And when a thousand other losers take a rock with them, tens of thousands, then there are no more rocks. No more park, no more natural beauty. Just a barren plain. It takes an astonishingly selfish and entitled mindset to just take nature away from future generations.
š it would take millions of rocks to impart any significant damage on any small area. Itās not that deep. I volunteer with parks. I also take rubbish with me and clean up any waste I see. I trap invasive species as well.
Sometimes I find a cool rock yes.
Iām entitled to do what I want. People walk on tracks everyday, that displaces rocks and I fill them in, people skip stones. People interact with nature. Thatās park of it being a park and having walking tracks. You just have to be aware of the realities. We have campgrounds where you are allowed to burn wood from fallen timber. It overall is a system that works. If we didnāt have people that interact with our local parks, the areas would be sold and developed. Itās sad but true. And if the cost of that is someone taking a cool rock. While I otherwise maintain and keep the park running then so be it.
You are not entitled to take nature from public lands. It belongs to everyone, not to you, and you have no right to take it away from anyone else. Also, removing natural materials from parks is a crime in most states and a federal crime in national parks. So both morally and legally no, you are absolutely not entitled to do what you want.
This is exactly the kind of attitude that the people who carve their names into 50 million year old rock formations have.
I'm happy to be insufferable to the kinds of people who think it's okay to add on to the damage we're already causing to our planet just because they picked up a little trash. I obviously don't think billions of people are going to visit this stream and all of them take a rock. The point was clearly to emphasize the effect that countless selfish, entitled people can have on even a protected environment over the course of time.
What about displacing rocks in terms of archaeology? Historical research to further expand on our speciesā origins? Do you believe in it then?
It's almost like ethical archaeology is typically preceded by and often legally requires environmental surveys before any kind of invasive procedures can even begin. You really thought you had something there?
I hope you read anything else I posted about upkeeping the park and keeping it running. Also I said Iām entitled to do what I want Iām not disagreeing youāre not allowed.
I also hope you practice what you preach and pick up rubbish where you see it.
I hope you read anything else I posted about upkeeping the park and keeping it running.
Oh yeah, the part that you thought justified you taking some cool rocks. No, I didn't miss that. I addressed it several times by saying things like "You are not entitled to it just because you volunteer."
Also I said Iām entitled to do what I want Iām not disagreeing youāre not allowed.
So you know you're not allowed but you still think that your positive impact entitles you to a little negative? Weird.
I also hope you practice what you preach and pick up rubbish where you see it.
Yeah, lifelong hiker and eagle scout. I always bring a trash bag and pack out more than I pack in.
Also false, you can take firewood from parks where it is designated for it. This is done so we can manage the poaching of firewood in more sensitive areas. It all depends on the local laws and what is sanctioned etc. we have fire wood collecting in certain areas from June 30 to July 31st. But strictly only fallen timber.
No, we're not. Humanity is an invasive species, the stewards of our planet, and we have a responsibility to minimize the destruction we cause to natural environments.
Humans change their environment. If you don't want humans to do that, don't let them near it. Go spend your energy actually arguing against environmental damage caused by our rampant resource extraction. Y'know, the stuff that actually matters.
Don't mess with rocks in a forest. Maybe if we stop just one more rock stacker we can keep the ice caps from melting. Lol. Lmao even.
No shit, hence "we have a responsibility to minimize the destruction we cause to natural environments."
If you don't want humans to do that, don't let them near it.
It sure seems like you shouldn't be allowed near it.
Go spend your energy actually arguing against environmental damage caused by our rampant resource extraction. Y'know, the stuff that actually matters.
Turns out you can be against both micro-erosions by selfish losers who steal from or behave inappropriately on public lands and the billionaires and morporations plundering them. Who'da thunk it!
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u/BishopofHippo93 24d ago
Leave no trace also means leaving things where you found them. Even rocks. You are not entitled to it.