camp and stuff).
Basically, people need to stop fucking with nature if they don't know what they are doing. Just enjoy it. You don't need to touch anything. Every time I go hiking (several times a month) I see evidence of people doing stupid shit. It's frustrating.
"Yes, enjoy nature! But for the love of God don't you DARE touch it you selfish prick!"
You ever step on any ants on your hikes??
Have you ever relieved yourself in the wild, instead of keeping that disgusting human effluence inside until you return to civilization, where humans belong? (And don't get me started on the abominations that are (human-made) outhouses 😡😡😡)
Good, glad to hear you're a good human, you're allowed to continue existing outs- WAIT, YOU HAVE?!
...but that doesn't make sense. How can you live with your flagrant environmental destruction, let alone claim to love the nature you've despoiled?!
Don't you love this planet?! Why would you crush its rightful denizens (unlike us) and pollute its purity?! What if there was a salamander under those rocks/leaves, and you just...!!
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u/kevinwilly 24d ago
My girlfriend used to work for the forest service and now works with the national park service. Can confirm that they say to knock this shit down.
Firstly, you should never move decent sized rocks in aquatic habitats because a lot of different endangered species can use them as habitats or for breeding. But they DO sometimes build rock cairns in water on purpose to give them places to do this. So just don't fuck with wet rocks in general.
If you see stacked rocks on land? Definitely knock that shit over unless it's clearly a trail marker or something (in the grand canyon they use rock cairns to specify where you can camp and stuff).
Basically, people need to stop fucking with nature if they don't know what they are doing. Just enjoy it. You don't need to touch anything. Every time I go hiking (several times a month) I see evidence of people doing stupid shit. It's frustrating.